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[Spoon Man]

Hi all, just found these forums, good to see an Australian woodworking forum - lots of great topics. Here I have attaced a picture of my 5th spoon carving.

[BobR]

Welcome to the forum. Nice looking spoon. How was it made.

[Gumby]

Welcome to the forum. Nice looking spoon. How was it made.

I think you get a large timber salad spoon and trim it down on the TS

welcome Spoon Man

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

You'd rather 'twas a pen, Gumby?

I like the concept behind it, spoony, have you given any thought to inlaying pieces of, say, nacre or polished brass into the handles? Oh... yeah... welcome to the madhouse.

[watson]

I like spoons!
Would like to see "tuther side" too, and Skew's idea would look good too!
What wood and finish?? inquisitive bugger aren't I??

[BobL]

Nice work SpoonM! I like making spoons as well although mine are not as fancy as yours. Here's a couple I made last year.



Currently I have 2 mixing spoons "in progress" made from Orange tree wood. The sawdust from the orange wood smells sensational.

[Spoon Man]

OK, thanks all for the welcome, to answer everyone's questions in one go:
How the Spoon was Made
i. I made the spoon by tracing around an old cheap spoon. I then added the extra curves to the end of the spoon free hand.
ii.I then used by band saw to cut out the shape.
iii. I then clamped the spoon the bench and used a gouge & mallet to carve out the bowl of the spoon.
iv. Next I started on shaping the spoon and end of spoon to make it curved using a rasp - i left the handle at this point refer step vii. I clean up the deep cuts left from the rasp using 40 grit sandpaper.
v. I then concerntrated on the curves using a 6mm chisel to curve the inner parts of the curves that i couldn't shape with the rasp.
vi. I used a power drill to cut the holes in the top of spoon then used a round rasp and chisel to clean up the edges.
vii. The spiral effect i did by drawing 2 diagonal lines from the top of the spoon and following the same angle on each side down the length of the handle.
viii. after the lines are drawn, i use a rasp to shape between the line. I clean up the wood using a chisel to enhance the spirals.

Wood & Finish
The wood is brush box and I finished the spoon with walnut oil and bees wax melted in a pot.

I will take a photo of the other side soon.

[Spoon Man]

Nice work SpoonM! I like making spoons as well although mine are not as fancy as yours. Here's a couple I made last year.

Currently I have 2 mixing spoons "in progress" made from Orange tree wood. The sawdust from the orange wood smells sensational.

I like your spoons too....where did you get the orange wood from and does the orange wood change the flavour of your food?

[Peter36]

Nicely done Spoonman . Very elegant and not your average stir the soup type spoon