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Forty years

Project by mtnwild posted 237 days ago 490 views 1 time favorited 10 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Forty years ago I purchased a set similar to this from a craftsman at a street fair. A gift for my mother. I really wanted to be able to make them myself, but my ideas were always larger than my abilities, so I bought the set. She still has the set today, and it’s as good as ever. I finally got around to trying my hand at some utensils. LumberJocks inspired! First I was just messing around with a scrap of wood and made the spoon. Cool! Found another scrap and made the fork, cool again. Then the spatula and I finished the original set idea with the whisk. I remember the craftsman said that copper whisks worked best for whipping egg whites. Found a chunk of Myrtle wood for the holder, shaped some dowels for the hooks and there it is. Don’t know what the wood is on the utensils. Looks like it might be Myrtle also. The copper is grounding wire I took from some scrap wiring laying around. It’s set in a hole and epoxied in. Finished with butcher block oil. Fun project! hope you like it….......

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.


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mmh

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posted 237 days ago

That’s a gnarly egg beater!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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John Gray

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posted 237 days ago

Great job. What tool/tools did you use to hollow out the spoon?

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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mtnwild

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posted 237 days ago

mmh, It works really well. it’s everyone’s favorite piece here. Surprisingly comfortable in the hand. Just a sliver of scrap wood. John, I used a power rasp on my roto-zip initially. Then used files, then sand paper. Thanks….......

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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John Gray

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posted 237 days ago

Thanks Jack!!

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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bamasawduster

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posted 237 days ago

I really like the design there, guy. Might just have to come up with a set of those for the missus. Those would look great with her rollin’ pin boxes I made a while back. Thanks for posting and don’t let them kid you, that’s a cool design on the beater. I hope mine turns out just like it.

-- Gary, Huntsville. May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live.

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SnowyRiver

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posted 237 days ago

Those look great. Nice job. I am tempted to try the same and see what happens.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

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Joe Weaver

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posted 237 days ago

great looking stuff

-- Joe, Ga

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rdlaurance

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posted 237 days ago

Great set mtnwild. That egg beater suffers from non-annealed wire looks like, it’ll add a whole different dimension to ‘beating’ the eggs

-- Rick, south Sweden

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Loucarb

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posted 237 days ago

Nice looking set.

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Andy

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posted 172 days ago

These are very nice !!!
I am glad you decided to give it a try.I had the same doubts for years,but when I did make a spoon it made me realize it wasnt quite as hard as I had imagined.It wasnt a very nice spoon,but it led to others which became better over time.

LumberJocks has helped many of us to expand our horizons.
I think the biggest hurdle in woodworking is often fear.
Like the Nike add says,”Just do it”

Thanks for sharing your story and these great utensils!

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

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