Project Information
I had a spatula on which the plastic handle broke a bit over a month ago, and I decided I liked it enough to put on a wooden handle. Started with some scraps of curly cherry I had, and sandwiched a bit of 1/16 (or maybe 3/32) ash veneer between them to get the fit right. The handle is a little twisted from the spatula, but that just makes the lighter stripe from the ash look cool, right? It's a design feature!
Finished with a few coats of tung oil thinned 50-50 with mineral spirits in order to get better penetration.
Details of the build are in a blog I wrote:
Total time was maybe a half-dozen hours, in between other projects. My shop-time has been limited lately, so it was nice having a project that I could work on for short periods when I did get a few minutes in the shop.
Finished with a few coats of tung oil thinned 50-50 with mineral spirits in order to get better penetration.
Details of the build are in a blog I wrote:
Total time was maybe a half-dozen hours, in between other projects. My shop-time has been limited lately, so it was nice having a project that I could work on for short periods when I did get a few minutes in the shop.
