Chrome Ice Cream Scoop Hardware Kit

Make your own deluxe dessert disher with this beautiful chrome scoop and ferrule. Get creative with a custom-turned wooden handle, then attach the hardware for the perfect finishing touch. Instructions for turning a handle and assembling the ice cream scoop are included.

In addition to this kit you will need the following: Wood: Approximately 1-1/2'' x 1-1/2'' x 6'' of a strong hardwood such as maple, cherry, walnut, oak, or yellow birch. Of the imported hardwoods bubinga, purpleheart, gongola alves and cocobolo make wonderful handles. Turning tools: Spindle roughing gouge, spindle/detail gouge, parting tool and optional skew chisel. A pair of outside calipers with rounded edges on the measuring points is helpful in fitting the ferrule. Drill bit: 3/8'' brad point or regular twist bit. Chucks: Depending on how you will hold and drill the piece (see below),you may need a scroll-type chuck for your headstock and a Jacobs-style chuck for your tailstock. Glue and finish: The tang can be glued into the handle with epoxy or a thick type of CA (''super glue''). The finish could be with a drying type of oil such as pure tung oil or boiled linseed oil. An oil and varnish blend such as Rockler’s Nordic Oil also looks great. For a film type of finish (for extra protection against moisture and a higher sheen finish) try a wiping type polyurethane or a gel varnish. Proposition 65 Warning: This product may contain chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

Ice Cream Scoop Instructions

Customer Reviews and Photos for: Chrome Ice Cream Scoop Hardware Kit Average Rating: (4.8) (4 customer reviews) Add your review...

1) Submitted by Ivan Ludwig, from Lewiston, ID on 8/30/2009 Customer Rating: This product is wonderful for gifts. I turn the handles out of local hardwoods that aren't readily available and wood that's unusually beautiful. This product should be great for the begining woodturner as it requires basic equipment and experience to turn this simple, but elegant shape!

2) Submitted by Norman Dresner, from Severn, MD on 7/31/2009 Customer Rating: With nothing like it availalle, it makes a fabulous gift item that, with the right wood, can be a best seller!

3) Submitted by Phil, from Columbus, OH on 5/22/2009 Customer Rating: This is a great kit and very easy to install. Be sure to deburr the inside diameter of the ferrule before installing and use a high quality epoxy to secure both the ferrule and shank of the scoop. If you plan to actually use the scoop, a handle with a convex shape is a much more natural fit in the hand than what's pictured in the catalog. Also I had to return a couple of the kits I bought because of some minor flaws in the finish. While that was disappointing, Rockler's customer service response was excellent and they replaced the defective items quickly and without question.

4) Submitted by Larenzo, from Loganville, GA on 5/8/2009 Customer Rating: Easy to turn and it works very well. Makes nice rounded scoops that fit nicely on top of a cone. I'll be buying more of these to give as gifts. Chrome Ice Cream Scoop with mahogany handle (click to see full-size picture in new window)