Last October we had the great fortune to meet a professional pastry chef. I took the opportunity to ask her about our rolling pins which resulted in her requesting a custom pin 24" long and 2" diameter. She loved the colors our peppermills have and asked about them for her pin. Unfortunately, those bright colors are water soluble and would not work well in a wet dough situation. I took the time to gather some Yellow heart, Purple heart, Bubinga, Padauk and added walnut and maple to help those other colors stand out and laminated them into a panel (pick attached). Tomorrow, I'll cut it on a slight bias that will include each wood type to get my pin blanks. 
After I have a few turned I'll add pics of them to this post.

Wow, John, that's gonna make some awesome rolling pins. That glue-up should create some really neat patterns once turned!

 

Years ago I made some pepper grinders and salt cellars using a similar angled blanks. Wish I had more colorful species like yours

 

 

Will this be your "French stye" pin?

Can't wait to see the result. Have had a couple requests for these. But also thinking of peppermills with a weave pattern.

Special rolling pin for a celebrity chef.

or as I dubbed it "coolest rolling pin ever"

combination of Alternating Acer Saccharum, with Pau Amarillo, Amaranth, Bubinga, Padauk, and Juglans Nigra between the layers.

Almost looks like a candy cane, Good job

Beautiful work.  I'm curious to know how well the mix of woods react with assorted doughs.  I know a few of those woods can darken over time.  I would be interesting to see after 5 years or so of use how well it works and how much it changes over time. 

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