How To Make A Wood Spoon On A Lathe
I like to make spoons also but I do it with the lathe.
How to make a wood spoon on a lathe. Once the shape of the spoons was created it was then time to refine the design into the actual utensils. Step 2 Trace the spoon pattern onto the wood with a pencil or marker. On my cut spoon I marked out the edges or walls of the spoon.
How to Create a Wooden Spoon using HAND TOOLS. I use a five or six quarter stock 1-14 or 1-12 inch and draw the spoon on the wood with a magic marker. Next I go to the lathe and put it between centers and turn it down into a round handle and spoon.
Mark a pattern of a spoon on a board. With the dimensions of this board I should be able to make up to 4 spoons. Once the basic form was achieved he then used a band saw to cut the leg in half and chucked using a special clamp each half back into the lathe to mill away the excess wood.
With the lathe off I used a fine tooth hand saw to cut the in-progress cedar spoon off the lathe and my waste pieces. Then they may use a saw to remove waste from the spoon bowl and use some hollowing process to carve the inside of the spoon bowl. Used the bandsaw to cut along this Line.
Cutting board oil also works Tools-Wood lathe-Band saw-Belt sander or other electric sander its possible to get away with just hand-sanding but your hands may fall off in the process-Dremel with several drum-sanding bits for carving out the bowl of the spoon. Cut out the outline of the spoon. After the first five slabs from center have been cut the grain changes enough that the handles would be weakened so I stop there.
Step 3 Cut the spoon out on the bandsaw. This gives a very symmetrical round handle and outside of the bowl of the spoon. Pick a location on the board that will allow you to get multiple spoons.