How To Carve A Spoon From A Blank

36 Box C - 18 spoon carving blanks.
How to carve a spoon from a blank. Box A - 6 spoon carving blanks. These basic tools will get you there. Step 2 Shape the Handle and Back of Spoon Next we are going to start shaping the back of the spoon and slim the handle.
Then using an ax or a band saw remove the majority of the material surrounding your spoon so you are left with a spoon-like shape. Greg Miller from The Joy of Wood shows you how to use just a Hook Knife and a Sloyd Knife to carve a Spoon from a pre-cut blank of seasoned hardwood. Weve given you generous outwardly tapering handles so you have fantastic options for shaping and finials.
Carve out the bowl of your spoon. 002523 Straight knife work. As with the basic spoon you will start with a blank with the pattern for the bowl drawn on.
You can either cut it from a block of wood or purchase a pre cut blank. 150 - 300mm 6 - 12 Long 30 - 80mm 15 - 3 Wide 12 - 40mm 06 - 15 Thick The pictures show representative samples of the blanks in each box although no two boxes are likely to be the same. 003557 Hook knife work Hollowing the bowl.
004912 Finishing cuts. All you have to do is to design your spoon carve the bowl and shape the handle. Spoon carving is a bit more refined than crudely making one and in our shared interest of craft I will focus on specific tools that are used to carve wooden spoons.
There are four easy methods to rough cutting your wood carving spoon blank bench knife coping saw draw knife and scroll saw. Then use the miter saw to cut the chunk of wood to length at the ends of. 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.