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Smitty,
 
Its good to hear that you are back in the shop. After reading  your email, 
a light bulb went off and I thought that I should look at some  French style 
rolling pins, cause I didn't know what they looked like.
 
Leave it to the French to have just a plain tapered rolling pin,  you know 
with no real handles and all.
 
I'm not wanting to offend anyone on the list, but they look pretty  simple 
to turn.
 
Now you got me thinking, that I probably have time enough to crank a couple 
 dozen out as Christmas gifts. But then I would have to find some people to 
give  them to.
 
 
Here are some that are pretty neat looking.
 
http://www.acresaway.ca/products/pins/french-flat/
 
Keep us informed with pictures and stuff.
 
Gary Williams
 
 
In a message dated 11/7/2015 12:39:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org writes:

 
Rock  and Roll? No, woodworking.  
Life  has been, well, life. I haven’t done any real woodworking for at 
least 2  years. My shop turned back into a garage, actually more of a storage 
unit and  I just haven’t done anything about it. Until now. I’ve got the 
storage unit  turned back into a shop (still have a few areas to clean up but it’
s in  working condition again). And it feels really good to be  back! 
So  I wanted to start out with a small project that would be fun and 
something  that I’ve wanted to do for a while. I’ve continued to cook and bake 
over the  past 2 years and I’ve decided I really like using a French style of 
rolling  pin over the flat style. And I am about ¾ Irish married to an 
Irish/Scottish  lassie, so I decided I’d turn a French style rolling pin with 
that Celtic knot  thingy in it. I’ve done some research on it and watched a 
couple of videos,  including Joe’s.  
I’ve  got my blank ready – it’s 2 pieces of 5/4 cherry glued together to 
make a 2 ¼”  x 2 ¼” x 22” long piece. And I’ve got my insert pieces glued 
up – a sandwich  consisting of 2 pieces of purple heart with a maple center. 
This glue up is  7/16” thick. So I’m about to make my 1st cut. I have a 
tablesaw  sled with a stop set at 20 degrees (for a 70 degree cut). I know the  
1st cut can just be done and I’ve got a glue up jig all ready to go  to 
glue the pieces together and keep everything nice and straight. But I’m  
curious about the 2nd cut – since my insert is 7/16” thick do I  need to remove 
7/16” material so that all of the insert pieces will match up  correctly? 
Nobody has mentioned having to do that in their videos or write ups  but I don’
t want to start up my woodworking hobby with a screw up right away.   
Any  help would be appreciated. Even non-Irish can reply. J 
Smitty  aka Scott Rohan-Smith 
Missoula,  Montana 
Doh!  A beer, I want a beer 
Ray,  the guy who buys me beer 
Me,  the guy whom Ray buys beer 
Fa,  a long way to go for a beer 
So,  I think I’ll have a beer 
La,  La la la la la la 
Ti,  No thanks I’ll have a beer 
And  that will bring us back to Doh! Doh! Doh! 



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