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My wife had a commerically made rolling pin that was unattractive and didn't roll that well because of it's cheap construction whereby the handles where connected with a steel rod and cheap bushings.

So I made the two pins shown here. She's used the top one for a year or two now. Every now and then I re-coat it with tung oil and it still looks pretty good. It has a variety of woods (yew in the middle, walnut, maple, walnut, red oak, walnut). The handles are Hick's Yew.

The other pin is walnut and hard maple with spalted Big Leaf Maple handles.

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They look very nice, how did you attach you handles?
 

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Wow these are very very cool . I bet lots of folks would like to see how you made these.
 

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I second that, curious how it was made too. Very cool looking though
 

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A "how blog" is hereby requested" :) Very nice ! I like the paterns.
 

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those are cool. Nice design
 

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how to, how to, how to …!

I like the "Eye of Sauron"-design :)
 

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Glad some of you liked these. I will post a summary of "how" as soon as I can but it's not that complex.

Vince: the handles have turned tenons on the ends. I use a good drill bit (parabolic bit from Lee Valley) to make a motise in the main body endgrain.
 

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Is tung oil considered food safe? When I got my cutting board my research suggested mineral oil (iirc). Either way, they are quite nice to look at. :]
 

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Very Nice!!
 

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I'll be watching for the "how to" also. Very neat project
 

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I am echo or ditto on the previous posts, gorgeous ending on a utilitarian tool. What glues used for assembly? The handles alone are worth close-up shots, nice looking wood.

Great work, sure the SWMBO is pleased.
 

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Just a friendly heads up to all those (including me) wondering on the how-to's of construction, he has explained the process in his blog
 

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very nice me also too will be watching for a how to,

thanks for sharing
 

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cool rolling pins :)

thanks for sharing the project and the blogs with us Monte Cristo

Dennis
 
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