How To Make A Wooden Spoon On A Lathe
Hillhouse began his creation by sandwiching a piece of brightly colored paduak between two pieces of walnut which he then offset on his lathe for multi-axis turning in order to achieve a distinct pattern for his spoons.
How to make a wooden spoon on a lathe. 4x4x11 10cm x 10cm x 28cm Walnut Smaller blanks can be used to create smaller scoops. Sand the outside and inside of the bowl using power tools such as drill or Dremel. Hillhouses spoons or scoops began their life as a composite block of wood which were offset on his lathe to get that unique pattern.
Mount the blank on a woodturning lathe. 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. Start with a coarse grit sandpaper and progressively work your way through finer and finger grits until you reach the desired level of smoothness.
Next I go to the lathe and put it between centers and turn it down into a round handle and spoon shaped ball. For heavily used spoons a light sanding before reapplication of the oil is all that is needed. How to Make Wooden Spoons.
Attach a faceplate to the blank using screws. Materials Needed to Turn a Wooden Scoop. Using a Dremel to sand the bowl.
A well cared for spoon can last for generations. The first bandsaw cut is down the middle of the slab so as to make ballancing each cut easier and to check for grain changes. Steps to Making Wooden Scoops on a Lathe.
On my cut spoon I marked out the edges or walls of the spoon. If playback doesnt begin. Written Instructions Follow Step by Step Images.