My 1 hour spoon that took 3 hours...

20 minutes later

Sandor in Boyds, MD

>Here it is with the bowl roughed out. You can see by the clock that 20 minutes has elapsed and I'm thinking "I can do this in an hour..." Yeah, right (G). I used my only carving chisel - a buck bros 1/2" out cannal gouge.

My spoon at 35 minutes

Sandor in Boyds, MD

>OK so now I'm beginning to see it'll take longer than an hour...

My spoon at 1 hour

Sandor in Boyds, MD

>Well, one hour has elapsed and you *could* pour a pancake with it, but I'm going to put some more time into it...

The hardest part is holding it!

Finished spoon 3 hours

Sandor in Boyds, MD

>So with a little rasping, a little sawing, a little more rasping, some drawknife work, spokeshave work, some more rasping, scraping and sanding - voila! a spoon that I could buy at IKEA for $10!

Tools used for my 3 hour spoon

Sandor in Boyds, MD

>Missing from the picture is the D-8 rip saw used to rough out the handle. What I could really have used was a good bow saw. I think I may make one, 'cause now I *need* one. THat and a shaving pony. The #49/#50 rasps were a lifesaver. My spokeshaves are too wide to get at the tight curves. I finished it with garnet shellac and a coat of butcher block wax.

I plan on taking it on its maiden voyage Saturday morning. It holds between a 1/4 and 1/3 cup. Thanks to all who have contributed to this challenge. It was fun!

That is a fine pancake batter spoon!

Victor Parisian

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good looking spoon

Jack Guzman from Maine

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Re: My 1 hour spoon that took 3 hours...

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>That is one fine-looking spoon.

Pam: I think you need a separate category for coolest clock timing the event. Sandor wins hands down in my opinion.

Re: My 1 hour spoon that took 3 hours...

Ernie Miller Topeka

>You think that is better than my Fat Italian chef timmer? I just don't beleave it. I think pam should add his name to the list. even though he missed trhe Sunday midnight deadline by a little over three hours.

Re: My 1 hour spoon that took 3 hours...

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>That is a beautiful spoon/ladle, I love it. And yes, Ernie, I've added Sandor to the list.

Pam

Re: My 1 hour spoon that took 3 hours...

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Good work! You did a great job of fairing the curves, and it looks highly functional.

Nice clock, too. ;-)

Re: My 1 hour spoon that took 3 hours...

Greg B�tit, Vergennes, VT

>I'd say he wins the pancake spoon design category too!

Clocks...

Sandor in Boyds, MD

>Does your fat Italian Chef sing?

My (my wife's really) Raggedy Ann clock sings

Ann: "Andy, Andy please wake up! Its time to start our day."

Andy: "OK Ann, I'm awake Lets sing it once again."

Both: "We were sent to wake you, so here we are to say: Please get up, brush your teeth and start your happy day!"

Re: Tools used for my 3 hour spoon

dave caudill

>Wow! Sandor that is one good looking spoon. It looks like the extra time made for a much nicer spoon than the couple I made. I hope you don't mind if I copy it that is a really nice design.

Dave

Inspirational

mike recchione

>Great spoon! But I'm equally impressed that you have survived the singing clock with your sanity intact :-)

Beautiful spoon!!!

John Aniano, somewhere in NJ...

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Re: Clocks...

Steve Kubien

>a clock that sang that to me would last one morning. After that, it would be duelling shotguns at close range. Couldn't handle that much cute early in the morning.

Steve Kubien

Tres Cool! and I even like...

Jonathan Kaplan (OR)

>The one hour version -- it has a certain insane roughness to it. Kind of a spoon, kind of a weapon, kind of something else. :)

But seriously, for 3 hours work, the final project is, to my eyes, amazing.

jk

Love the clock... I'm afraid it would have

Victor Parisian

>a very short life though.

Man, that is the greatest spoon. Post some more of your work. I'm inspired.