54 ■ POPULAR WOODWORKING
Turning Rolling Pins
short its shank). Drill a hole about
(^1) / 4 " deep (Image 2). Using a (^5) / 16 "
bit, drill a second hole exactly 2"
deep (Image 3). Turn the wood
around and drill the same holes in
the other end of the body.
Next, make a jam chuck (Image
4). This is simply a short, round
piece of wood with a cone turned
on one end. Use a hard wood, not
a soft wood, so it won’t crush in
use. Mount the rolling pin’s body
between the jam chuck and a live
center. Turn the body to fi nal diam-
eter—about 2^1 / 4 " (Image 5). As the
name implies, a jam chuck drives
3 Drill a second hole precisely 2"
deep with a^5 / 16 " diameter bit. Mark
this depth with a piece of tape on
the bit. Repeat the same procedure
on the opposite end of the blank.
4 Turn a cone-shaped jam chunk
larger in diameter than the^7 / 16 " hole
you drilled in the end of the blank. Do
not remove the jam chunk from the
scroll chunk.
5 Mount the blank between the
jam chunk and a cone-shaped live
center, so it’s perfectly centered on
the drilled holes. Turn the blank into
a true cylinder.
3
4
Jam chuck
(^5) / 16 " bit
2" Mark
5
Jam chuck
Live center