How To Turn A Wooden Spoon On A Lathe
Just made it up as I went along.
How to turn a wooden spoon on a lathe. A wooden spoon is turned on a standard wood lathe using offset turning for the handle. Written Instructions Follow Step by Step Images. This will let you shape the handle of the spoon and then part it off of the lathe.
4x4x11 10cm x 10cm x 28cm Walnut Smaller blanks can be used to create smaller scoops. One end is mounted off center. 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.
Next I go to the lathe and put it between centers and turn it down into a round handle and spoon shaped ball. Remove the blank from the lathe set the handle on a solid surface position a chisel across the paper glue line and rap the chisel lightly. Sand the spoon bowl at this time as the centers will be lost when the blanks are split apart.
Spoon carving is a great hobby. Hillhouses spoons or scoops began their life as a composite block of wood which were offset on his lathe to get that unique pattern. In this months issue of The Highland Woodturner Phil Colson demonstrates how he turns wooden spoons on his lathe an interesting alternative to carving.
When you start to turn the off centered end the cuts should start to show very soon. Then I cross-cut the stock at about 13 inches giving me one 13 inch piece and one 17 inch piece. 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.
I like to make spoons also but I do it with the lathe. 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. Using the bandsaw I rough cut the form drawn.