How To Make A Wooden Spoon On A Lathe

Start with a coarse grit sandpaper and progressively work your way through finer and finger grits until you reach the desired level of smoothness.
How to make a wooden spoon on a lathe. Power sand the wooden spoon. For heavily used spoons a light sanding before reapplication of the oil is all that is needed. A well cared for spoon can last for generations.
How to Make Wooden Spoons. Next I go to the lathe and put it between centers and turn it down into a round handle and spoon shaped ball. If playback doesnt begin.
Hillhouses spoons or scoops began their life as a composite block of wood which were offset on his lathe to get that unique pattern. On my cut spoon I marked out the edges or walls of the spoon. Attach a faceplate to the blank using screws.
Sanding the outside of the bowl. Over the course of time the surface may become whitened due to fragmentation of the fibers with repeated use and washings. Next I took a marker and drew a line freehand halfway along the length of the bead Used the bandsaw to cut along this Line.
Take some 150 grit sandpaper and sand the flat part of the dowel. Using a Dremel to sand the bowl. After the first five slabs from center have been cut the grain changes enough that the handles would be weakened so I stop there.
Like carving out table legs he then began cutting away the excess wood. Just wash in soapy water and let it air dry. 4x4x11 10cm x 10cm x 28cm Walnut Smaller blanks can be used to create smaller scoops.