Carving a Wooden Scoop | Paul Sellers

Carving this wooden scoop is very practical, fun to make, and a brilliant opportunity to continue in your development, especially in carving techniques.
In this video Paul Sellers shows you the steps to make a scoop efficiently out of any scrap of wood you may have.
To find out how to make a spoon, visit our beginner site: commonwoodwork...
To find out more about Paul Sellers and the projects he is involved with visit paulsellers.com
Credits:
Written and presented by Paul Sellers
Camera-work by Phil Adams
Edited by John Winter
Music by Henry Horrell

[@udofritzmann392]

When I started've seen videos about woodworking, I thought what a madman who works without machines. Now I know you are one of the last real woodworkers. You are great and I have learned a lot. Much greetings from Germany.

[@stevemassie1764]

Paul this was yet another very enjoyable video, can't to make a few scoops and spoons. Summer is near and this will be fun for the Grandson to make. Thanks again ! Steve

[@Paul.Sellers]

Thanks Udo, I am hoping that I am a link between former generations and future generations that will exceed those of the past and become masters whether they get paid for their work or not. I hope others can build on the foundations I leave behind and build higher levels.

[@derekpoosbug]

+Paul Sellers Man, you make it look way to easy. Carved my spoon with a Hook knife/Spoon knife and a hatchet and it toke me over 3 days of non stop work! Show Off

[@redrum6051]

im still young and i avoid using machines almost all the time

[@12Fritzi12]

That is also not the Problem.I use machines as well. The point is, you understand better how machines work, if you know the basics of woodworking. And sometimes you are much faster with a handsaw ..... (which also works in the woods without electricity ...)

[@betavulgaris7888]

This is now my new favourite channel. Your way of speaking to the camera and your obvious masterful knowledge is a pleasure to watch!

[@ashyclaret]

Out of all the things you can watch on KZbin,Paul Sellers has to be best thing by a country mile.Puts my faith back in humanity,many thanks to see such a wonderful man and teacher,takes me back to my wood working at school with a lovely man called Mr Duxbury.

[@Paul.Sellers]

Thank you.

[@jamescoffin7670]

Not only are you a superb craftsman, Paul, but a great teacher too. Your use of language is lovely and I like the steady but purposeful pace of your work. Your love for your craft is obvious. I am very much enjoying your videos. Thank you.

[@hawkbluff1228]

I appreciate how you show several different options to reach the same goal!

[@henryraynald7947]

Thank you Paul for this wonderful video. The best 25 minutes that I spent all week were watching this scoop being crafted!

[@tylerfallon5774]

I'm not personally into woodworking but I'm fairly sure this channel is adding years to my life. Your delivery is fantastically professional and needless to say your skill is masterful. Thank you for allowing us to watch your craft and teaching at the same time

[@whitewa1e355]

I also really apreciate how you give very easy to follow directions, not expecting any sort of expensive tools and also how you give simple alternatives if the project requires any special kinds of equipment.

[@ddekiw]

I've just been using a old jar for a scoop. now you've put ideas into my head. :)

[@jakegevorgian]

For sure, this is a great way to learn the wood grain. Thanks for your energy dear Paul Sellers.

[@peterbrownwastaken]

I love watching your videos Paul. I have to go. I need to re-sharpen my tools...

[@KeithPeters]

You've just added 2-3 new tools to my wish list this week.

[@cobberpete1]

Ditto everyone below. I just can't get enough of this and my wife has become a workshop widow.

[@eoinmoore2003]

You are truly a inspiration to me Paul I love watching your videos

[@roygutknecht3891]

You always make me smile, Paul.

[@HarryWatts65]

Great Scoop Paul, very well demonstrated and explained, very easy to follow, Thanks for the great Videos, Regards Harry

[@ApexBovine]

I wish my woodshop teacher back in Highschool had been half as informative is this guy. Bugger read the newspaper half the time, and the most interesting thing he taught was how to use a router. Excellent video, sir. :D

[@carbon1255]

I'm pretty sure this guy WAS my highschool woodworking teacher.

[@stevemassie1764]

Paul thank you for this one, along with the Stanley's, Keen Kutters, and Sergeant Metallic planes I do have a number of Wooden planes which I like as well. I have several to re - furbish so this Video came at a great time. Thanks again ! Steve

[@Khether0001]

that was actually quite entertaining! thank you for showing this project!

[@nguyennguyenkn]

I highly respect his skills with hand tools.

[@snippetygibbet7052]

Thank you, Paul, for your videos. I am learning so much by following them.

[@nobuckle40]

Don't have any chickens but I might use for my bean containers. Thanks for posting another simple hand tool project.

[@davelester1985]

That was one of the best videos I have seen to really help me do a better job more quickly. I am not sure where to get that kind of sand paper, but I am sure going to look hard. (Italy, not England). I learned a lot but missed one thing. You put some white soft stuff near the end on wood. You spoke quickly about it and with your accent I could not understand what you said. Wax? Not sure. Thanks for making this video. I am new to this and using new chisels I bought at the Lydl store.

[@mogbaba]

Everything under your hands become so easy!

[@whitewa1e355]

Great video!! I love the apreciation you have for your work along with the craftsmanship and pride you take in what you do. Keep up the awsome work!!!

[@juliodifelippo]

Love yourvideos. They are unique. Wonderful way of woodworking.

[@michaelmannino4335]

Thank you for another wonderful Video. I really enjoy watch you work your hand tools and have learned allot from you ,thank you Mike

[@whimpey109]

Good scoop! Nice project for beginner!

[@RobCardIV]

once again. thanks buddy.

[@tinyt6330]

Wow I wish I watched this before I just finished my first spoon which was my 2nd project

[@Masterof1ne]

haha scoops have been making the rounds recently on all the channels! glad to see you did it before it was cool!!

[@balbino108]

Very good! Thanks for sharing!

[@chatoetje]

nice work Paul nice how you explain everything i learned a lot today

[@zyrilo]

amazing thanks for share Paul !

[@onetrue217]

@23:04 ‘I’m using my belly…children won’t have that, takes a few years to develop’ 😂

[@fredix5513]

Genial, gracias , Paul, me sivireron mucho tus consejos

[@kalamgish]

Great video as usual, I would really like to see you do one about sharpening gouges, round and V. Thanks for all the tips.

[@Glader08]

His son does at their website, woodworkingmasterclasses.com you can subscribe to it for free (they also have a paid subscription). His son goes into detail on how to sharpen a gouge chisel

[@kalamgish]

Glader08 Thanks, now signed up...

[@galenlong937]

New Sub Paul. Enjoyed watching this Video very much. You make it look so easy. I cant wait to get my shop up so I can try doing what you do, I did some woodworking back in High school, with power tools but it seems there is allot more satisfaction when just working totally by hand. Wonderful work.

[@BobDaniel]

Nicely done, I always learn something. But I'm so OCD all I could think about towards the end is that last little bit of paint on the end of the handle... ;)

[@michaelwiegand7151]

Sandpaper

[@masterofmayhamxd7016]

Bob Daniel me too

[@pleappleappleap]

Question for everyone: When you're making handles, do you shoot for symmetry, or comfort in your strong hand?

[@jonhwalsh4900]

VARY COOL !

[@pleappleappleap]

Mr. Sellers, do you have a video about sharpening gouges?

[@starforged]

Do you ever lightly burn the wood? I've heard it keeps the bugs out when your using and leaving it out in the coup. It looks good too.

[@fredix5513]

Me gustaria saber sobre las diferentes clases de maderas, su clasificacion según la dureza y el grano de la madera

[@bcknives4297]

Loving your videos! Wranglerstar sent me. Just subscribed.

[@rocketguyandtompan07]

me too :)

[@jeremylanier4743]

This is relax muscle. *Points at belly Children probably won’t have it yet. I am dying

[@Maaartins]

i remember carving those scoops using an axe and a knife.. good ol' times...

[@wcndave]

A few years to develop, like it ;-)

[@trapuas]

Paul, could one use a travisher in lieu of a round-bottom spoke shave when carving the internal radius of the handle?

[@chapiit08]

I have a question regarding a tool I've seen once, consisting of a wide blade with a forged narrower extension ending in a hook pointing upwards and a T wooden handle on the other end. To use the tool the hook side is "hooked" through a "U" bar affixed to a wooden bench or a stump and wood is shaved in a downward motion as if chopping onions. I've seen it in Spain and Italy but I know it was used in North America as well. What's called?

[@deezynar]

Paul, I see you didn't use a traditional turning saw. I don't like them because if you hold it by the handle you also have to hold the upright of the frame as well so you don't change the angle of the blade by accident. To solve that I made a turning saw that has a handle rigidly connected to the upright at about an 85 degree angle with a bridle joint. The blade is held to the frame with a pair of carriage bolts. The bolt at the near end goes straight thru the length of the handle. I remove the shoulders from the bolts and cut them to length and remove the threads. I then hacksaw a slot in each bolt for the blade and use a couple of cut off nails to pin the blade in place. To adjust the blade angle to get the stretcher out of the way, I rotate the bolts. To get a grip on the bolts I drill out a pair of wing nuts so they snugly fit on the bolts and saw off one of the wings. I pin them in place with nails inserted in holes drilled clear thru. I use string tensioning but to keep the tensioning stick from hitting the stock I'm working on I chisel a 1/4" deep groove into the top of the stretcher and shorten the tensioning stick so it just fits into the groove.

[@erikjoven2388]

As a matter of interest - that rasp you have there - what grain are the teeth? I've been teetering on the edge of getting one. Going to buy either an Auriou or a Liogier - and I have been giving a lot of through to the grain of the teeth. I definitely want something on the coarse side - but not just a total "hog". What you have there seems perfect so I was just curious as to the grain of it. I know this video is nearly 2.5 years old - but if you come across this comment - would love to know! I watch this video at least twice a week - something so peaceful about it. Thanks!!

[@carbon1255]

looks about a 9? start with a 12 or something. Buy a cheap file and rasp set, then you can learn which one you want to break the bank on. Rasps are also availible in; MakeHolesBigger rasp, a round one to make holes bigger. The why-doesn't-this-thing-fit rasp aka Triangle rasps, to make your mortices better. But yeah, if its your first one, just try them out. those brands are mostly for tool collectors to be honest.

[@whimpey109]

Maybe you could do the rough cutting with a stichsaw!

[@alext9067]

I tried looking up Stichsaw, w/ no luck. Is that a local colloquialism for a jig saw? I live in the US, and we sometimes have the wrong names for things.

[@hreinngunnargumundsson4734]

A "stiksav" is a jig saw in danish. I imagine a Stichsaw being the same thing in Dutch or german..

[@a1m1ish]

in dutch it's 'figuurzaag' or 'figuresaw' literally translated.

[@micheloderso]

I have a question, not answered really in internet. How to sharpen a gauge?

[@2testtest2]

Check out Mary May, I am quite sure she has an excellent video on youtube on sharpening gouges. It is basically the same as sharpening plane blades and chisels, except that It is round. for the inside you may want to get a slip stone, but a piece of wood with sandpaper on it works as well.

[@Glader08]

If you subscribe (for free) to his website at woodworkingmasterclasses.com his son shows a good, competent, and detailed video on how they sharpen gouge chisels on diamond stones

[@michaelwiegand7151]

I can think of two ways. Paul Sellers can think of fifteen ways I am sure. 1. With a grinding wheel and a jig like the "OneWay Wolverine" system outfitted with a OneWay Vari-Grind jig. 2. By hand on diamond or glass stones. Either way you should polish the flute. You can use an appropriately sized slip stone to do so. Or you can sharpen your gouge, then get a scrap piece of wood and cut out a channel that your gouge fits perfectly in. And then lube that channel up with some chrome polish and have at it just like a strop. There is a video of this somewhere by some guy that makes guitars, but his name evades me right now. Or you can use any combination of the above. Personally... I will do my rough grinding with the bench grinder and the jig. Then if for some reason I needed it to be scary sharp I would probably take it a step further on my diamond stones and finish it off with the chrome polish. Then again... you usually don't have to go to that level of detail with woodturning gouges. Perhaps a standard gouge chisel I would go through all of that and just hone it up with the chrome polish. The wheels on my bench grinder are 60 and 120 grit aluminum oxide. It is just the "Rikon Low Speed Grinder". Some guys say you should go up to 8000 grit, other guys say 1200 and a strop is sufficient and I fall into that category. Or you could go crazy and go all the way up to the 30,000 grit glass stones. That is just ludicrous if you ask me though. Paul, do you have any expert advice?

[@whimpey109]

Powersaw is the correct word! Or a reciprocating saw!

[@dans9358]

Hi Paul, what kind of wood are you using in this video?

[@trainlens3789]

Now I just need some chickens.

[@MiniZooTube]

silly question, how do you sharpen a round chisel?

[@mcmullin6035]

MiniZooTube He addresses that in one of his Q & A videos.

[@MiniZooTube]

will have to look at it

[@carveryates307]

what set of chisels do you use

[@carbon1255]

Sharp Chisel TM. They aren't rocket science :P

[@carbon1255]

Great! now to get some chickens...

[@jprice_]

Sharpening my chisel to this level would take me longer than actually making scoop xD I feel like a caveman right now.

[@redrum6051]

me too

[@thomaswilliams6869]

What saw does he use at 0.40

[@Matty7twin]

thats a Buck Saw

[@kurasoe]

it's also called a bow saw in NA because of its look, not to be confused with bow saw hacksaws

[@TheDukePyle]

hi everyone

[@bernardhvanengen5002]

Nice video, but I think your chickens must be getting hungry with such a small scoop.

[@anthonyromano8565]

My six pack abs won't hold a scoop.

[@barryoakley5247]

Wooden carving mallet carving mallet q

[@quakerlyster]

Real men just use an axe, knife and hook knife (or gouge).

[@SGudur]

what I observed is that, you always work on softwood.. Rubber wood that I know here! Ever tried with the hard wood? Show, me a video where you worked on some hardwoood...

[@macmcatee611]

You might want to look at Paul making a spoon. It's ash wood and is very hard.

[@carbon1255]

softwood is a pain in the arse, to be honest. If you try engraving etc, you would quickly learn hard wood is easy.