spoon turning

[Patrick Taylor]

I've seen at least one spoon posted here before, but I have a question about methods that I haven't seen answered. What does a spoon turner use to carve out the "bowl"? I'm thinking of making some but I have not really done much carving. TIA.

[Dennis Peacock]

Patrick,

I've made a few for the LOML. I used my Dremel with a small sanding drum on it. Worked well for me, but I'm sure there's a lot better way of doing it than the way I did it. :)

[Gordon Seto]

Totally turned including the bowl. It was made out of4 x 4 PSF (Pine, Spruce or Fur) from Home Depot.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o83/gbseto/Forum/5f111531.jpg

Gordon

[Stuart Johnson]

Here is a good link on spoon turning:

http://www.woodturningonline.com/assets/turning_articles/spoon/spoon.html

Be careful or you will spend hours browsing the site.

[Brian Myers]

Heres one completely turned - http://home.vicnet.net.au/%7Epwguild/p-spoons.htm

Woodturning Online has several articles in the project section.