• Darrell Smith shows how to turn a traditional Scottish porridge stirrer.
    Darrell Smith shows how to turn a traditional Scottish porridge stirrer.
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Short of a Christmas present idea for the cooks in your life? At Hare & Forbes Sydney showroom, during their recent annual sale, Darrell Smith showed how to turn a traditional Scottish spurtle or stirring tool.

This between-centres turning exercise requires you to rough out your blank, mark out from a template and then use the right tools to shape the profile. Darrell explains it all as he turns the necessary beads and coves, then sands finely before applying an oil finish.

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