SpooningCristina Cervantes & Lily Tomkovic, SRJC Engineering 45, Fall 2010

Wood

Horn

Early spoon materials

SilverPewter

Gold

Stainless SteelStainless Steel

A combination of steel, chrome, and nickel. Finest grade 18% Chrome, 8% NickelPopular because of it’s easy care, durability, and low price

STERLING SILVERSTERLING SILVER

•925 parts Ag and 75 parts Alloy(Usually Cu)

•Cu adds durability w/o affectingworkability and appearance of Ag

ELECTROPLATINGELECTROPLATING

•Bonds pure silver to a base metal

•Results in durable spoon

•Looks & feels like silver

•Less expensive than sterling silver

CHROME PLATED SPOONS

Stamping Process

STAMPEDSPOONSSTAMPEDSPOONS

Cutting the outline of the spoons

Forming the bowl and pattern of the spoon

Stamping designs into handlesWith drop-hammer

Cleaning and degreasing spoons

CASTSPOONSCAST

SPOONS

Steel is poured into mould

SIGNS OF FATIGUESIGNS OF FATIGUE

STAMPED

CAST

BOWL FRACTURES

HANDLE FRACTURESSTAMPED

CAST

•http://www.richwell.in/manufacturing-process.htm

•http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/utensil/spoons.htm

•http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Cutlery.html

•http://www.greydragon.org/trips/stockholm/index4.html

•http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/40394-popup.html

•http://www.re-enactmentshop.com/p_middle_ages.htm

•http://absinthekit.com/en/absinthe-spoons-2/

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