Carved Flour Scoop - Magazine Article

This is another project I made back in very late winter/early spring, I'd been wanting to make a carved scoop for some time. It was something I hadn't really seen but the idea stuck in my head so I had to make it. I had started with a completely different scoop, but got halfway through and decided the shape was all wrong. 

But I knew it would make a great project for Woodcarving magazine. 

Making Different Scoops - I'm obsessed!!!

 When I get into a subject, I really get into a subject. that's why I'm such a woodworking obsessive and the same with self-sufficiency. 

I mentioned in a few posts how scoops have become a bit of an obsession. I love making them and messing about with the design to see what does and doesn't work for me. 

Above is some of the different types of scoops I've made this year. I've made more designs than this and more different sizes, but this is a good selection of them. 

Wooden Scoops

 I was at an antique shop the other day and they had a scoop made completely from wood. But not a single piece like my previous post, made from multiple pieces and nailed together. 

I liked the idea of it and could see how it would be a useful thing to have in the garden shed or for chicken feed. 

Make A Grain Scoop From A Log

 My mate had some Lime trees that needed some large branches thinning out. When they were doing the work he said I could have what I wanted. 

To start with I took a log about 16inches long. It's been sat outside my workshop for about 2 months now, and I know I wanted to make some scoops from it! 

Yesterday was the day to make a start. I grabbed my maul and split it down.