How To Whittle A Wooden Spoon
When the surface of the entire spoon is smooth and pleasant to the touch brush it.
How to whittle a wooden spoon. As you whittle balsa wood it may turn to a yellow-brown color. Start with a coarse grit sandpaper and progressively work your way through finer and finger grits until you reach the desired level of smoothness. Step 2 Shape the Handle and Back of Spoon Step 3 Round the Bottom of the Spoon Step 4 Scoop Out the Inside of the Spoon Step 5 Shape the Handle.
Hand sanding the wooden spoon. Cut proof hand glove. Slide it down the corner making sure to.
Coat the spoon in flaxseed oil to seal it. It needs to be newly cut. The best wood for spoons is hard but if it is also hard to handle it makes it a wrong candidate for beginners.
It has a slightly coarser grain than basswood or balsa but is just as easy to work with. Make your stroke short and controlled. An axe to split and shape the blank followed by a short straight knife for working flat or convex surfaces and a hook knife for hollowing the bowl.
Its easy to recognize when youre out on a. You need a log of wood. Sand the wooden spoon.
Wet the end of a rag in flaxseed oil and rub it evenly over the surface of. Ideally the wood should be recently cut and moist since it becomes increasingly hard to work as it dries. Links for my books Swiss Army Knives and equipment Mein Amazon Shop.
