A Tip for Better Spoon Bowls
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- čas přidán 15. 12. 2018
- A quick tip for setting in spoon bowls if your at home or happy carrying a gouge with you in the field.
I find a good gouge makes short work of spoon bowls and i often reserve my spoon knife for tidying up and final finishing cuts.
It's how I do it. Easiest way to work with seasoned wood. Thanks for the vid.
Little suggestion could be to have a jig set up ether side of the blank so that the piece you have screwed in can’t move left or right ... at least that way you can put as much force as you like on it without it moving ! Love the vid !
If you start in the middle of the spoon bowl removing waste will be a little easier. Another thing that helps is if you round off the back of the bevel where it meets the body of the gouge I find it makes the tool a bit more versatile . JMHO of course.
Great video! I need all the tips i can get when it comes to spoons! Thanks for sharing and stay blessed
I've been carving spoons for about a week. I found a couple of my great-grandfather's antique gouges in the basement, cleaned them up and sharpened them to shaving sharp. They hog out a spoon bowl in 5-10 minutes. I was originally going nuts over which spoon knife to buy from which maker, but I'm sticking with the gouges. Especially, since I'm only using seasoned wood at the moment. Maybe, in the future, I'll get a nice spoon knife. But right now, these do the job very well.
Woodcraft hamster another way using gouge is to hold near bottom have it straight then curve as you press down I do that while holding my job never had issues cutting myself thanks for upload 👍❤🐺🐾
You are the best! Thank you Hamster!
My preferred gouge is a curved 8-35. The curved shank will get you into deeper work such as bowls and cups. I find the # 8 is a more aggressive cutter than the # 7 and to me that's a plus.
Thanks Hamster for great tip. I am looking at different types. I see Spindle gouges, Roughing gouges, and Bowl or Bent gouges. Which would you recomend. Cheers. (Subbed)
where can we purchase?Marc
Can you pop a link to the gouge maker please mate, thanks
Just google swiss made chisels - pfeil
John Smyth car boot sales are good and cheap sources if your like me not financial well off ? But the swiss tools arnt cheap you gets what you pay for 👍🐾🐺
I've been using antique gouges that were my great-grandfather's and some I bought off eBay for under $20. You'll need to sharpen and hone them, but they work great and were built to last.
why not use the right tool for the right job, with the right material?
Peter Stone I’m not sure I follow? There are two types of carving wood - green and seasoned, neither are the “wrong” wood but here I’m using seasoned as that’s what I had to hand and it also means there no risk of cracking as it’s already dried. Being seasoned a spoon knife isn’t the ideal tool for the job to remove the majority of the waste wood in the bowl which is why I’m suggesting the gouge, the spoon knife is great for finishing though.
The real advantage of a hook knife is using it without a bench or holding device for example in the woods or at camp. The dis advantage of a hook knife is that you have to hold the work piece with your body and you usually only engage the muscles of the hand and sometimes forearm.
The advantage of the gouge is power (using two hands and the arm and shoulder muscles) which is useful for seasoned wood. Its also good for speed and for larger projects because of that power. The disadvantage is that most gouge use requires that the work piece be held by a vice or hold-down or screws etc. There are techniques for using a gouge without a holding device but they lose the advantage of power.
I sometimes use a gouge by holding the shaft between the edge and the handle and rotate my wrist or forearm through the cut while holding the work in the other hand. (Bad explanation on my part see zed outdoors and Jill Swan for visual) This uses different muscles and motion than my spoon knife. When the shape is close I can finish with the spoon knife. For me, the spoon knife is easier to produce a nice finish regardless of wood. The advantage of using both is speed and less fatigue. (If course it costs more and weighs more if you carry them camping. ) Hope that helps some, have fun.