Tom Baugues
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Never in my 66 years have I ever had the urge to go out in the shop and make a wooden spoon. Never thought about it, heard about it or honestly even read of others making them. For some reason early this week the thought popped into my head and I kind of ignored it, but the thought just didn't go away. So today I decided to see if I could actually make one. I had no real plan other than I knew what one looked like. Anyway, I found a piece of walnut, sketched out a couple shapes and ran them through the bandsaw then started sanding. Then more sanding, then more sanding. Did I mention that I did a lot of sanding? Anyway, after making the spoon I decided why stop there and try to make a matching spatula. Sanding was a bit easier as I decided to make it with flat surfaces, and I could use my finishing sander. I'm sure most of you could knock these out pretty quick but I had several hours into them, but I enjoyed the process and learned a bit. Added some butcher block mineral oil to them today. Might have to try this again and see if I can remember what I learned.
