Experimenting with Spoon Carving // Hand Tools vs. Power Tools // Woodworking // Wood Carving
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Being a machinist and tool maker before going into carving wood spoons, here is what I used: Bandsaw for 3 d rough contour. 80 grit disc sander for rough shaping using the wood lathe to hold the disc, which was rubber and then I have a choice of speeds to use. Wood shaping rasps for getting closer to finish shape. Sand paper for finish, but for sure I was thinking of a contoured set of scrapers as you used. For the bowl, I used the drill press to put a hole in the deepest part of the bowl, as large a drill as practical, staying about 1/32" yet to finish at the very bottom point. The drill leaves a compressed spot at the center web of the drill, so leave material for clean up. Start with the gouge by making a cone shaped hole, then use the gouge to finish the bowl. Then, skip the sandpaper in the bowl and use a scraper as you did. I will soon begin using a burnishing technique to flatten the wood fibers down, something I saw an English spoon maker use. After that, soak with tung oil or walnut oil mixed with lemon oil, wipe with a rag after a good soak, put in a toaster oven to dry fast at 200 degrees, buff with fine steel wool, and use a bees wax mix to finish with a final buff.
You did great.
Hand carving with a gouge is my fav as its no dust and no noise, and very satisfying.
Thanks! Totally agree. I thought maybe the other ways would be quicker. But it was just not worth all the dust and noise.
Amazing!!!
I just bought a hook knife, and have scanned 50+ spoon videos. This video is by far the best. Not only great, thorough content, but very well presented in a well produced video. Thank you for posting.
I have been carving spoons in my head at work all eeek. I was thinking a cove bit on my palm router would work. I watched all the vids. I came to you and you did it with the router first and you were the best of all that I watched. As usual thanks..
I love Paul Sellers! Such a master at his craft and a gentle human being!
He is great
Oh my God!!! You are the best!!! I am new at wood carving and am undecided if I should work with chisel or power tools. Your video definitely gave me an answer to that. Thank you so much for showing me useful tips on carving with both power tools and chisels.
Awesome! Glad it was helpful!
All I want to do today is carve spoons now. 😍
Seriously. It’s crazy addictive.
That was a really cool set of 'experiments'. Agree that the hand carved look is what makes the utensils special. Like the scraper make. I do subscribe to Paul Sellers, he's got some great stuff and does a nice job instructing. Nice job!
Thanks! So glad you liked it! He really is the best teacher
I love the little ball on the spoon rest, it looks a bit like looking down on a lotus flower, nice job, the facet marks for me are what makes a perfect spoon.
Thanks so much! I love looking and touching the facets.
We sanding with olive oil is so gratifying! I'm experimenting, too. Thanks for sharing your processes.
Great video and very informative! I've been a carpenter for 20 years or so but just late last year I took on my first woodworking project. I built a really nice box for my daughter for this Past Christmas. Today I continued working on my first wooden mallet. NOW, my wife has been asking me "When are you going to make me a wooden spoon??" LOL! Yes, that will be my next project for sure. It's tough working on projects out in my garage with limited tools and 25-30 degree temperatures. More spoon making research and by spring I will be hopefully making my wife not one but several spoons!! Thanks Tamar!!
Also, I learned VERY quickly that yes it helps to have carpentry knowledge when taking these projects on. However, wood working is so very precise and unforgiving. I truly love the challenge! 😁
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Excellent video, I liked that you used different tools.
Thanks! It was a fun experiment. ☺️
You make a fabulous video! I've just retired and have the beginnings of what could be a great shop. I love how you demonstrate different methods and tools. You also show the processes from beginning to end. Love this video!!
That’s awesome! It’s so fun to learn all this stuff and just figure it all out as I go. Have fun in your new shop!
I found your channel via reddit and then I found this video about 2 weeks ago. I've NEVER woodworked before but this video inspired me to go get some tools and wood. I have now completed 3 spoons and 1 spatula! Thanks so much for inspiring me into this new hobby :)
You just made my day!! That’s so awesome to hear! Keep on making stuff!!!
I watched you with great joy. At school (Waldorf school) my children also made wooden spoons (olive wood) themselves, first with the axe the rough shape, then with the chisel and finally with the sandpaper. I will show them your video shortly. Many greetings from Germany.
Awesome! I would love to try roughing one out with an axe one day. I’m not confident in my axe skills to that yet though.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE the fact that you experiment with projects....
I have a lot fun experimenting. Ha
all your projects are awesome to watch, you've gotta be one of the best mums ever!
☺️
I watched this great video about a year ago and you inspired me into making great spoons, ladles and spatulas...Thank you Tamar! Wonderful!
That’s so awesome to hear!
Out of all the wooden spoon videos i watched, your spoons are my favorite
So awesome to hear
I liked all of the spoons you made. My favorite is the spoon rest because you adapted and overcame with it!
Thanks so much! Same! I love that weird little thing. So fun to just let the wood and tools decide what the final shape will be
That was fun to watch. Maybe a way to sit in the warm cabin and pass long winter days. As far as power tools I give the thumbs up to the router and band saw. The ultimate was the hand carving tools, especially the gouge. I don't have any of those and I need to include a spokeshave into my tool collection.
Spokeshaves are so fun!
Another super nice video.
Showing different ways of doing the same projects and explaining the pros and cons along the way. 🤘🤘🤘 Tamar, you ROCK!
Glad you liked it!
Paul Sellers is great, love his channel
Agreed. So knowledgeable.
I found some wood recently and have tried to force my family to take part in Spoon Carvathon Summer 2020. So far I have been the only participant. One thing I like about your method is that you carve the bowls before removing the bulk of the wood for the handle. It looks like this made it easier for you to carve the bowls because you had the whole block to clamp and it gave you a more stable platform for that part of the process. That seems like a good way to go. Anyway, I always look forward to your videos and want to say thank you for sharing with the rest of us.
Haha! I guess you’ll win the competition. 😂 yeah. I find it easy to carve out the bowl while everything is still square.
Like the rope on the spokeshave section. Smart but easy way to hold down.
Yeah! I definitely didn’t come up with that myself. I must have seen it elsewhere. Ha
Spoon carving is definitely fun and I don't do enough of it. Thank you for going through all the different techniques! And I like that spoon rest!
It’s so relaxing and satisfying. Love that I just get lost in thought and don’t have to think of math while doing a project. Ha!
Beautiful spoons! I’m inspired to carve some spoons for gifts. My grandfather learned to carve spoons in school in Sweden, circa 1890.
It’s so fun!
As a little boy , My next door elderly neighbor would wittle all kinds of things . I took the time to sit with him a few times and all he used was a jack knife a stone and a candle. The stone was used to sharpen blade and smooth surfaces, The candle was used to soften for gouges smoothed quickly with rag . Nice project have fun , and thanks for sharing your skills.
That sounds like a nice childhood. Ha
hello..I made a wood spoon rest after watching your video. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.
So awesome to hear!
@@3x3CustomTamar Oh, thank you. Please visit my channel from time to time. I'll come over from time to time. ^^
nice job. Your kids are lucky to have you. Make more videos.
I like the spoon rest. It looks like a turtle on its back. This was fun to watch. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. It was a really fun experiment.
Thankyou,I enjoyed you video,especially the making of the bowl scraper.
Nice
Great video. Always informative. Utensils can be so satisfying in a therapeutic way. When I am hittingva wall on bigger projects, I make a few spoons or spatulas for a quick and easy win. Keep up the great work.
Ha! That’s exactly why I made these spoons. Just finished up a huge project and needed to wind down. Thanks!!
What a doll..... natural ability that cannot be taught.
They are beautiful and Yes the imperfections are what make them special!
Thanks so much! They are always so fun to make
Always wondered how to do this
I will be looking for other videos to expand the concept. Love your work Tamar!
Awesome
Awesomeness as always Tamar. Now I need to break out that gouge & give this a try. Was awesome to see son giving a try. Another woodworker in the making. As always you ROCKED it.
The night after I was using the gouge I kept seeing the wood curling when I closed my eyes. And all I wanted to do was go back in the garage and carve some more. Ha! It’s been fun having the kids around. But no big projects can get done....
@@3x3CustomTamar big projects can wait until after they go back to school 😉😉
Ed Kramer I don’t really have a choice.... ha
Before you go buying a wood carving attachment for your angle grinder, you might want to look at Jim Hamilton's video on his recent accident with one such tool. Thank you for the inspiration - I've been thinking about trying to make some spoons and you've convinced me.
Glad you liked it. I would never buy the chainsaw one he was taking about. It’s the carving discs I have my eye on
I love carving spoons, I’ve done a few and they are so much fun. Definitely the knifes and gouge is my fav as well, super relaxing. Good luck on your spoon carving. make sure to always keep the very first one, it’s fun to see how you started and how you slowly get better.
It’s the perfect thing to do while I’m watching the kids. Ha. I kept my first one but it actually broke recently Ha. It was made of pine.... I super glued it back together 😂😂
3x3Custom - Tamar thank god for super glue right lol I use so much CA glue I sometimes forget to mention it on my videos and I always get the comment “hey what’s that clear thing you added to the carving” lol
Tania Made yeah. Totally sometimes forget to mention the simple things that we do on a daily. Ha
Great job on this video. I will be carving and scraping. Thank you.
Awesome have fun!
Love watching your videos. You are a highly talented and motivated individual. I just wonder if your husband realizes how lucky he is. 72, wife has passed and now I realize how lucky I was. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the kind words. Sorry for your loss. I’m just as lucky as he is ☺️😉
Wow, you did great work on those spoons. I'm inspired to try carving some kitchen tools now. I have a wooden spatula that I use to break up ground beef as it's browning. I'm going to try those first, and move on to spoons. Thanks for another great, inspirational video.
You're a great teacher!
Awesome! Have fun with it!
Hi, your's job is great, i'm from Ukraine & i Just beginner for graving, i wery like it, thank you
🇧🇷 amei esse vídeo , são lindas essas colheres otimas pra decoração parabéns 👏👏👏👍
This is so timely. I'm looking to do some spoon carving soon! Thanks for the great content as always!
Awesome. Love when that happens. Glad you liked it! Have fun with the spoons!
I might not make a spoon but I really enjoyed you enjoying yourself.
Ha! Glad you enjoyed. It is a super fun process though
Hi Tamar. Ann of all trades is an excellent spoon carver. You should check out her videos on spoon carving and making spoon carving tools. Loved the video and your tenacity to always learn. Thanks again.
Hey thanks! Anne is a friend of mine! She’s awesome. And her videos are great
You are an amazing person. Never stop being this way!
I’ll try! Ha
Appreciate all your very high quality videos. I know they will be great when I get the little notification thing from UA-cam and I am never disappointed. I enjoy carving spoons and appreciate all the great tips and knowledge gained from your experiments.
That’s so awesome to hear! So glad you enjoyed this one!
watching your video today hit the nail on the head in me wanting to buy carving tools , thank you
Ha awesome. It’s so fun
Great craftmanship
Tamar is caught spooning in the shop and the back yard. lol Tamar's gouging spoons... ha! Nice video. I enjoyed it. Thanks!
Ha! My kids always know we’re to find me 😂😂 glad you liked it!
Thanks for sharing those tips and the make!
I love the spoon rest!
Thanks! I use it all the time!
From a jig maker promoted to a tool maker! So great video i loved it too much work different methods by great result for the end of it .
So glad you enjoyed my little experiment! Ha! Yeah. Making that card scraper was so satisfying. Def want to make more tools!
Tamar, nice job! With out any power carving tools available in the market .😊love it . Thank you
Thanks! I totally want to get those carving tools. Ha
@@3x3CustomTamar 😁and you will soon. Thanks again
I like this job very much
Very nice sister
Thank u very much
Glad you like it! Thanks!
Awesome, enjoyed watching the spoon making, tool marks equal character and I thought looked great. 1st time watching, now subscribed, look forward to watching more.
Awesome! Glad you liked them. Thanks!
Great video! You can use a hatchet to quickly remove a lot of wood off of your hand carved spoon. Way quicker than relief cuts with a saw followed by chopping the waste away
Thanks!
😄". . . If ever was them." You made yourself laugh; and me too! Love your videos!
😂😂
I’ve been a woodworker for more years than you’ve been alive but other than furniture, kitchen cabinets and some decorative boxes I’ve never made a spoon. Now that I am more limited in my mobility and needing smaller things to make I have been thinking about starting to make spoons. I think I might start one tomorrow before I have to take a break and help my grandson build his cub car.
Spoon making is so relaxing to me. Hope you enjoy!
I happened on this, it showed up on my main page. I am glad I found it. I am just starting. I want to do it as a way to make my woodworking “to-go”. I put together a carving kit. Since this video is 2 years ago, you may not see this comment. But I wanted to suggest some spoons to carve. It allows you to do some more carving. You would still rough cut with the bandsaw, and then carve from then on. For the spoons you carved, I like you suggestions os using the router to create the bowl. The spoons I want to suggest, the bowl is usually hand carve . They are called Welsh Love Spoons.
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Another great video Tamar! You can tell you really enjoy spoon making.
Thanks so much! I really do. They don’t make for exciting videos. But it’s something I like to do on my spare time.
"Stop hitting your brother!" I have yelled that a few times too.
I like that you showed various ways to make spoons.
I also realized that you didn't fill the quiet parts of the video with music. I appreciate that choice.
Haha! Glad I’m not alone there 😂 and I’m glad you liked the video! I have been thinking about adding music. So I’m glad you just said that. Now I won’t. Ha.
@@3x3CustomTamar My opinion on adding music is just one opinion out of many. The sounds from the tools is music to my ears.
Bob T252 even the router and planer? Ha
@@3x3CustomTamar Certainly! Some days I like soft peaceful music and other times I like loud harsh music.
If you decide to add music to your videos, you will not please everyone with your selection. And that's okay.
enjoyed watching your video! Thanks for sharing all your techniques.
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks!
I don't know you youtube suggest your channel to me as in general I just watch bike related video, but thnks youtube did it. Love to watch all of the process talent wood work and also amazing filming quality! Congratulations!!!
Awesome! So glad you like it! Woodworking is fun....
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Before & That's Carve Out A Guitar Pick & A Napkin Holder. All I Used Is An Osscolating Multi Tool.
Very cool. We use wooden spoons all the time at home.
Thanks! Glad you like them
I have that diamond stone in 400/1000 grit. Best investment I ever made. My tools love me for it... enjoyed this video very much.
Glad to hear!
It's funny because I was watching a Paul Sellers video and it lead me here. :)
Never knew I wanted to make a spoon until now! Especially to use some of those thick off cuts. Thanks for sharing!
So relaxing to make them!
Great Project, Tamar! Dremel has a special bit (Curved Shaping Wheel #801) which is very handy for making small, curved indentations. I use one for the underside of jewelry box handles. It would work wonderfully for the spoons.
Awesome! Good to know! Dremels are so handy. Ha
I stumbled over your cigar box guitar video, and have now been checking out your other ones. All I can say is that you deserve (and I expect will get) subscribers numbering in the millions. Awesome work, awesome production value, and wonderful happy atmosphere in the videos. Cheers!
That’s so awesome to hear! Hopefully you’re right! Hahah thanks so much
No problem, just wanted to share some of the enthusiasm your spread!
If you don't mind your viewers making requests, it would be a cool video idea if you did a tour of your workshop, and told us a bit about how you set it up, what you got in what order, what you want to change, and maybe you even have some tips based on your experiences for those who want to make their own workshop. It would nonetheless be interesting to see where all your projects are built. Anyways, looking forward to more inspiration from your projects. Have a good day!
Steady improvement, very well done.
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it
Love your work - and your enthusiasm!
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much! Thanks for watching. Ha!
Spoons are fun and relaxing to make. I need to make more. You may have just inspired this guy to do so. Thanks for sharing. 😁👍
Awesome! I always make a ton of spoons in the summer bc I can carve away while I’m watching the kids play outside. Have fun with yours!
Love your enthusiasm, and Dremel would be smart to sign on as a sponsor of yours as well.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed. I work a lot with dremel through the Home Depot though. ☺️
Hi Tamar, I love your content and learn a lot from you.
I bought a couple of Kutzall carving disks to make a couple of sculpted pieces of furniture and I love love love them. It has really expanded the type of work that I do. I would highly recommend you pick one up if you can.
Beautiful. Your videos are inspiring me to get wood working. Just need to clear my garage out now 😂
Awesome. Get to it! Ha
I made my first spoon today! Came out pretty good.
That’s down to you video
@@Beariam24 so awesome to hear!
Thanks for this wonderful video. The multiple methods you used are inspiring. They make this feel accessible.
Thanks so much! So happy you enjoyed it!
Great video! Thx for sharing 😊
Thanks! So happy you liked it!
Good job on the spoons, can’t wait to try this myself!
Thanks! It’s so fun
Nice spoons! I enjoyed your video. 👍
I use scrapers every day...Scrapers are like chisels...if you grind fast they blue and lose their temper. I saw in the video the edges of yours were burned blue. The burr will work better and last longer if you grind slow and cool with water and finish with a file or a water wheel like a Tormek.
I liked your olive spoon best.
Great overview of different methods
Thanks! Glad you liked it
A good source for food-safe mineral oil is Tractor Supply. They sell it in gallons for livestock for $15-$20. MUCH cheaper than "cutting board", "wooden counter top", or "butcher block" oil, while being essentially the same thing. It is also a replacement for "honing" oil if you use oilstones for sharpening.
Thanks for the tip
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Glad you liked it!
Thanks for sharing.
I am subscribed to Paul Seller's channel as well. He is a really good teacher and I have learned so, so much from him. He also does excellent April Fools. :-)
Glad you liked IT! He is an amazing teacher
Such a great video!!!!!really really good job great work
Thanks so much!
Good morning! You brightened mine.
That’s so awesome to hear! Have a great weekend!
Great fun, and great illustration of techniques. The olive wood one is my favorite, because of how the handle grain direction seems to be counter-intuitive. The bowl shape would indicate more of a dipping use, that is to say, you're not going to be mixing pizza dough with it, or stirring anything with great resistance, so it should be fine. For spoons with grain like this in the handle that would encounter resistance in their use, a thicker handle with more 'meat' on it is a way to go, too.
So much fun. I’m addicted. Ha. Yeah I love how the grain direction looks. I like to go pretty thin on my handles bc I think it looks super sleek but can’t do hat with grain like that! I’m thinking that olive wood one is going to be a serving spoon. So I think it’s fine too!
Great work on the spoons Tamar! Thanks for sharing the video with us.👍👌😎JP
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Your very welcome Tamar! :) Have a great weekend!😎
Try the kutzall burrs in your dremel,great for spoon bowls
That rope work holding trick was great. Try making spoons out of green wood with hand tools. It's so much easier!
Yeah! I’ve seen that rope trick in other videos. Def can’t take credit for it. And the olive wood was still sort of green bc I was from a turning blank and it was soooooo enjoyable to carve. The dried hard maple. Not so much. Ha
They look great!
I was sure you were gonna use your Shinto rasp as I remenber you saying you love to use it (it's one of my favorite hand tool too).
Sitting and carving is so satisfying, I make wooden fishing lure and carving is the most enjoying part with airbrushing, far more than the boring hand sanding between...!
There is something called Kutzall Dish Wheel, or the Saburr Disc that can curve the inside of the spoon (it's made for angle grinder but you can adapt it on your drill press with a bolt, a washer and a nut) if you can get the right size. And of course the Arbortech products.
By the way, this video was pleasant to watch, as always, and I can't wait for the next one!
Greets from France.
Glad you liked it! Yeah!! I totally forgot about my Shinto rasp! I do love to use it. Doh! Ha!! I def want to pick up some of those carving discs.
Thanks for showing your journey, it's really helpful 👍 especially when you planing in making on for myself :D
Awesome! So glad it was helpful!
Like.Thank your sharing
Is there a bit you could put in your Dremel to rough shape the bowl quickly? Seems like the bit size is closer to the router but the tool allows the flexibility of the angle grinder
Yeah sure. I have one now. But I didn’t at the time.