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My wife reviews the junk mail ads that come in the mail. When she sees one that she thinks could be turned, she points it out to me. This time it was a specked spoon holder. “Could you make this”. I took one look and seeing the elliptical rim said “No”.

But, the idea bounced around more until I came up with a plan. It turns out that I could use the band saw jig that I have been working on. Then what would should I use. It would require a long cylinder. Solid wood? I could use solid wood. Segmented? Yes. Okay using segmented, I could reate the exact shape that I needed.

How about a accent piece. Solid wood? No problem, I would need two thin pieces longer than the diameter of the cylinder. Segmented? This would require an oval segmented ring. How could I deliberately create an oval segmented ring? After many rounds of thought, it is simple. Add two rectangular segments on opposing sides of a segmented ring. Problem solved. My twelve segment ring would be a fourteen segment ring. All angles would be the same except for the two rectangles.

It turns out that the segmented approach was easier than using solid wood because I could drill half depth cylinders instead of full depth cylinders. Except, I would still need a “clean up” drill at full depth.

While these spoon holders were an experiment, I think this process could be used for other projects. We’ll see…

Each spoon holder is oak with a walnut accent; three inches in diameter; five inches tall; finished with walnut oil. 12 oak segment rings with 12 segments each. 2 walnut rings at 12 segments each. 2 walnut oval rings at 14 segments each. Total segments are 196 segments.

Enjoy!

This year’s Christmas Ornament Challenge opens November 1st. Be ready! There is something for everyone who enters.