Where do we start? Let’s start back in 2009 where I started on the path of making things out of wood. I started off with big ambitions, but those ambitions were met with the reality of learning a new skill. I started slowly and continued just as slow for quite a few years. I made a few cutting boards, I made a few benches, I made a few shelves, and at some point, I made some rolling pins.
Along the way, I joined an online chat group run by The Wood Whisperer. I made a few good friends there. The group eventually moved and is now the #allthingswoodworking on freenet. I have received enormous help from these folks as I decided to open a small rolling pin business .
Of the folks on #allthingswoodworking, I am especially grateful to ragtop and beamer who were instrumental in helping me set up the production and make some of the initial critical decisions. I am also thankful to the following people who have discussed rolling pins with me to various degrees. In no particular order, I thank bike, chem, dz, emms, indi, jerrysats, jwat, mrjackson, sac, sheepy, stan, nabil, and if I forget anyone, it’s not on purpose. I also fondly recall RogerT and Joewoodworker who were part of our small woodworking crew, and are sadly no longer with us.
To further improve the quality and the consistency of the rolling pins, I enlisted the help of my nephew. He was fresh off the whole 3D printing hype and sold me on to the idea that a CNC approach would eventually yield better results. He did the research and made some decisions, I made some custom parts and the remainder of the decisions.
We made countless experimental rolling pins to figure out the best and most comfortable handles.
Remember that when you buy from us, you don’t just support us, but also all the businesses that we work with: the local lumber yard, the local post office, the beekeepers who provide the beeswax for the finish, and the government who collects taxes to run the country.