Knitting bowls are also a good bet. Check out Etsy for some really nice turned ones. Joyce
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Henk Verhaar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > > ==========================Heisenberg was right!======================== > | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | | > | Environmental Fate and Ecotoxicology Specialist | > | Fly Tier | web: stichtsend.xs4all.nl | > | Bonte Kraailaan 22 | e-mail: [email protected] | > | NL-1343 AJ Almere | | > | the Netherlands | mobile: +31 (0)6 38 279 016 | > ==========================Uncertainty happens!========================= > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
