For the cherry spoons I made, I used a small gouge to hollow out the
spoons. I found that a shallower cut (rather than a deep hollow) is
more useful, unless you are making a dipper.


On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 16:10:54 -0700, "Mike Rinken" mwrinken at gmail
dot com wrote:

So I've turned a bunch of wooden utensils for friends and family, but never
had time to finish them for Xmas presents. The reason behind this is not
because of the handles (which look fab thank you very much) but because of
the other end. I've gotten good creating the wooden flipper but I'm having
trouble finding an efficient way to carve or remove the material from the
spoon to make it a spoon. I've tried my dremel with an aggressive sanding
tube and that works, but takes forever to actually hollow it out and get a
good spoon. I've also tried my ROS with 80 grit on it and cut round groves
on the edges to make a textured spoon, but not one with a good deep spoon
pocket.

So How do I create or hollow out the spoon part after I've turned the
handle? I cannot think of any way to do this with the lathe, and I need to
do it in an efficient manner as I have about 30 of these to do.

Thanks!!!