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This one of those quick one hour or so labor projects… made the zebrawood ice cream scoop yesterday evening after work and the walnut tonight. Only used 4 tools … drill press, band saw, belt sander and oscillating spindle sander.
Handles are made from 6 inch long 7/4 offcuts …. one from zebrawood and the other Martin Luther King Tennesse Black Walnut.
Shapes of the handles came from a small french curve … what ever looked good etc.
Sanded to 220 .
Finish is right out of the can Rustolium spray lacquer. Bought from Walmart… three coats
Got the chrome plated scoops for a buck a piece from Mendelson’s …in Dayton Ohio .. an awesome place to shop …world largest salvage/junk/surplus/ hardware store. Millions of square feet…..
The knob on my bedroom fan broke and I went there looking for a replacement knob ... on the third floor there were litterly a million knobs to choose from … bins and bins of them … some new, some old … from TV’s to lab instruments. I paid 50 cents for the knob.
The store is huge, one of those places where you can find anything …. from carpet to pumps, from radio tubes to refrigerators, three stories in a big old warehouse in downtown Dayton. In a room on the first floor I bought a dozen army surplus t-shirts for my son at a buck each. Next to the shirts I found a bin with the ice cream scoops without handles … and you know the rest of the story …
below is link about Mendleson’s … they also have a webstore and sell stuff on ebay.
http://www.mendelsons.com/the_story.html
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16 comments so far
Napaman
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posted 156 days ago
very cool…i thought about turning one of these…but i like the idea you used…its great…
the store sounds awesome…a great place for an artist to play…and maybe for an eclectic garden…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 156 days ago
Perfect project for the good ol’ summertime summertime summertime!! Lookin good :-))
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DAN
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posted 156 days ago
Thanks guys … summertime is coming, thats for sure. Got up to 98 a couple days ago …
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miles125
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posted 155 days ago
I have like one regular spoon solid enough to dip ice cream. And its always dirty when i need it. Whats up wid dat? The store sounds awesome. I could spend a whole day wandering those aisles.
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
jockmike2
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posted 155 days ago
There’s a surplus store like that up north here in Michigan I just love, I’m a junk picker by nature. Mom used to get mad at my Dad and brother and me when we went to the junkyard when we were kids, because we would bring back about as much junk as we took. Great idea and a new change of pace for you Dan. Good to see you branching out. They’re very cool looking ice cream scoops.
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a1Jim
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posted 155 days ago
cool scoops
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Splinterman
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posted 155 days ago
Hey Dan,
Those spoons are really nice…....look like ex-Navy scoops.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
mtnwild
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posted 155 days ago
Arn’t those cool. Good ideas for gifts. Thanks….......
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hairy
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posted 155 days ago
Nice job! Now, head up to Young’s Dairy and get some of the best ice cream on the planet. It’s not too far from you, about 80 miles for me. We go there and bring back a cooler full.
http://www.youngsdairy.com/homemade.html
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Loucarb
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posted 155 days ago
Those are pretty nice. Great job.
Karson
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posted 155 days ago
Dan. Those are pretty nice. You’ll have to go back and buy all that they have left.
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DAN
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posted 155 days ago
Karson … I beat you to it.
I went back today and bought a even dozen. Probably were more in the bin, but my wife Peggy was with me and we could only think of so many people to make them for … her sisters and brothers, my sister … our kids and …and etc
Thanks guys for the great comments…
Regards
DAN
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cabinetmaster
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posted 155 days ago
Dang Dan, You could have bought some for Karson and Me. I’d love to have some to make for Family christmas gifts.
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Grumpy
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posted 154 days ago
Great shape Dan.
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Tod
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posted 148 days ago
Beautiful, simple and elegant.
Well, I made the trip to Mendelson’s for the scoops: they are almost gone now! Did you do anything special to cut your mortise? I see the scoop has a hole for a rivet in its tenon (tongue), but it looks like you did not rivet your pieces together. Is it epoxied in place? Do your scoops seem to be holding up? Thanks!
-- Tod, Powell Ohio
DAN
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posted 148 days ago
Hey Tod
I drilled a 5/8 hole with a fortner bit and took a coarse file and roughed up the o.d on the scoop tenon and screwed it in. ... epoxy is the first choice, but also used gorilla glue. Both work fine.
Regards
DAN
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