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1. 
   Steinmetz | Oct 29, 2003 07:15am | #1

   Mark, Raviolis can't roll. Meatballs roll. Motzoh balls too.  

    But seriously, I think the rollers you refer to are insized with an automatically programed turnip shaped carving router bit.

   All the sections are identical and repetitave. 

    You might just mark out a plain rolling pin and carve out hand made indivdual shapes using a hand held Dremel motor tool with a carving bit.    Stein.

   To cut out the indivdual raviolis, use a pie crust crimper or a pizza wheel.  

2. 
   Froed | Oct 29, 2003 02:18pm | #2

   Mark, I think you've inadvertently added another project to my to-do list.  My wife's family will get together and make ravioli by the hundreds for Christmas dinner and freezing, so that everyone can take some home for later.  I never knew there was such a thing as a ravioli rolling pin, though.

   I did a search on Google.  From the pictures I found, my approach would be (will be?) something like this: Turn a rolling pin, making sure the barrel is a consistent diameter, and the barrel length is a whole multiple of the ravioli size.  Make a carboard template for the recess, with shoulders to register against the diameter of the barrel, and turn the recesses.  If you have a lathe with a indexing head, make a carriage for your router, so that you can mill grooves for the splines with a straight bit and collar.  Mill the splines, and glue them in with epoxy (or something else that will handle water).

   Hopefully that makes sense.

   Froed