Yes, but is it art? (fluxing spoon)

[Dutchman]

This took far longer to make tonight than you'd think. It's something that'll be used every casting session so I wanted something more than just ordinary and utilitarian.

http://images50.fotki.com/v1525/photos/2/28344/1676633/DSCF0336b-vi.jpg


Dutch

[dromia]

Certainly beats the masking tape I've got wrapped around the end of my pot spoon. :cry:

Nice work Dutch. :D

[S.R.Custom]

Don't let your wife see it. She'll think you're having an affair.

[Southern Son]

I did the same thing, but not nearly as well. I just drilled a hole in the end of a dowel, put some Selly's Knead-It in the hole and then stuffed a teaspoon in with it.

[Buckshot]

...............Holy Hannah on a pogo stick! Betcha have to wipe your fee before entering the casting room too, hah!

..............Buckshot

[bootsnthejeep]

Kinda looks like a.... is that a......never mind... :kidding:

[calaloo]

Hey. If your going to do something you might as well do it right. I believe I will copy your design.

[Hickory]

Certainly beats the masking tape I've got wrapped around the end of my pot spoon.


I never thought of wrapping my spoon with tape.
Might help with the burnt fingers.:kidding:

[wiljen]

Just don't confuse that one with your Absinthe spoon.

[Dutchman]

Hey. If your going to do something you might as well do it right. I believe I will copy your design.


There ya go. The ultimate compliment. Thank you.

My first fluxing spoon was also just a piece of doweling with a hole drilled in the end. I used it for better than 10 years. I guess that's why this one had to be something more.

Thanks for the comments and no, Buckshot, my shop isn't quite that antiseptic.

Dutch

[Blammer]

I don't leave my spoon in the pot, so no burnt fingers, plus I always have casting gloves on so no worries from me.

[WHITETAIL]

Nice job![smilie=w:

[Bloodman14]

To answer your question, yes, that is art!

[Jim]

Nice job there, Dutch! I like the brass escutcheon. I just use an old wood chisel that I keep on the bench.

[Texas223]

My spoon was made in China, so the nickel plating on it was about as thick as a gnat's whisker. I used it twice before the plating was gone down to the base metal.

Michael

[beanflip]

You a spoon and fork to make a complete set. :castmine:

[Andy_P]

Almost looks European - just needs French Walnut, a schnabel forend and an engraved hunting scene. Adds a "soul" to it so they say. :-P

[lwknight]

I like it!! Great idea. Many more will follow

[Bucks Owin]

Kinda looks like a.... is that a......never mind... :kidding: Yeah, I hear ya. Need something for scale in the photo! LOL, Dennis (It IS artsy craftsy, I must admit ;-))

[35remington]

My skimming spoon with the wooden handle I cobbled up is splattered with lead, some of it is stuck to the engraving? on the stem, and the wooden handle's scorched and burnt where I got it (too frequently) in the molten lead.

Has that "lived in" look.

I kinda like it that way.

Art, it Ain't.

[HamGunner]

I just thought that I was always burning my fingers because I was too slow. Never thought about a wooden handle. I guess I am a slow learner too.

[armyrat1970]

This took far longer to make tonight than you'd think. It's something that'll be used every casting session so I wanted something more than just ordinary and utilitarian.

http://images50.fotki.com/v1525/photos/2/28344/1676633/DSCF0336b-vi.jpg


Dutch

Well I can only say one thing. Unique.

[Shiloh]

Yes, but is it art? (fluxing spoon)

No.

It's over kill. :kidding:

Nice. A real purist would scare up a silver one from a flea market. :bigsmyl2:

Shiloh