How To Make A Wood Serving Spoon

Hand-wash them in soapy water dont submerge them.
How to make a wood serving spoon. Wooden Spoon Wood Burning Art. All wood can be used but fruit tree are best. How to Clean Wood Cutting Boards 2.
A low density hardwood such as yellow poplar or bass wood will make for easy carving. If you really want to go the extra mile you can rub a small amount of mineral oil into the spoon with a soft cloth about once a month to help keep the wood. Turtle wooden spoon made from Linden wood painted and finished with beeswax and flax oil.
Allowing wood spoons to air dry leaves them in contact with water too long. Step 2 Trace the spoon pattern onto the wood with a pencil or marker. You need a log of wood.
It needs to be 10-15 cm longer than the spoon you want to make. Cut out the outline of the spoon. Draw a rough outline of the desire spoon on a piece of wood.
The spoon pattern shown below can be resized and printed to match your piece of wood. Instead hand wash your spoons or any wooden utensil really including silicone spatulas with wooden handles with soap and warm water. The size of the initial block of wood will be dependent on how big of spoon you plan to construct.
Step 3 Cut the spoon out on the bandsaw. Newly cut wood is going to have a higher percentage of moisture content. After its dried then come back and finish the spoon.