Spalted Beech Spoons

[Brian Harnett]

Had some spalted beech scrap the spoon hollow was done on the bot rest by bandsaw, sander and hand. sold immediately at our next show.

I have some maple and birch to mill that I think spalted, be doing that soon.
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[Brian Harnett]

Been doing more chainsaw carving lately a few pumpkins I burn the wood and wire brush with a drill, I do that on a lot of my cnc signs gives a nice sandblast effect.

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[Burkhardt]

Wow, looks fabulous, Brian! I would probably only lop off my hand with the chainsaw and create firewood in the process...

One curiosity question about the spoons: Is it the efficiency of work or the desire to make unique parts to do only the recess with the CNC? Obviously you could cut the entire spoon with a two-sided cut or on an indexer.

GB

[scottp55]

*** CAUTION***IMAGINATION AT WORK!!! ***
Great stuff Brian!!! :)
scott

[Brian Harnett]

Wow, looks fabulous, Brian! I would probably only lop off my hand with the chainsaw and create firewood in the process...

One curiosity question about the spoons: Is it the efficiency of work or the desire to make unique parts to do only the recess with the CNC? Obviously you could cut the entire spoon with a two-sided cut or on an indexer.

GB

Its making each piece unique, I show at art shows I do not do volume wholesale so I use cnc to take on the basic tasks and go in by hand from there on most of my work. On the art side anyway. And I can work way faster than cnc for organic random shapes.

Thanks Scott, try to make a living and enjoy it if you can right?

[scottp55]

Yep Brian!
There are different types of "Wealthy" lives! :)
Just had a customer pick up a set of 35 Bespoke Children's blocks, that was my first paid job that wasn't Dad's company.
I told them to take them home and play with them, and then send a check for what they thought they were worth.
As they left and she was giving me a hug, she said "We knew within an hour" and then slipped a $500 check in my pocket:) :)
Satisfaction and making new friends while making money..Don't get much better:)
Didn't hurt that their first child (1 yr old tomorrow) took her first two steps EVER on my concrete floor to grab a block from Mama!!!

I wouldn't lop off my Hand Gert, but my knees might never be the same again!
Love your work Brian!
scott

[jTr]

Beautiful spalted beech spoons.
The pumpkins are absolutely brilliant!
Imagine those move very well at the shows too!

jeff

[Burkhardt]

Its making each piece unique, I show at art shows I do not do volume wholesale so I use cnc to take on the basic tasks and go in by hand from there on most of my work. On the art side anyway. And I can work way faster than cnc for organic random shapes....
Yes, I can see that. Recently I had to replace the handle of my bench plane and was wondering about modeling it and cutting on the CNC. But then I just cut it out with the band saw and shaped/rounded it with a Microplane rotary rasp (https://us.microplane.com/woodworking_en_us/rotaryshaper-1in.html) and sander in less time it would have taken me to model in CAD.

[Brian Harnett]

Yes, I can see that. Recently I had to replace the handle of my bench plane and was wondering about modeling it and cutting on the CNC. But then I just cut it out with the band saw and shaped/rounded it with a Microplane rotary rasp (https://us.microplane.com/woodworking_en_us/rotaryshaper-1in.html) and sander in less time it would have taken me to model in CAD.

Exactly, I look at the cnc as just another tool in the shop, some will spend hours figuring out how to do a task that can be done by hand in no time.

[coryatjohn]

Having a lot of different, powerful sanders and a bandsaw goes a long way to making things without the CNC... Like clamps, one can never have enough sanders.