Welcome to my wooden largemouth bass project below are all the supplies with links to all the items i used when making my project.

materials:

cherry wood

supplies:

1.dremel tool- https://www.lowes.com/pd/Dremel-3000-28-Piece-Vari...

2. band saw- https://www.lowes.com/pd/Dremel-3000-28-Piece-Vari...

3. sandpaper- https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gator-50-Piece-Aluminum-O...

4. belt sander- https://www.lowes.com/pd/Shop-Series-by-Rockwell-4...

5. wood glue- https://www.lowes.com/pd/Titebond-16-Oz-III-Ultima...

6. angle grinder- https://www.lowes.com/pd/DEWALT-4-1-2-in-7-Amps-Sl...

7. utility knife- https://www.lowes.com/pd/Project-Source-Project-So...

8. miter saw- https://www.lowes.com/pd/DEWALT-12-in-15-Amp-Dual-...

9. clamps- https://www.lowes.com/pd/IRWIN-QUICK-GRIP-4-Pack-A...

Step 1: Glueing the Wood

For the first step i took a long piece of cherry wood and cut two 20" long piece that were each 2" in depth and roughly 15" wide. I took the long uncut piece of cherry to the miter saw and cut my two pieces of wood that i needed. After that i took some regular wood glue and glued the two piece together and clamped them down with about five or six clamps.

Step 2: Drawing Out My Fish

While the glue dried i took the extra time i had to draw out the fish i wanted which in my case i wanted to do a florida largemouth bass (same rules of the project apply if you decide to make a different fish), i used paper that was big enough that i could use one piece a paper draw out the fish out on. Once i had my final drawing that i liked i used a utility knife and cut out the fish and glued it to the wood once it was dried and ready to use.

Step 3: Cutting the Outline of the Fish

I then took my piece of wood with the glued drawing to the band saw. I used the drawing of the fish as my guide so i knew exactly where i needed to cut and started cutting. I had to go pretty slow during the cutting process of the outline of the fish because of how thickness and how much material the band saw had the cut through but without rushing the process i eventually cut out my rough outline of my fish. During the cutting i made the decision to cut the fins off and shape them and glue them back on later in the project to reduce the time i would have to use cutting around the fins. Then i removed the paper that i glued down before the cut.

Step 4: Shaping the Fish

This process took quite a long time to do but i eventually found a faster more easier way to do it so you won't have to worry about spending two to three hours sanding down the shape you way to your fish. I took just a regular angle grinder with a sanding disc and started to take out the blockiness of the wood and shaped it to what i liked. This process is completely up to you when shaping and rounding your fish it might take a couple tries of sanding away and taking a look at the piece of wood until you are satisfied with the look. Be careful though with this process it is very fast and takes a lot of material off that you will not be able to get back. Once i was done with sanding on the angle grinder i used sandpaper and the belt sander to smooth the fish out and make it look nice.

Step 5: Tail and Fins Sanding

After i got the roundness and look i wanted in my fish i took to the belt sander and started to put a curve in the tail of the fish to make it look just a little more realistic, you can do this by using the belt sander to take of more material on one side of the wood until you start to get a curved shape. Now onto the fins since i cut off the fins they are still how they were when i cut them with the band saw so i also used the belt sander for these to sand them down and make them thinner and curve shape around the edges of the fins.

Step 6: Tail and Fins Carving

Now that im completed with the belt sander i used a utility knife to carve little grooves into the tail and fins to give them a little pop and make them textured to add to the look of the fish. Since i used a utility knife to cut the little details into the fins and tail i took a piece of sandpaper and smoothed out the rough cuts i did with the utility knife. Once i had the things carved out with what i wanted with the utility knife i used a dremel tool with a sanding bit to make the spikes on the top fin of the fish that i didn't cut out with the band saw.

Step 7: Facial Features to the Fish

I used a pencil and traced on to the fish the face that i drew out earlier on the piece of paper so that i knew what and where to cut next with the utility knife. With the tracings on the wood i now used the utility knife to cut the gills the fin on the side of the fish and the mouth features. Same as the the fins and tail i used a piece of sandpaper to to smooth out the rough cuts i did with utility knife to make it nice.

Step 8: Gluing the Fins and Tail

For this step i had to do a little bit more sanding with the belt sander do to the fact that the profile of the fish and fins i cut of were not the same because of the sanding we did to the fish. This part was pretty simple i first put the fins up to the fish were i wanted them and started to sad the bottoms of the fins until the fit around the area of my liking. Once i had that completed i used some fine saw dust from earlier from knew i used he miter saw to cut the lengths of my wood and glue. I mixed the fine sawdust and the glue and applied it to the bottom of the fins and put the on the body of the fish were they belong. I then used clamps to tightly secure the the fins to the body to make sure they didn't move in the drying process.

Step 9: Touch Ups

For this last and final step i took sandpaper i touched up anything that i glued and looked over the things i carved like the gills, mouth, tail, and fins and touched those up again with sandpaper to finish off my project.