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2nd October 2017, 01:34 PM #16GOLD MEMBER
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You can expect that fruit woods will not be toxic. Just don't be foolish enough to finish the woods with peanut oil.
I've always used good extra virgin olive oil (kalamata) from Greece.
I've always asked potential spoon/fork buyers: "do you have any food allergies that I need to know about?"
Many thank me for asking.
Make BIG spaghetti forks. 3-4 tines is all you need, is all I need. Far more useful kitchen prep than any spoon
and stirring, they never splash. Not ever. I finish them with a crooked knife, no sanding and wood-shredding ever needed.
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3rd October 2017, 05:16 PM #17SENIOR MEMBER
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17th October 2017, 01:39 PM #18Intermediate Member
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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.
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17th October 2017, 04:46 PM #19GOLD MEMBER
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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.
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17th October 2017, 05:27 PM #20Intermediate Member
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What the hell is a merlin mini chainsaw carver, it has my attention . I can only imagine carving spoons with my Stihl MS 381
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17th October 2017, 09:16 PM #21
THIS might help Tony,
Cheers, Ian"The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot.. it can't be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run.
And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better"
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19th October 2017, 01:09 PM #22GOLD MEMBER
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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.
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19th October 2017, 03:41 PM #23GOLD MEMBER
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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.
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19th October 2017, 04:15 PM #24Intermediate Member
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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?
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20th October 2017, 04:13 AM #25GOLD MEMBER
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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.
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