Most of us would consider a wood bowl to be the most common and used turned item in the kitchen. But we might reconsider our opinion once someone mentions wood-turned spoons. We use spoons or spatulae for almost all cooking!
Spoons are simple to turn and usually require some amount of carving to make a nice bowl shape. Also, the nice part about making your own spoons is that you can choose any type of wood that you like. We also find them to be great gifts. Nobody would turn down a hand-turned spoon!
As far as blanks go, I recommend these:
At a recent craft fair while displaying my wood-turned items a lady asked if I could make a “sturdy” wooden spoon. It would seem that her store-bought wooden spoons kept breaking. My first thought was …
I like to use a spatula in the kitchen. Wooden spoons are great for lifting things, but for general cooking, they are poorly designed. Most spoon handles are simply turned dowels and uncomfortable to grip …
In this project, George Awburn describes how to get started making the handle for the spoon. Then he shows a drawing of a wooden chuck designed to hold the spoon so that you can hollow …