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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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Vince
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#1 posted 374 days ago
They look very nice, how did you attach you handles?
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a1Jim
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#2 posted 374 days ago
Wow these are very very cool . I bet lots of folks would like to see how you made these.
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BenI
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#3 posted 374 days ago
I second that, curious how it was made too. Very cool looking though
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Greg The Cajun Box Sculptor
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#4 posted 374 days ago
Really nice..They make great back massagers also.
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George_SA
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#5 posted 374 days ago
A “how blog” is hereby requested” :-) Very nice ! I like the paterns.
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eddie
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#6 posted 374 days ago
love these how you do it
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michelletwo
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#7 posted 374 days ago
super nice rollers..I esp like the back one.
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#8 posted 374 days ago
those are cool. Nice design
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glue4you
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#9 posted 374 days ago
how to, how to, how to …!
I like the “Eye of Sauron”-design :-)
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MonteCristo
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#10 posted 374 days ago
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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altendky
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#11 posted 374 days ago
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. :]
lew
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#12 posted 374 days ago
Very Nice!!
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mondak
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#13 posted 374 days ago
I’ll be watching for the “how to” also. Very neat project
ChrisMc45
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#14 posted 374 days ago
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.
BenI
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#15 posted 373 days ago
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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