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Name in Rolling Pin

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I have been asked to carve a name into a rolling pin so that the pie crust would bear the maker's name. I have a rotary axis and have made plain rolling pins but I have a question for anyone who may have tried to transfer a pattern that works with rolled pie crust. I plan on creating a mirror image of the text but I want to know if I should V-carve this or create a profile tool path using a ball nose bit. Have any of you attempted this? If so, what kind of tool path releases the dough best when rolled?

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Hi Mark,

I've not done that myself, but there was a recent Blog from CarveWright that is a similar idea (Embossed Rolling Pins):

http://www.carvewright.com/category/carvewrightblog/

Of course, the methods of getting the models to wrap for rotary won't really apply to any other CAM software (since they use a proprietary system), but it might serve for inspiration and ideas for you.

As far as dough release, you could apply a Draft Angle to just about any model that will help facilitate that. Otherwise, a VCarve toolpath should allow the dough to release fine, due to the "automatic" draft angle.
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Thank you Michael, that website gave me a good starting point. Interesting stuff on that site.

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You’re welcome, Mark. I thought you might enjoy that!
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I did a rotary project with lettering a few months ago:

http://forum.vectric.com/viewtopic.php? ... er#p219528

For the lettering I used a v-Bit. First go around the lettering looked good in the preview but once machined, the letters came out mirrored, so I mirrored the letters before machining and they came out fine. Later on, I turned the rotary's head to the foot of the CNC machine and that solved the mirroring problem.

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I used Vcarve with 1mm conical ballnose (IIRC, it is a while ago) and a small end mill to carve the flat bottoms. But I am sure an engraving bit or e.g. 30 degree v-bit would work as well.
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