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Step 5. When you saw the back of the handle to thin it, save the waste wood to support it as you carve it. Note: some designs have a curved handle. That makes it even more important to save the scrap, which is used to keep the handle level for carving. Clamp the spoon to the bench with the waste wood supporting the handle. Use thin pieces of scrap wood to protect the bowl as you clamp the spoon to the bench. You can hold the spoon in place with a C clamp, carefully snugged but not overly tightened.

spoon over and match the outside dimensions to the inside dimensions. Use the No. 3-18mm gouge upside down to blend the edges of the cuts.

Step 4. As you shape the bowl, leave a strong flat edge around the rim. That gives the bowl strength both visually and physically.

the corners of the scroll segments.

Step 9. With the same tool—the No. 5-6mm gouge, cut a convex shape into the inside edge of the upper scroll. Make the cut right into the stop cut you just made.

Step 8. Make a plunge stop cut at the base of the curl at the upper scroll. Use the No. 5-6mm gouge.

Step 10. Trim the rounded edges of the scroll segments. Step 11. Use the veiner to make a decorative cut in the three

center scroll segments. Make the cuts long and flowing. A good technique is to make the beginning of the cut quite deep and let the tool come out of the wood along the length of the cut to make it shallower as it progresses.

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