[Tom H]

Just picked up several bags of old wood spools (thread/sewing). About 12 spools of different sizes in each bag. Paid $1 a bag. I hope I can carve them. Anybody know about carving on spools? TOM H

[GILLY]

What sort of things can you carve out of them I wonder, given that they are small...........maybe a mini beer keg or something to go with a caricature.

[decoycarve]

Don't know what kind you have but i have carved santas into them.
Goody

[Mark Gargac]

I carved this one about 5 years or so ago ,i'ts the only one I carved and I believe I still have a bag of basswood spools around somewhere in my shop that I had purchased at a carving supply house. You say you bought an old bag of them, are they a hardwood, I think the traditional spools where made of some type of hardwood?

[Tom H]

Don't know type of wood the spools are. Will put a knife and palm chisel to them today. That'll tell me. I'll try a Santa face. Thanks for the infor TOM H

[carver6]

A guy in our carving club has carved several. He carves relief scenes around them. One I remember was a country scene, with a covered bridge and all the trees and plants you've seen in regular flat paintings.
Garon

[Tom H]

Gilly, Thats the second reference that you have recently made about carving a small BEER KEG. Are you saying its time for a brew?? TOM H

[Tom H]

These old spools are not basswood. Need a rockwell hardness tester for them. This is my first attempt at carving a spool. Too small for me. Spool is leaning against my detail knife. TOM H

[wood-whittler]

tom,


nice little santa, i think someone told me one time that thread spools were made from maple, not sure but i have heard other folks say that they are as hard.


keep up the good work

bart

[Kenny_S]

Tom, neat little Santa. Yep. I would think the spools would be a little small even for my smallish hands. Problem for me anymore is the eyesught!