How To Whittle A Wooden Spoon

The best wood for spoons is hard but if it is also hard to handle it makes it a wrong candidate for beginners.
How to whittle a wooden spoon. 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. As you whittle balsa wood it may turn to a yellow-brown color. How to Create a Wooden Spoon using POWER TOOLS.
Sealing your spoon prevents water or other foods from absorbing into the wood. Now hold one of the 4mm chisels in your dominant hand and angle the spoon with the edge of the chisel facing away from you. Position the thumb of that hand against the wood and press those fingers inside to draw the sharp edge toward your thumb that holds the blade.
The tools required are easily found or improvised. How to Finish a Wooden Spoon. 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.
All wood can be used but fruit tree are best. Carve wooden spoon with a whittling knife. Use coarse sandpaper at first gradually moving to finegrited sanding.
Slide it down the corner making sure to. Keep removing material digging out wood closer and closer to the outer wall of your spoon. You can buy butternut for whittling from lumberyards.
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