How To Make Handmade Wooden Spoons
I shaped the curved back sides of the guitars using a belt sander clamped upside down to my workbench.
How to make handmade wooden spoons. Each of our works of handmade home décor kitchen utensils and wooden spoons is unique never carved from a template and made in Ireland from wood grown found or reclaimed in West Cork. I used that finish on a lot of spoons. If you dont have access to a saw you can also purchase spoon blanks Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download.
In the colonial days the wood for spoons was rived with a froe a metal blade which was pounded into the end grain. I used a store-bought spoon and used it to trace out the pattern I wanted. Handmade from 100 beechwood in Hungary by a father-son duo this spoon is a perfect match for our Carbon Steel Stainless Steel and Non Stick lines.
Next I used a round carving bit in my rotary tool to carve out the bowls of the spoons. Then it will be wet and workable for 2-4 weeks. Ive been wanting to make a wooden spoon for some time now.
Refining the shapes using my random orbit sander. This caused the wood to split right along the path of the grain and all handles produced in this manner had handles which followed the grain. It needs to be newly cut.
With the dimensions of this board I should be able to make up to 4 spoons. For this spoon Im using applewood. Justin shares his obvious skill and enthusiasm for this work as he.
Draw a rough outline of the desire spoon on a piece of wood. Some still rive the wood for spoons and this is a fine way to make them. Possible dimensions for your wooden spoon.