How To Turn A Wooden Spoon On A Lathe
Part some of the wood away from the jaws of the chuck.
How to turn a wooden spoon on a lathe. Like carving out table legs he then began cutting away the excess wood. 4x4x11 10cm x 10cm x 28cm Walnut Smaller blanks can be used to create smaller scoops. Attach a faceplate to the blank using screws.
First I cut the edges off of my stock turning it into an octagon this makes it easier to turn it into a cylinder on the lathe. Written Instructions Follow Step by Step Images. Just made it up as I went along.
Sand the spoon bowl at this time as the centers will be lost when the blanks are split apart. I like to make spoons also but I do it with the lathe. Turning the Wooden Handle Mount the wood on your lathe and in your multi-jawed chuck.
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. With the lathe off I used a fine tooth hand saw to cut the in-progress cedar spoon off the lathe and my waste pieces. A wooden spoon is turned on a standard wood lathe using offset turning for the handle.
The other end is centered. One end is mounted off center. When you start to turn the off centered end the cuts should start to show very soon.
This is a small turning blank but you can bring the tailstock up if you want to. Steps to Making Wooden Scoops on a Lathe. In this months issue of The Highland Woodturner Phil Colson demonstrates how he turns wooden spoons on his lathe an interesting alternative to carving.