Coffee Scoop

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Stan Campbell

>Peter, very nice work. It has inspired me to try and make one as well. I hope I can come close to the craftsmanship your's shows.

Stan Campbell

Columbus,OH

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Mike Schwing from Md.

>Wonderful Peter! I wish you'd post more pictures of your work.

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Fred in NC

>Peter, I have seen the site with the demo for this scoop. Ruth makes it look very easy!

I like your version with a simple but elegant handle and leather to hang it. Very well done!

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Tony - Memphis

>Nice! Can you tell us a little bit about how you do them? I'd like to make some too. Thought I would do some for THIS Christmas, but I'm not gona make it!

Thanks,

Tony

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Peter Teubel

>I'l actually going to write an article on the construction and turning of these, in detail, but that won't be until next month. In the meantime...

I slice off 1/2" and 1.75" of wood "A" and 1/2" of wood "B" and glue them up (wood "b" sandwiched between the two pieces of wood "A"). I also get a pen blank that matches wood "B".

After its cured, I chuck it up (in square form) and turn it round.

Drill a 1/4" hole half way thru the blank at the center band.

Hollow out the inside and then turn the outside to shape. I work very close to the chuck to minimize waste. The bottom of the "bowl" is actually below the jaws.

I sand and polish (friction polish) the inside and some of the outside. I them loosen the chuck, pull the blank out a bit more so that its only held by 1/4" of wood. I don't bother trying to center it because I'm only giving myself room to part it off, which I do next.

Switching to another chuck with spigot jaws, I use it in expanding mode inside the "bowl" to hold it while I finish turning the bottom, sand, and polish.

I chuck up the pen blank in the spigot jaws (using the tailstock for support of course) and turn the handle (drilling a small hold for the thong after its round but well before final shape). Whatever shape it is, the end (headstock) has to have a 1/4" tenon about 3/8" long. Sand, polish, remove tailstock, sand, polish the end, and part off.

Test fit and sand the end of the tenon so its flush with the inside of the "bowl". Once I'm satisfied with the fit, I glue it in the hole with CA glue.

Thread on a leather thong and its done. Once the blanks are prepared (and barring any unforseen "opps"), they take me about 30 minutes to make...start to finish (no pun intended).

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Tony - Memphis

>Thanks very much Peter. This will help and I'll be looking forward to the article!

Tony

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kenny in Indep mo

>Thank you very much for the posting, have something new to try.

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Stan Campbell

>Thanks Peter. I glued up 2 last night. Mine are a little thicker than yours but I reasoned I could always trim them down to the size I want. I believe they will be fun to turn and make nice gifts.

Stan

Columbus,OH

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Tony - Memphis

>Forgive me, but I'm a pre-rookie at this stuff. How do you do your hollowing on these?

Thanks,

Tony

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Peter Teubel

>With a 1/2" spindle gouge, using the infamous Richard Raffan back-hollowing method (see his video tape on Turning Boxes). Takes about 10 seconds to remove the bulk of the inside and another minute or so making the finishing cuts, which are also done with the back hollowing method.

Nice!....dimensions?

Jennifer@Indy.USA

>Hi Peter,

Very nice! I love it. I admit I haven't read the other responses....but is there certain dimentions in order to get the right scoop size for a coffee scoop...or do you just wing it?

It's a really great looking project. Thanks for posting it!

Jennifer

Thank you : )

Jennifer@Indy.USA

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Re: Nice!....dimensions?

Peter Teubel

>I just wing it. They are anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 TBSP. I figure if someone is going to use it, they'll base their coffee on the number of THEIR scoops, not an actual amount.

Thanks

Tony - Memphis

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