Thread: Spoons & Utensils

Originally Posted by Tony ray

I was thinking of making the mother in law some Yew utensils

I like the idea of making 'yewtensils'

Philip.

More stuff from the last week. Some white ironbark ( I think) one prickly coastal tee tree which looks like olive wood all from the neighbours for firewood.

I like your designs and i have also been dabbling in a bit of spoonery and knifery lately. I bought a Merlin mini chainsaw carver which makes light work of hollowing out for spoons.

What the hell is a merlin mini chainsaw carver, it has my attention . I can only imagine carving spoons with my Stihl MS 381

Originally Posted by Tony ray

What the hell is a merlin mini chainsaw carver, it has my attention . I can only imagine carving spoons with my Stihl MS 381

THIS might help Tony,

Cheers, Ian

King Arthur Tools are some of the wildest power-carving tools to hang on to. Wood chips and dust simply explode.
If you're ready for that, with the muscle to hang on, they are as good as it gets for power carving.

Since this thread is called Spoons & Utensils, how come nobody shows off their forks?
I did 70 spoons and 30 forks and nobody woke up.

Well its not like trying to hang on to a chain saw as it's about half the size again of a Dremel so no muscle needed. It's quite the opposite actually and just requires you to graze the chain across the surface and let it do its thing, which it does very well and the accuracy you can achieve is is only hindered by how steady you can hold the machine. Not cheap but if time is valuable then its worth the price.

Yes Robson I will make some forks, my daughter keeps asking as well. I was going to try them on the router table.
I like the idea of a hand held chainsaw , Whats the price in Aus for one?

Ah. I'm thinking of the bigger King Arthur Lancelot chain wheels. I would not know who distributes the KA line down your way.

Forks: I carved maybe 30 of them. Oven baked oil finish as usual.
1. 7/8" square blank, 14" long.
2. At right angles, 2.5" from the end and centered on the blank, 2 x 3/8" holes.
3. Pairs of tapered band saw cuts from the end to the holes = rough tines.
4. Fiddle diddle fine carving with a crooked knive to round off the tines.
5. Now, cut away and reshape the fork body to remove the weakest of the 4 tines.
6. A 3 tine fork is far easier to both use and clean.

Originally Posted by Tony ray

Yes Robson I will make some forks, my daughter keeps asking as well. I was going to try them on the router table.
I like the idea of a hand held chainsaw , Whats the price in Aus for one?

Nearly $400 for memory. comes with a sanding attachment and a bag of various grit discs. also comes with a Tungsten Carbide spiked wheel which does a very good job of smoothing out the chain blade marks.