How To Carve A Wooden Love Spoon

How To Carve A Wooden Spoon.

How to carve a wooden love spoon. Blanks are wooden blocks that you can cut and carve your spoons from. Step 4 Scoop Out the Inside of the Spoon. A good spoon should last in the kitchen for many years but eventually it will wear out.

Regardless of your skills and background even if you have never used a wood carving tool before we have videos to help you develop the skill required for wood carving and lovespoon carving. For most of my spoons I use Lime aka basswood. Mahogany is somewhere in the middle.

Aim to get a blank thats 9 in 2 12 in 229 cm 64 cm and about 34 in 19 cm thick for 1 wooden spoon. Justin shares his obvious skill and enthusiasm for this work as he. FREE videos include step by step tutorials for making lovespoons simple techniques to help with designing and methods for keeping your tools sharp.

Next I cut out the the spoon blank with a scroll saw. In the spoon in the photo I followed the stain with three coats of lacquer. Lightly sand between the coats with the 150 grit sandpaper.

It is relatively soft for a hardwood and very close and even grained making it ideal for carving. How to Carve a Spoon Out of Wood. Part 4 in a 4 part series focusing o the full process of carving a wooden spoon from log to finished product.

Step 2 Shape the Handle and Back of Spoon. It is time to congratulate yourself on completing a beautiful Welsh love spoon. If cracks develop in the bowl its time to retire your spoon.