Turning a Wooden Spoon - Page 3

Adjust the tool rest and begin to define the edges of the bowl. All we are after is the general outline and blending it ito the handle. The bowl is carved later off the lathe.

The flat shows there is a fair amount of refining to do but the lines are appearing.

The flat clearly shows the obvious offset.

Refine the handle to a pleasant feel and a thickness with which you are comfortable, particlulary as this will be a working tool and strength is needed. The weakest part of the spoon is the joint from shaft to bowl.

The bowl and join are refined as much as we can on the lathe

I like to burn in a couple of lines for decoration.