Carving out some time (ha ha)...

[Dave H]

I made this spoon I used the Kutzall ball bit I put it on my drill press and took the spoon to the bit by hand I worked great for me.

[treeslayer]

Looks great Dave, I’ve been wanting to make some spoons using a Kutzall bit, what one did you use ? Coarse, fine ? And what wood did you use ? Looks like cherry

[Dave H]

@treeslayerI used the coarse one Dave the wood I used was Ash just a chunk of fire wood. It was fun a lot of hand sanding I did use my belt sanding attachment for my Ridgid oscillating spindle sander on the handle and bottom of the bowl. 

[Mark J]

@Dave H, did you use the round bit to do both the inside and outside of the spoon? 

@treeslayer, in my limited experience the difference between coarse and fine burrs isn't so much the smoothness of the finish, but how fast the burr cuts. 

[Dave H]

@Mark J No mark I formed the the spoon getting the general shape on the bandsaw cutting out to the drawn line on the blank in 2 dimensions cut out one dimension tape the off cuts back on to the blank, then cut out the 2nd dimension. I refined the shape with rasps, files, belt sanding attachment on my oscillating spindle sander, and a bunch of hand sanding. Then I dug out the bowl with Kutzall coarse ball bit on my drill press holding the spoon and, pressing the spoon into the ball bit. Then a bunch of hand sanding to the final project.  

[Woodworking_Hobby]

3 hours ago, Dave H said:

@Mark J No mark I formed the the spoon getting the general shape on the bandsaw cutting out to the drawn line on the blank in 2 dimensions cut out one dimension tape the off cuts back on to the blank, then cut out the 2nd dimension. I refined the shape with rasps, files, belt sanding attachment on my oscillating spindle sander, and a bunch of hand sanding. Then I dug out the bowl with Kutzall coarse ball bit on my drill press holding the spoon and, pressing the spoon into the ball bit. Then a bunch of hand sanding to the final project.  

That’s how I was going to make my utensils and I am glad to see it worked. I was just going to try some spatulas and flippers first before I did more of a spoon shape. I guess if I get there…some days I think I just like planning and prepping projects than actually doing them. ;-). If I  not careful I get way too many going at the same time.