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Hot take: Hand carving a wooden spoon beats a lathe any day. Tried both for a year, the knife work is just better.
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masongonzalez2mo ago
Wait, you can feel the wood grain when you carve by hand, right? A lathe just feels like it's spinning too fast to really connect with the material. I mean, the spoon ends up having your own marks in it, not just machine lines. Maybe it's slower, but that's the whole point for me.
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rileym942mo ago
Totally get where @masongonzalez is coming from! I was all about power tools for speed until I tried carving a simple bowl by hand last winter. Feeling the blade catch on a knot and having to work with the grain changed the whole thing for me. It’s not just slower, it makes you pay attention in a different way.
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Yeah, start with a soft wood like basswood or pine. It lets you learn the grain without fighting it.
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