How To Make A Wooden Spoon On A Lathe
Start with a coarse grit sandpaper and progressively work your way through finer and finger grits until you reach the desired level of smoothness.
How to make a wooden spoon on a lathe. Mount the blank on a woodturning lathe. A well cared for spoon can last for generations. Steps to Making Wooden Scoops on a Lathe.
Take some 150 grit sandpaper and sand the flat part of the dowel. Materials Needed to Turn a Wooden Scoop. Like carving out table legs he then began cutting away the excess wood.
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. Sand the outside and inside of the bowl using power tools such as drill or Dremel. Just wash in soapy water and let it air dry.
On my cut spoon I marked out the edges or walls of the spoon. Over the course of time the surface may become whitened due to fragmentation of the fibers with repeated use and washings. Next I took a marker and drew a line freehand halfway along the length of the bead Used the bandsaw to cut along this Line.
When you have parted the small dowel from the lathe then use a small knife to cut the dowel in half. Sanding the outside of the bowl. Using the bandsaw I rough cut the form drawn.
After the first five slabs from center have been cut the grain changes enough that the handles would be weakened so I stop there. Attach a faceplate to the blank using screws. Just apply another coat of sesame oil and the finish is restored.
