Get the Best (SELLING!) Spoons out of the Log
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- Strategically splitting a fresh cut walnut log to get the highest value spoon blanks out of it.
0:00 Walnut is a weed
0:34 Examples
3:00 What I'm going to do
4:03 Split 1 (Half)
4:56 Split 2 (Heartwood)
6:11 Split 3 (Quarter)
6:45 Split 4 (Off with the sapwood!)
7:43 Split 5 (More sapwood removal)
8:28 Split 6 (Pith removal)
10:05 Other half - faster!
11:04 Next step - storage
13:04 Cleaned up blanks
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Thank you for sharing your experience. I’m new to carving and enjoy working with beautiful wood. You do beautiful work, Thanks for sharing.
Great splitting demonstration! I’ve been very inefficient with my wood use and I expect your lesson here to increase my useable supply significantly. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the lesson!
You're welcome!
Curious, what is the reason that you don't use a froe?
I've tried using a froe, but it has nothing but disadvantages compared to wedges for the kind of splitting I do. For one, many of the species I work with can be extremely tough to split, making it virtually impossible to start a froe into logs because it is several times wider than a wedge and thus take several times the initial force to start the split in a wide log. Plus, I often work with logs that are up to three feet in diameter, thus much wider than the froe itself. Also, many times I want to split right along the curve of a growth ring boundary and the straight blade of a froe can't do that, but using two or more wedges simultaneously can. To my reckoning, the only situations where a froe would be better is in making shingles/shakes or basket splints.
Thanks for your reply and reasoning.
How much does a spoon like that sell for?
Here in the Midwest, it will sell for $40-$60 depending on the market. I mainly sell spoons at craft fairs and not art fairs where it might sell for quite a bit more.