Made a simple spoon rack the other day, the rack is nothing new, many people have made spoon racks and in many different guises too.
This very simple rack has a loop of Hazel that acts as a suspension point, the rack itself is a piece of well seasoned sycamore, into which ive cut five holes, two small ones for the suspension system and three larger ones for the spoons themselves, i made the holes slightly oversize so the spoons can be put in and out of the rack without damaging the handles, i looked at the more traditional method of cutting a long slot in the rack, but decided against it.
Having made the above rack i decided there was something about it that i just didn't like, don't know what it was, but i needed to change it.
The revised design is as pictured below and this one i quite like, it's a bit of a work in progress and it has some flaws, but that is what a prototype is all about, getting it all worked out, before moving on and making the final version.
This particular rack is made from three different woods, the base is Pine, the uprights are Hazel and the shelf is well seasoned Sycamore.
This very simple rack has a loop of Hazel that acts as a suspension point, the rack itself is a piece of well seasoned sycamore, into which ive cut five holes, two small ones for the suspension system and three larger ones for the spoons themselves, i made the holes slightly oversize so the spoons can be put in and out of the rack without damaging the handles, i looked at the more traditional method of cutting a long slot in the rack, but decided against it.
Having made the above rack i decided there was something about it that i just didn't like, don't know what it was, but i needed to change it.
The revised design is as pictured below and this one i quite like, it's a bit of a work in progress and it has some flaws, but that is what a prototype is all about, getting it all worked out, before moving on and making the final version.
This particular rack is made from three different woods, the base is Pine, the uprights are Hazel and the shelf is well seasoned Sycamore.
