How To Carve A Wooden Spoon
Once your spoon is carved wipe evenly with a tiny amount of oil and bake in the oven at 180 to 200 degrees celsius for up to an hour checking regularly for the desired colour.
How to carve a wooden spoon. Step 3 Round the Bottom of the Spoon. How to Carve a Spoon Out of Wood. The blades on the gouges are extremely sharp so be careful and prepared for a few nicks and cuts.
Then sand down those edges. There are many ways to carve a wooden spoon the method this Blog is focused on is greenwood carving using only hand tools. Wooden spoons should be hand washed with regular soap and water.
Step 5 Shape the Handle. When it comes out hot put on a bit more oil and you can get a fantastic dark tone. Finally I burn the spoon with a propane to.
Carve out the bowl of the spoon. Step 6 Sand and Finish Your Spoon. Part 4 in a 4 part series focusing o the full process of carving a wooden spoon from log to finished product.
The steps involved in making these spoons are as follows. To carve a spoon we start with a branch or a section of a log that has been recently cut-off. If its easier you can clamp down the spoon to a table and carve away with the gouge.
In this episode I go through the possible finis. If the spoon you want to carve is smaller than the piece of wood youve selected use the table saw to cut the chunk into a thinner piece so you have to remove less material by hand when carving. In this video I use a round chisel band saw and a rasp.
