Joyce: I am not familiar with the term Etsy?
Sent from my iPad Thank You, Alan Di Somma Phoenix, AZ. Some mistakes are just too much fun to make only once. > On Nov 5, 2015, at 4:23 AM, Joyce M Westphal <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- -- 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.
