On woodturning
On 05/11/15 00:10, Chuck Alexander wrote:
Folks: I recently got a new wood lathe from my wife around the first
part of May and I’m trying to get up an inventory (most things are
selling as fast as I can make them, which is a good thing) in order to
open myself an Etsy store to sell things on. So farm, bowls have been
the biggest seller, but I want to make some Christmas ornaments (see
attached pics), wooden eggs (see pics), goblets (see pic), and lastly,
my question on this email is how many here still use an old fashioned
rolling pin for making biscuits etc.
I’m attaching a pic and would like to know a cpl things about the
rolling pins #1, would you use it??”
Yes. In fact, I have a number of rolling pins that I made myself.
Including an ornamental huge pin made out of figured maple. I have a
french pin in maple and a long straight pin (no handles) in lacewood, as
well as a couple smaller ones. The only one that gets used on a regular
basis is the long straight one (about 40 cm long, 5 cm diameter); used
primarily for rolling pie dough. I also have a very long, thin straight
one (2.5 cm / 1 inch diameter) for rolling pasta in brazilian rosewood.
and #2 would you buy one
Well, obviously, no, since I make my own, but if I didn't have a lathe,
yes I would certainly buy one or more rolling pins. But then, I do a
fair amount of baking, and a whole lot of cooking...
if the price were right (probably $20 each
Actually, I think a good rolling pin, made out of nice wood, could fetch
more than that.
, but they last forever, for the ones made of common woods like oak,
poplar
Oak, given its porous nature, would be a bad choice for a rolling pin, I
would think, as would poplar (soft, porous, too light). I would favour
the standards like maple, beech, or walnut.
Another nice little thingie that you can make on the lathe, that would
be perfect to sell at an 'introductory' price level is a 'spurtle'
(google that ;-) ), preferably with the traditional stylized Scottish
thistlehead on top. A few burned rings at the 'grip' section would give
'em character.
Henk
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