French rolling pins, also known as tapered dowel pins, have slimmer ends and a thicker center that allow the roller to apply controlled pressure. This proves quite handy when tackling those first ...

Its long, tapered shape also makes it ideal for rolling rounds of crust for pie and the more oblong shapes for cookies. This dowel-shaped pin isn’t quite as agile as our main pick for making ...

Rolling pins come in many shapes, sizes, and designs. They come in French or tapered, dowel, handled, and with adjustable guides. A larger rolling pin can minimize the effort and do much of the ...

Some dowels are tapered at the end (sometimes called a “tapered” or “French” rolling pin); these are more easily rotated as they’re rolled, making them great for rolling out pie and ...

I need wood tapered pins. Turning small tapers on the lathe accurately is slow and tedious, and grinding round dowels to shape is unreliable. With this jig, I can make tapered pins of any wood in ...

French pins come in two types: straight (also called a dowel) and tapered. As their name suggests, tapered French pins narrow off at the ends, an elegant design feature that's not only ...

everything from thin dowels to ones with tapered ends. I picked out a few to bring home and try. I learned then what I wished I had learned years before. A shorter and thinner rolling pin makes a ...