How To Make Wooden Spoons With Hand Tools
Through this experiment I discovered my favorite way to make spoons.
How to make wooden spoons with hand tools. Possible dimensions for your wooden spoon. To get 10 off a site of your own vis. Demonstration of how I made a wooden spoon with hand tools only.
You need a heavy hammer. Paul advocates shaping wood as an entry level project that helps in. Butcher block olive peanut or vegetable oil.
My favorite way of carving inside my workshop- more tools easier techniques. Sand your spoon to 220-grit then apply a nontoxic oil finish eg. If it is to small it will not have enough force to split the wood.
Some spoon makers turn a blank on the lathe. Pick a location on the board that will allow you to get multiple spoons. Draw a rough outline of the desire spoon on a piece of wood.
I was finishing my graduate work in Texas and I had been working wood with hand tools for the past couple years. Step 2 Trace the spoon pattern onto the wood with a pencil or marker. But I make my utensils in a different way.
The year was about 2007. Spoon carving is a bit more refined than crudely making one and in our shared interest of craft I will focus on specific tools that are used to carve wooden spoons. I prepared this guide as a helpful tool for aspiring spoon makers and instructional guide for collectors.