How To Turn A Wooden Spoon On A Lathe
Next I go to the lathe and put it between centers and turn it down into a round handle and spoon shaped ball.
How to turn a wooden spoon on a lathe. I like to make spoons also but I do it with the lathe. Materials Needed to Turn a Wooden Scoop. Spoon carving is a great hobby.
Using the bandsaw I rough cut the form drawn. First get a stick of firewood out of the pile and mount it in the lathe. Part some of the wood away from the jaws of the chuck.
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. In this months issue of The Highland Woodturner Phil Colson demonstrates how he turns wooden spoons on his lathe an interesting alternative to carving. Mount the blank on a woodturning lathe.
You always need about 1-2 inches on either side of your product when turning it on a lathe because the lathe spindles need to bit into something substantial. I like to make spoons also but I do it with the lathe. This is a very different spoon than I have ever made before.
Attach a faceplate to the blank using screws. Spoons spoons spoons everybody is getting into carving spoons. One end is mounted off center.
Written Instructions Follow Step by Step Images. Hillhouses spoons or scoops began their life as a composite block of wood which were offset on his lathe to get that unique pattern. Spoon carving is a great hobby.
