Diemai,
Yeah, it's amazing what kind of articles you can make a spinner or spoon out of. Lately I've been using whatever scraps of metal that I've seen lying around, and kicking myself for all the times that I've seen thick gauge copper wire lying around and not pounced on it!
As far as the blades, I can only tell you that I've seen .040" blades marketed by Hagen and Lakeland and Worth Co.s and that, without having measured, these spoons I used are probably a little bit thicker than that, but not too much. They do spin a little slower, but have a little more thump as well.

Hi ,

Surely I did not mean to critize your work in a negative way , I've just thought , that it might happen for the blades not to spin well , and now you have taught me some new thing !

Anyway , I have made hundreds of all kinds of spinners through the years , I don't make too many anymore , I am rather into wood and spoons presently .

Made my own blades out of thin SSt sheet , spinnerbodies out of round brass stock , out of copperwire , lead cast-out metal tubing and ammo casings . Most worked , some didn't .

I am happy to hear , that through some inspiration from my side you have succeeded with those spinnerblades out of table spoons .

I never thought about such , since my spinners are way smaller(most likely) than a musky spinner should probably be , and my few attempts on utilzing thicker , heavier blades(homemade out of brass,-and copper sheet)have failed , since those blades did not spin at a sufficient speed .

Guess , a certain weight/size ratio is essential ?

greetz , Dieter

You know, I could see that happening, but for whatever reason, it doesn't. The blades actually start spinning pretty easily cuz of all the forward weight. Might have just gotten lucky
Alex
PS I saw one of your posts where you had made some spoons out of kitchen spoons... I actually made a couple spinners with blades from kitchen spoons on that inspiration. Worked great!