1-Tbs Coffee Spoon

[Alan Spears]

I posted a picture of 1-Tbs Coffee Spoons that I just developed a process to to completely turn on the lathe utilizing a offset process. There were replys to the post on my process and I have written instructions for handouts at a couple turning demos at the 2 clubs I belong to. II've attached a PDF of the instructions. I hope you enjoy!

 

[Jim Reynolds]

Very nicely done! Thank you.

 

[John K Jordan]

Alan,

Nice project and instructions! And timely: I can imagine these floating around in turner's heads with some other Christmas present ideas! The document is well done too. I love a handout with pictures. A good handout goes a long way towards giving that little push from "Oh, that was a nice demo" to "I'm gonna make one." Especially for we who are elderly and memory impaired.

(Another thing I do at demos when possible is pass out wood blanks the right size for the project - that undermines the procrastinator's excuse of "Oh, I need to find some wood for this. Maybe tomorrow...")

And I like your "close enough for coffee" statement!

I've never turned a coffee scoop but carved a few. I didn't think of "close enough" so I pondered on how to get the volume right regardless of the shape. The method I decided on was to use Silly Putty to fill the plastic coffee scoop that came with the coffee maker, then carve the inside of the bowl until the silly putty fit, then carve the outside. Turning would be a LOT quicker than carving!!!
One from cocobolo in progress:


Your turning method could be used to make a whole set of measuring spoons for the kitchen. Ooo, I have some Olivewood waiting patiently for some special attention...

JKJ

 

[Alan Spears]

Alan,

Nice project and instructions! And timely: I can imagine these floating around in turner's heads with some other Christmas present ideas! The document is well done too. I love a handout with pictures. A good handout goes a long way towards giving that little push from "Oh, that was a nice demo" to "I'm gonna make one." Especially for we who are elderly and memory impaired.

(Another thing I do at demos when possible is pass out wood blanks the right size for the project - that undermines the procrastinator's excuse of "Oh, I need to find some wood for this. Maybe tomorrow...")

And I like your "close enough for coffee" statement!

I've never turned a coffee scoop but carved a few. I didn't think of "close enough" so I pondered on how to get the volume right regardless of the shape. The method I decided on was to use Silly Putty to fill the plastic coffee scoop that came with the coffee maker, then carve the inside of the bowl until the silly putty fit, then carve the outside. Turning would be a LOT quicker than carving!!!
One from cocobolo in progress:
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Your turning method could be used to make a whole set of measuring spoons for the kitchen. Ooo, I have some Olivewood waiting patiently for some special attention...

JKJ

Thanks for your comments and BTW that carved scoop you made is beautiful. Once I found out the volume of a tablespoon it was playing with the diameter until the hemisphere matched the volume, then the key is to turn a hemisphere. The more I do the better I get, but I keep a medicine bottle around with 1-tablespoon of salt in it to check.

 

[John K Jordan]

Thanks for your comments and BTW that carved scoop you made is beautiful. Once I found out the volume of a tablespoon it was playing with the diameter until the hemisphere matched the volume, then the key is to turn a hemisphere. The more I do the better I get, but I keep a medicine bottle around with 1-tablespoon of salt in it to check.

And thanks for YOUR comment! Spoon carving is tedious but I enjoy it, should do more. I made two of the coffee scoops with a similar design, the other one from rare pink flamewood provided by the late Jim King from Iqutos, Peru. We've been using that one almost every day since 2007. (Yikes, maybe 6000 times so far!)

The one from cocobolo got snatched up the first time a relative saw it.
I curved the end of the handles to fit my hand.


Here's the Hobbithouseinc article on the pink flamewood in case anyone is interested:

pink flamewood

(Ha! I just now noticed the guy who runs that website included a picture of some other things I made from that wood. I'm famous! (double Ha))

I think I'll have the same problem with disappearing wooden things when I turn a couple of sets of measuring spoons using your method! (I'm thinking now of making each size from a different color of wood.) Pepper grinders, bowls, platters, candle stick holders, hair sticks, rolling pins, Christmas ornaments - for some reason they tend to mysteriously disappear when I'm looking the other way....

JKJ

 

[Dave Hulett]

I posted a picture of 1-Tbs Coffee Spoons that I just developed a process to to completely turn on the lathe utilizing a offset process. There were replys to the post on my process and I have written instructions for handouts at a couple turning demos at the 2 clubs I belong to. II've attached a PDF of the instructions. I hope you enjoy!

nice!