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After many months of waiting and drying, they are finally finished and just in time. I, too, am finished for a few days. But, here is where this journey began. This is the trunk of one Bradford pear tree that grew near the flagpole of our church and school. At this point of the I have coated with 2 coats of Anchor Seal that I purchased from Walmart online. $30 per gallon April 2020. In August of 2020, I cut those stumps into 2" X 2". They were then left to dry until November when the turning started. These are the straight ones. As you can see the ends need sanding and I need to put some epoxy dough into the stress cracks. I am very surprised that I didn't get chunks flying into my face. These are the tapered rolling pins with the ends sanded and the epoxy paste applied. I rubbed it in as well as I could. This is my first experience with it and you knead this and then rub it hard to go into any openings of the wood. My inexperience show with the white color on the epoxy after 3 coats of mineral oil. The letters of the school, the year and USA is burned into the ends. I used a soldering/woodburning tool from Harbor Freight which I think cost about $20. These are the tapered ones plus the 2 for making pie crusts or pasta. The depth of the pie crusts are 3/16" thick. Again, you can see the epoxy in the cracks. They are out of here. Easy project for beginners. The straight ones are the hardest for me. The tapered, I mark the center, each end, then 3 inches from each end. Then with a set of calipers, I measure about the same diameter for each end at the same distance from the end. Hope this gives motivation to those who wish to start spindle turning. Happy holidays.
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