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   bobhallsr | Jun 23, 2002 06:14am | #1

   I know that the high end kitchen shops sell ballbearing rolling pins, but I never quite saw the point. I find that a rolling pin with the handles turned solid as part of the stock works just dandy. Or just through bore the rolling pin and the handles and glue the handles to a dowel.

   You turning a bois d'arc rolling pin?

   BJ

   Gardening, cooking and woodworking in Southern Maryland
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   osagecanusee | Jun 23, 2002 07:42am | #2

   Yes, I have some osage I might use, also other woods.  I think a dowel in the middle might not give a smooth enough action--but thanks for the thought.

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   patternmaker | Jun 23, 2002 01:22pm | #3

   HeyOsage:

   Rolling pins are one of my favorite Christmas gift items. Mine are usually made from billets of Tenessee red cedar. I turn the handles separate and thru bore each for a pin. The pin is a maple turning with a knob on the end. I bore each end of the roller 3"deep to accept the pin. A little epoxy in the hole holds the whole shebang together. I finish the handles in the lathe with several coats of polyurethane,no finish on the roll itself.

   Some have actually been used to roll dough.

   I salvaged some osage from a downed tree some years ago. This material makes fine billy clubs for policemen. ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬PAT¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬

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   Geovan3 | Jun 24, 2002 10:32pm | #4

    

   The rolling pins we used in my shop when I had a bakery had a shaft through the center with a bearing pressed into the wood or later aluminum pin. The handles locked onto the shafts threaded inds be means of a two-piece handle.

   I now use them as out feed rollers. Being of fairly large diameter with bearings they roll smoothly and work great!

   George