How To Make Wooden Spoons With Hand Tools

My Process for Making Spoons.
How to make wooden spoons with hand tools. It just needs to be sharp. Butcher block olive peanut or vegetable oil. Drill presses are usually 1 HP and without a clamp you will not be able to keep the large bit from spinning the blank out of your hands.
Set your depth gauge to drill just 38 into the blank. Apply a liberal coat of olive oil and allow it to soak in for 20 minutes then wipe dry with a paper towel. Step 3 Cut the spoon out on the bandsaw.
Use card scrapers to remove tool marks and tearout. Pick a location on the board that will allow you to get multiple spoons. Sand paper 80 120 and 400.
After using the burrs I clean up the tool marks with the hand held spoon bent gouge using light finishing cuts. Wooden spoons should be. With the dimensions of this board I should be able to make up to 4 spoons.
Most wooden spoon making is done with a hatchet and a couple knives with the work held first on a chopping block and then in your hands. Paul advocates shaping wood as an entry level project that helps in. To get 10 off a site of your own vis.
Draw a rough outline of the desire spoon on a piece of wood. My favorite way of carving inside my workshop- more tools easier techniques. But I make my utensils in a different way.