Walnut to Trade for Rolling Pins

[FranklinWorkshops]

@CutterNorth and I are talking about a trade of black walnut turning stock for rolling pins. Here is the walnut I'm offering:

The peppermill blanks have many shades of brown, black and gray. This tree really didn't know what color it wanted to be so it didn't choose. Must have been something going on in the soil to make such beautiful variation of color.

The crotch is a great one but I only skip-planed it to preserve the maximum thickness. Denis, are these good for you?

 

[CutterNorth]

These look fantastic Larry! I'm in.

 

[FranklinWorkshops]

Good, I'll finalize in our PM.

 

[Wildthings]

These look fantastic Larry! I'm in.

Good, I'll finalize in our PM.

you WBites know the rules!!!!

 

[FranklinWorkshops]

So the trade is the above walnut shipped to Denis along with four 2 x 2 x 20 billets of curly maple and cherry which Denis will turn into four rolling pins that measure 15 and 18 inches in length and return to me. Denis will post photos of the rolling pins when they are turned.

 

[T. Ben]

 

[Wildthings]

you WBites know the rules!!!!

So the trade is the above walnut shipped to Denis along with four 2 x 2 x 20 billets of curly maple and cherry which Denis will turn into four rolling pins that measure 15 and 18 inches in length and return to me. Denis will post photos of the rolling pins when they are turned.

HeHe that's what I was talking about ..... "Pictures are required to satisfy our hunger" !!

 

[CutterNorth]

Your blanks made it today and I canceled our camping trip. I'll get started on these right away.

 

[CutterNorth]

OK Larry,

These are ready to ship back to you. That ribbon maple is amazing even with no finish. Working in thousandths did not make for super relaxing work, but I'm pleased with the results. They are all very close and roll smoothly on a flat surface. I hope these meet your expectations. I'll get these to the post office tomorrow morning.

 

[FranklinWorkshops]

They are PERFECT!!! Thank you for this effort. I couldn't be happier with our trade.

 

[CutterNorth]

AWESOME! Me too.

 

[CutterNorth]

@FranklinWorkshops , The second box with the rest of the walnut was finally delivered today. My local USPS had it in their truck when they delivered your blanks last Friday, but they didn't walk both boxes to the house. Anyway.. I LOVE the walnut. Those pieces are fantastic. My wife has already claimed the crotch piece for a platter. LOL.

 

[FranklinWorkshops]

I'm shocked that it wasn't all delivered at the same time. The USPS has some really delivery issues these days. Glad you like what I sent.

 

[FranklinWorkshops]

Denis, the rolling pins were just delivered. Fantastic quality - even better than I had hoped. You are the man!!! We will do some more trading soon, I think.

 

[CutterNorth]

Awesome. I'm glad you're happy with them. I learned a ton. By the fourth one I had a plan that was working.

 

[Wildthings]

Denis, the rolling pins were just delivered. Fantastic quality - even better than I had hoped. You are the man!!! We will do some more trading soon, I think.

Awesome. I'm glad you're happy with them. I learned a ton. By the fourth one I had a plan that was working.

Sounds like a partnership developing!! I just love this site!!

 

[sprucegum]

Nice rolling pins and great wood. Curious why the close tolerances on the diameter? I have made a few and when I get something that looks about rite and is uniform I just call it done. Unless of course it it size of a pencil and still don't roll worth crap.

 

[FranklinWorkshops]

Hey Dave,

There was no particular reason for the precision except in my research on commercial pins I found that the two sizes that most people sold were 15 and 18 inches long and 1 ¾ diameter and 1/7/8s diameter. So that was the goal I gave to Denis. I sold the ones he made for me and they went quickly to very happy customers.

I then tried to contact Denis to see if we could do another similar trade but he hasn't been on the site since Oct 1 of last year. I hope nothing bad happened. He was routinely on prior to that.

 

[sprucegum]

I made a beast of a roller probably 2 1/2" , gave it to my daughter. She uses it to crush Oreo cookies for a ice cream cake that she makes.

 

[Wildthings]

I made a beast of a roller probably 2 1/2" , gave it to my daughter. She uses it to crush Oreo cookies for a ice cream cake that she makes.