Spoons

[autobodyman]

Made a bunch of spoons to go with some bowls I've turned for Xmass presents, Siberian Elm and boxelder.

This was the only Siberian Elm I had left to make spoons from, boy was that fun.

Traced and cut on 2 sides.

Shaped with belt/disk sander, oscillating spindle sander, kutzal bur and a lot of hand sanding.

Couple clearcoated, rest left to finish. I made these by tracing one of the wife's stainless soup spoons. Not as fancy as the ones I made last year but size wise fit the bowls better and only took about 2 hours each to make versus the 5 hours for the fancy ones.

What do you think?
Thanks ~Mike

[AL...]

They are amasing
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
AL

[Sharon of the Dell]

Mike, I think they are splendid! That is some beautiful grained wood. You did a really nice job on them, bowls also!

[Dan Wegiel]

Hi Mike,
Great job on the spoons and bowls, very nice!

Dan

[Kadiddle]

Wow! Those are all very nice. They have great color.
Carve On,
Kadiddle

[PTopa]

What a nice gift & in time for Christmas...? What is the secret to that, I'm still working on my projects! Where did you find Siberian Elm? Great job!
PTopa

[autobodyman]

Thanks everyone, greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by PTopa

What a nice gift & in time for Christmas...? What is the secret to that, I'm still working on my projects! Where did you find Siberian Elm? Great job!
PTopa

It may be Chinese Elm, that's what everyone here calls them. My neighbor cut his tree down this summer and I cut the log sections in half and then cut circles out of them on the bandsaw, rough turned the bowls leaving about 1" thick. Soaked in DNA (denatured alcohol) for 24 hours, wrapped with masking paper and left to dry for 20 to 30 days then finish turned them.

Thanks ~Mike