The first rule of woodturning...

Dunno. Maybe buy one with a plastic handle, and bust it off. Then turn and reglue the metal scoop onto it.

Buy the best ice cream scoop you can find and present it to her on a turned piece (bowl, plate, box, etc) maybe one of this fancy defrosting ones

are you sure she didn't say: "a scoop of your ice cream"? ;-)

Hello Pain,

Sorry to say I don't have a suggestion but this story was so cute I laughed out loud all by myself. I then sent a copy to all my family. Oh man how us guys love the pretty ladies. If it makes you feel any better I would have do the same thing.

Richard in South Carolina

Pain,

Here is a way to make a scoop but it may not be functional for ice cream. Last weekend I saw a turning demonstration by Eli Avisera. (He is great. If you ever have an opportunity to see him, don't pass it up.) He made a couple mini scoops but the same principles could be applied to larger scoops.

He turned a ball with a handle, all in one piece. If you have trouble visualizing this, think of a lollipop with a fancy handle. You could do this between centers and when done, just part it off. I would suggest doing all or most of the finishing before parting it off.

He remounted the piece with the ball in a chuck and with the other end slightly off center. He turned a bit off the very end of the handle which added some interest to the shape. Mounting the ball in a chuck represents a problem. It is almost guaranteed that the jaws will mark the sides of the ball. I solved this by making a chuck out of PVC pipe. Just find the right size for your application.

Next, loosen the jaws, and rotate the piece so the handle is pointing straight up (or straight down) so it is at a right angle to the length of the lathe. It should fit between the jaws of the chuck. I cut a notch in one end of the PVC pipe so the handle could swing in there. Then hollow out the ball just like it was a bowl. Sand and finish and you have a turned scoop. Doing it probably doesn't take much longer than I've spent composing this deathless prose!

Hope this helps,

Harry

uh, you could uh, turn her some toys...

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Invite her over for ice cream. Use the two matching ice cream BOWLS you made for her, and only supply one spoon. Don't even mention the scoop.

I always thought the first rule of woodturning was never to run your fingers through your hair while drinking coffee...

Geordie

Or sneeze with your faceshield on

Or pick your nose while holding a skew

Or .....

- Andrew

Buahahahaha... I don't think that'd make her smile. I'd rather not get slapped. ;-)

I'm glad you got a chuckle. ;-)

Hmmm.... I didn't think of turning it sideways... I guess it depends on weather I can get the handle to fit in between the jaws of the chuck... this might work... I'll give it a shot tomorrow.

Is this in Raffan's "Turning Projects"?

I don't know. I don't have the book. I saw this demonstrated by Eli Avisera last Sunday. He make a couple small ones with the bowl about the size of your thumb.

As an alternative, you could turn the scoop the way Ruth Niles does. She makes the handle and scoop separately and then glues them together. Ruth demonstrated this technique for the Lehigh Valley Woodturners a couple years ago. Pictures of this demo can be found at

this helps,

Harry

Reading Raffans books and watching his tapes, to make a scoop to me looks like a goblet with a thicker stem and the top cut off. depending how much you cut with a band saw, change from a scoop for flour to a scoop for ice cream. if nothing else you can give her fancy fire wood.

So quit complaining, go over to ebay and do a search for ice cream scoops. Pick one with a plastic handle and replace it with one you made on the lathe. Like this one for instance;

Bernadette

That's cheating! "Here... I made the handle at least...

turn a scoop that could easally be made into an ice cream scoop. The book is woodturning Methods Mike Darlow cant lay my hands on my copy or i would give the the page No. Walter

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My bandsaw SUCKS! I got the cheapest one... like $200. I should've spent more because it's worthless....

oooo wait.... an idea just popped into my head.... I know how I'm gonna do it now. I'm not using the bandsaw.... I make the handle, with the ball like you said... then turn it around and put the handle in the chuck. Hollow out the ball so it's sorta like a goblet, then use a dremmel or something to split the goblet in half.

I'm going to waste soo much wood on this thing. I'm going to use something cheap like oak.