Steve Promo turning wood dog food scoop

 Steve, sent the following picture that illustrates the stages of turning a large scoop for dog food.  Red pine and western cedar.

Here are pictures of the different stages of the scoop turning.  Back in 2016 Steve did a demo for making scoops.  Also if you search Youtube.com you can find many demos on making scoops as well.    You can also make a bowl and attach a handle to it to make a scoop. 

Thanks for sharing Steve. - ajp2

Update from Steve.  He made two more scoops and put the dog's names on the scoops.

Two more dog food scoops by Steve Promo.  With names!

Archie:  Inspired by Steve I tried my had at making a scoop.  This one holds 1/3 cup of rice.  Not sure what kind of wood it is made from but the finish is food safe. Wife immediately put in her kitchen drawer. -ajp2

Archie's Boxes

 I made three boxes.  Two from Wild Tambran wood with black wood tops.  The black wood used for the tops washed up on the shore of Lake Huron.  The Wild Tambran was purchased at Woodcraft.  

 

Three Boxes.  Paperclip Box left and two Wild Tambran Boxes.

 

Bottom of the Wild Tambran boxes with label, decoration and my signature AJP logo. 

Wax Free Shellac darkens the cuts in the bottom.

 

The two Wild Tambran boxes with black wood lids off.  Wild Tambran has both light and dark wood.

I turned the boxes to retain as much of the lighter wood as I could for contrast.  

The lids were the last of my black wood and makes a nice contrast.

 

The paperclip box with lid off and paperclip on magnet.  

Put paperclips in the box, shake and remove lid and you have a bunch of paperclips ready to use.

Not sure what kind of wood I used for the paperclip box.  It was on my shelf in the garage.  The base and top were made from the same section of wood so the grain comes close to aligning up.   After cutting it, there was some end grain tears.  Cutting with a sharp tool and sanding removed them.  Wood was light brown before finishing.  - ajp2

Steve Promo Notes aand Projects

 Base on the notes and pictures sent in by Steve Promo. 

Notes:  Tomorrow will be session #12 with three woodshop classes at LaSalle High School woodshop.  (Four days with three back to back sessions at 8am, 9am, 10 am) The first session covered lathe basics and I demo turned a French style rolling pin.  Sessions 4,5,6 were a demo of turning pegs for wall mounted key and coat racks (10 min at most) and a work session.  The rest of the sessions have been spent assisting the students.  So far five nice rolling pins have been made, most of them glued up from flat lumber.  Cherry walnut and maple mostly.  Will send a picture soon.  If any Hiawatha Club Turners member is interested in working with the students give me a call or email.  These kids are eager to learn and the new jet 14/40 VS lathe is a very nice machine to learn on.  They are also using the club lathe and the JET mini our club donated to the school.  They have been very respectful and a pleasure to work with.  

Project 1:  This fall I had some large spruce and cedar logs milled.  Some of the butt log slabs were very thick.  I cut out 6” x 6” cylinders on the bandsaw and immediately roughed out ten small bowls to about 1/2” thick.  They were all rain wet slab wood.  Within a couple days of exposure to dry wood stove heat in my shop they were dry enough to re-turn and sand.  They are 1/4” thick with a small flat base.  The bowls are VERY light weight and fit the hand perfectly for chips and popcorn snacks.  One coat of grape-seed oil and they are ready to give away for Christmas!  They were fun and everyone loves the feel of them in their hand.

 

Unfinished Bowls

 

Finished Bowls - Top View

 

Finished Bowls  - Side View

Project 2:  Two other recent turning projects are a walnut hollow form and a sycamore box.  Both pieces of wood have been laying under my shop bench for a very long time.  The exterior of the walnut piece was turned from an 8” log between centers, adding a chuck tenon to the bottom.  Once in the chuck, I bored out the center with a large forester bit.  A student of mine was scheduled for a hollow form session at that time and he was able to bore out the first few inches using my boring bar and laser attachment.  He learned how to sharpen and aim the pivoting round nose 3/16” scraper bit,  and got firsthand experience resetting the laser for wall thickness after each sharpening.  He also used a teardrop scraper to even out the interior surface.  I completed the bottom half of the hollowing and turned the foot after he departed.  A steady rest was used on this piece as the boring bar was about 12” past the too rest.  I decided the 2.5” round hole at the top was BORING to look at, so I cut a V downward with a jigsaw, with the growth rings running parallel to my V cut.  The edge of the V was rounded with a Dremel drum sander bit, small files, and sandpaper by hand.  After that I decided to paint the interior for better contrast and then inspired to add crushed turquoise inlay to suggest a overflow of droplets. 

I am still considering airbrushing a deep orange to yellow fade inside with the piece rotating and the exterior masked off.  Walnut piece is 7” by 13” and the sycamore box is 3.5” by 7”.  The sycamore was very soft and difficult to cut cleanly but the lid is airtight. 

 

 

Walnut vessel with painted insides and side accents.

 

Sycamore Box

Nicely done projects Steve.  Thanks for helping the kids at the high school.  I know they appreciate it. ajp2

Finished Bird Feeder Picture

 The bird feeder made during the demo has been sealed and painted the the picture below shows the finished creation:

Ready for to go out doors in the spring.  Great job Steve.