Not Too Late - Another Last Minute Present

Nice.

For Real spoons, hollow the Big End then bandsaw the excess after finish turned.

Got suggestions for methods of "hollowing"? I guess if I had a lathe with a big enough swing and glued the blank to a face plate and figured out how to turn an oval hollow ... Or I could turn a few domes of the right size and glue on some sand paper. Or ....

charlie b

Gouge, scorp or scraper, sandpaper.

Do it like you would turn a goblet. After your finished, the goblet portion can be a Scoop or a Spoon depending on what you do with it on the band saw.

Senor Dosser:

I am trying to picture how you would cut the goblet portion to have a traditional spoon. The scoop is something that has been made ever sine I can remember, and I have a couple made as Christmas ornaments.

But I am thinking of a rod with an oval on the end, mounted center to center, and trued up and centered on the lathe. I can understand and see the goblet easily, and can do the hollowing and finishing etc.

However, on a traditional spoon I am seen the tip of the spoon end (not the handle) as being at least as high as the center line of the handle, prefereably higher. If I have drilled a hole in the end (1" maybe?) how will I not have a tip that will be lower than the center line of the handle when I have removed the evidence of the hollowing access hole?

I do my spoons with a Dremel and carbide burr and it takes a while. I make bread mixing spoons, pudding spoons, mixing spoons, tasting spoons, and stirring spoons all in a traditional style. I also make mixing spatulas, turners, etc. (If anyone would like to see them I will try to post a link after some pics.)

I would LOVE to find a faster way to make spoons than grinding and sanding. I have made so damn many I am sick of them.

I await your response...

Robert

Robert,

FWIW I'd like to see them.

TomNie

As before, gouge, scorp or scraper, spokeshave and sandpaper. I carve a couple/three hundred a year.

If you want symmetrical, and turned handles, you can use a blocked end and mount it below the centerline of the eventual bowl. (-\-------) I have a bench at carving height at the end of my horse, but as you wouldn't be shaving handles, you could get by with a shaving "pony" in a vise.

Sorry, I missed your questions. If you use the goblet technique, the tip of the spoon will be lower than the center line of the handle. If that is a problem, then you need another technique. You could pre-shape the bowl of the spoon and then turn the handle. Other than that, I'm fresh out of ideas.

In answer to the question of how to get the concave "inside" of the spoon - Proxxon mini-grinder with flapper sander wheel.. If you have a table saw, you've probably seen the method of cutting a cove into a board by passing the board diagonally acrossed the saw blade. By making a sweeping pass over the surface, varying the depth of cut by varying the angle as you go, you can "sand out" a spoon shape. There's a medium and fine

2" curved metal abrasive wheel available that lasts a lot longer than the flapper sander that Proxxon sells. But at $40 US each they're gonna have to be on a future wish list.

charlie b