u/Slobberdog25

Hello all. I have recently been on a kick to replace my plastic/silicone tools in my kitchen with wooden ones. I was canning the other day and decided to make a bubble remover/headspace tool out of wood. A few concepts later, and I settled on Alder being the wood of choice for its resistance to warping and great contrast. Sanded to 320 and oiled with food grade mineral oil, it worked great for me.

Is there a market for something like this? Would you pick a wooden version over a plastic version? I’ve read a couple people saying removing bubbles isn’t necessary.

If you do like it, is there anything you would change about the design?

Personally I really like it. It worked really well for me, but I’d like the opinions of the canning community at large. Thank you and happy canning!

I had an old wind chime that had busted and rotted so I took the chimes and cleaned them up to make a new one. Let me tell you it was a learning curve for sure.
You see, most of the chimes were missing the plastic inserts that kept the strings off of the chimes (this reduces vibration if they touch). I spent weeks trying to figure out a solution when my buddy suggested using my laser to cut new acrylic ones. I told him he was a genius and went and cut them out of 1/4” wood instead since I had it lying around.

All wood is from the same piece of cherry with several coats of outdoor spar urethane.