Even if I don’t get round to trying out the Bath Olivers recipe, I’m still likely to be making some pastry this month and be wanting to roll it out to a consistent thickness. To that end, I’m pressing forward on my rolling pin guide idea.

The rolling pin we have is a piece of beech wood, which has a consistent thickness except for the two ends, which look consistently rounded. In other words, the ends probably have the same radius as the cylinder that links them. It is hard to accurately measure curved surfaces but I’ve taken the measurements I can and produced a draft that confirms that I’m close enough. My method for that was to intersect my design with a cuboid shape, giving me a slice wide enough to try for fit but narrow enough not to waste too much filament (1g seems like a reasonable expenditure!).

I’ve made one minor tweak and in the next day or two, I’ll try printing off a version to try in practice.