How To Make A Wood Spoon On A Lathe
The spoons are marked out using a template prepared for the project and cut on the band saw.
How to make a wood spoon on a lathe. Next I took a marker and drew a line freehand halfway along the length of the bead. 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. The spoon pattern shown below can be resized and printed to match your piece of wood.
Draw a rough outline of the desire spoon on a piece of wood. Using the bandsaw I rough cut the form drawn. Once the basic form was achieved he then used a band saw to cut the leg in half and chucked using a special clamp each half back into the lathe to mill away the excess wood.
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. Next I go to the lathe and put it between centers and turn it down into a round handle and spoon. Step 3 Cut the spoon out on the bandsaw.
Then they may use a saw to remove waste from the spoon bowl and use some hollowing process to carve the inside of the spoon bowl. Pick a location on the board that will allow you to get multiple spoons. I like to make spoons also but I do it with the lathe.
Cutting board oil also works Tools-Wood lathe-Band saw-Belt sander or other electric sander its possible to get away with just hand-sanding but your hands may fall off in the process-Dremel with several drum-sanding bits for carving out the bowl of the spoon. If playback doesnt begin. Some spoon makers turn a blank on the lathe.
Mark a pattern of a spoon on a board. On my cut spoon I marked out the edges or walls of the spoon. I used a store-bought spoon and used it to trace out the pattern I wanted.
