Woodturning a Crazy Rolling Pin

How to turn a crazy pattern french tapered rolling pin on a wood lathe. This video shows just how much preparation goes into a project before you actually put something on the lathe to turn it. I start by cutting out the hardwoods cherry, maple, and walnut to the right length. I then rip them into quarter inch strips on the table saw. I glue them up sorting the strips into an alternating pattern. When the glue is set enough I cut an angle into the blank and then rip it into more strips. I then glue those strips together and I alternate the direction of the strips. This time the glue is left overnight so it has time to more fully cure. Again I cut the same angle into the wood blank. At this point I am able to cut out a 2 inch rolling pin blank and trim the ends. Now i can put the rolling pin blank on the wood lathe to turn it. I mount the blank between centers and rough it to round using my bowl gouge because I am concerned about the grain direction causing tear out. After it is round I
refine the center barrel of the rolling pin to bring it to one even diameter. The depth for the ends is set using calipers and my skew chisel. Then I am able to mark how far in the taper will go using a template. I shape the taper again with the bowl gouge. Once everything is blended and looking good I use a spindle gouge to round the ends and create space to cut off the ends. It is sanding time! So I sand and fill gaps. I then saw off the ends and put on the finishing touches by burning my brand in the end. Oil the rolling pin and it is ready to bake with!

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