ice Cream earrings: A whittling Project treat
By Pete Luxbacher, Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine
Easy to carve and personalize with bead and ice cream colors, these earrings are a great conversation piece. You can make single ice cream cones to wear as pendants or bracelet charms by adding a jump ring to the top loop instead of the ear hooks.
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Whittling, Volume 6
What’s not to love about whittling? It’s the simplest of all carving activities, and in many ways it’s the most satisfying. All it takes is a small piece of wood, a pocketknife, and an active imagination. With those basic ingredients, you can take it with you on your summer travels to the beach, camping, or any roadside adventure. For the price of a pocketknife, you will quickly be knocking out these 31 cool and clever creations that will satisfy your soul and charm the heck out of friends and family.
Whittling Summer earrings tutorial
1. Lay out the blank.
Lay out the blank. Since you’ll be making multiples, create
a template from heavy cardstock by cutting slots for the pencil. Starting at the edge, measure down and make a mark at 7/32″ (5.5mm), 3/8″ (10mm), and 11/16″ (17mm). Fold the cardstock down the center of the marks, and then cut slots on each mark. Use the folded corner to help you
transfer the marks the entire way around the dowel on both ends.
2. Score guidelines onto the
blank.
Make stop cuts along the traced lines with a carving knife. I roll the dowel on the table while pressing down with the carving knife.
3. Shape the scoop.
Hold the knife at a slight angle while rotating the dowel to
trim the underside of the ice cream on top of the cone. With practice, you can remove all of the excess wood in a single piece.
4. ROUND THE ICE CREAM BALL.
Round the ice cream ball. Make small, gradual cuts. Do not make the ice cream overly smooth; tool marks add to
the texture of the ice cream.
5. SHAPE THE CONE.
Shape the cone. Start in the middle area between the two lowest marks, and cut to the stop cut at the bottom of the band.
6. TAPER THE CONE.
Cut a slope from the bottom of the band to the bottom
of the cone. Deepen the stop cut at the bottom of the cone as you carve the taper. Keep rotating the dowel while cutting the taper to ensure the cone does not become
lopsided.
7. SHAPE THE BAND.
Shape the band to remove the last of the machined dowel
surface. Leaving the ice cream ball thicker than the band makes it easier to paint the ball without getting paint on the band.
8. FINISH THE CONES.
Drill a hole in the top of the cone with a 1/32″ (1mm)
diameter bit for the finding. Deepen the stop cut around the bottom of the cone to separate it from the dowel. Push a double-sided toothpick into the drilled hole in the cone
top to hold while painting.
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