{"id":8384,"date":"2025-11-30T18:36:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/?p=8384"},"modified":"2025-11-30T18:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:37:01","slug":"cnc-woodworking-the-wok-spatula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/cnc-woodworking-the-wok-spatula\/","title":{"rendered":"CNC Woodworking: The Wok Spatula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JGDngKZYSRw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JGDngKZYSRw\">Wok Spatula Build Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my friends asked if I could make a spatula for him. I thought this would be a good opportunity to add some more designs to my catalog, so I combined the basic handle shape I did for my previous utensils with a long and thin spatula front end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC03353-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC03353-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC03353-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC03353-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC03353-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC03353-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC03353-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC03353-380x254.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC03353-1320x882.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But, it was more than that. I originally designed my utensils in Blender, which is a 3D mesh program. Mesh editing is like pixel-editing in Photoshop, but in 3D. You manipulate points, lines, and triangles\/quads in three dimensions to get the shape you want. It takes a lot of time, and it is difficult to manipulate things in&#8230;precise&#8230;.mathematical ways.  I mean, moving pixels and points is precise, but it is hard to keep the shape I desire. Instead, I feel like a shape like this better suited to surface modeling. So, I drew cross sections of the shape and used surface lofting to create the overall shape. That&#8217;s probably greek to most people, unless they speak 3d modeling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The end result is that I have a shape that is easier for me to work with in CAD. I can somewhat re-use the basic handle shape and add on different utensil ends to make various kitchen things: spoons, spatulas, and forks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03331-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03331-2-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03331-2-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03331-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03331-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03331-2-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03331-2-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03331-2-380x254.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03331-2-1320x882.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodworkers tend to hoard wood, and I&#8217;m no exception. It&#8217;s hard to throw away those extra scrap pieces that might be &#8220;good for something someday&#8221;. So, I picked up some of my scrap pieces of cherry and one piece of walnut, and cut some fun curvy shaped out on them. Of course, I used the CNC, and those shapes precisely mated together with some waterproof wood glue and made one starting block of wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03313-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03313-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03313-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03313-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03313-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03313-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03313-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03313-380x254.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03313-1320x882.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In my last post, I talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/curved-wood-inlays-with-the-cnc\/\">Curved Inlays with the CNC<\/a>. One of the reasons I wrote a Fusion plugin was to create inlays on my utensil designs. I used the plugin to make these inlays, and I did some batch runs of spatulas to create a stock pile for a craft fair. I&#8217;m hoping to actually do a craft fair sometime in the future&#8230;probably next spring. At this point I&#8217;m just building up some stock of the things I have designed. I do sell a few things online, but it is hard to sell a ~$30 spatula and add on an additional $10-$15 for shipping. Even at $30, I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s really worth my time to make them, but I do enjoy the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03323-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03323-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03323-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03323-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03323-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03323-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03323-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03323-380x254.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wok-Spatula-DSC03323-1320x882.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I do like making plans and digital files for other people to re-create my projects, and selling $10 files helps support my website. I spent a while making toolpaths in Vectric VCarve just so other people could easily create this project. My typical workflow is to use fusion for toolpaths, but I have found that more people like VCarve and prefer it. I think this is simply because it is easier to use and get into, despite it being more expensive (Fusion can literally be free, whereas VCarve Pro is like $800). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyways, digital files to make this wok spatula are available on my workshop page: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-corbin-039-s-workshop wp-block-embed-corbin-039-s-workshop\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nUvNa8f2G0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corbinsworkshop.com\/shop\/digital-files-wok-spatula-directions-vectric-vcarve-file-fusion-cad-cam-and-stl-model\/\">Digital Files: Wok Spatula &#8211; Directions, Vectric VCarve File, Fusion CAD\/CAM, and STL Model<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Digital Files: Wok Spatula &#8211; Directions, Vectric VCarve File, Fusion CAD\/CAM, and STL Model&#8221; &#8212; Corbin&#039;s Workshop\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinsworkshop.com\/shop\/digital-files-wok-spatula-directions-vectric-vcarve-file-fusion-cad-cam-and-stl-model\/embed\/#?secret=0oXmuUs1CM#?secret=nUvNa8f2G0\" data-secret=\"nUvNa8f2G0\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video Link: Wok Spatula Build Video. One of my friends asked if I could make a spatula for him. I thought this would be a good opportunity to add some more designs to my catalog,&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/cnc-woodworking-the-wok-spatula\/\">[read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[210,73],"class_list":["post-8384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-cnc","tag-woodworking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thumbnail-Wok-Spatula-v2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8391,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8384\/revisions\/8391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}