Thread: How To Put Handles on a Rolling Pin ?

Originally Posted by cava

It's known by different names, devil nut is one, but following is a Bunnings link.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/prestige-m6-x-13mm-zinc-plated-type-e-screw-in-insert-nut-4-pack_p4011833

Ah yes, I know those things. I've used them. To replace the door lining in an old Ford. You can't reach in to put a nut behind and there's a big hole already there to go into so you can't use a screw. So you use these things. I'd say they were one version of them.

Excellent. To this day I can't remember what they were called. Thanks for that.

Personally, I think that handles are a dang nuisance. My SIL gave me a beautiful 3" x 13" rolling pin.
The handle axel was a wooden dowel and I broke it. Now I can stand the pin up in a corner, out of the way.
I am never going to try to fix it.

Sounds like the perfect roller. 13" roller and then plus handles? That's about what I'm planning to make. You broke a wooden dowel axle. Makes my point for me perhaps. See how much pressure you were able to put down there.....

Having used both mum's and rolling pins with rotating handles, I much prefer fixed handles.

There you go. To each his own. My own wife prefers a solid shaft of wood. Not even handles. Doesn't like my technique either, it's 'not right'.