How To Make Wooden Spoons

All items are individually made by me and one of a kind.
How to make wooden spoons. They both seem to be projects that every woodworker will eventually attempt. Mark a pattern of a spoon on a board. I used a store-bought spoon and used it to trace out the pattern I wanted.
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. Choosing the species of the wood is dependent on a number of factors. Possible dimensions for your wooden spoon.
I also opted for non-traditional spoon shapes making and acoustic guitar and an electric guitar. Next I go to the lathe and put it between centers and turn it down into a round handle and spoon shaped ball. 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.
My favorite way of carving inside my workshop- more tools easier techniques. In the colonial days the wood for spoons was rived with a froe a metal blade which was pounded into the end grain. For this spoon Im using applewood.
The wood you dont use right away you can leave it some high grass. The size of the initial block of wood will be dependent on how big of spoon you plan to construct. Hand carved wooden eating spoon made from Hawthorn wood.
Step 2 Trace the spoon pattern onto the wood with a pencil or marker. If you are more comfortable you can trace a design or use a pencil to sketch on the spoon what you intend to do first. To get 10 off a site of your own vis.