Well the Coarse “Closed Season” is upon us so what to do......other than picking up the fly rod of course and the never-ending drama of painting the house.............Grrrrrrrrrrrr.................
Last year, some of you might recall the result of a chance visit to the local “Wilkinson’s” which, in addition to the inexpensive photograph frames which was the reason for the visit initially, resulted in my spotting a couple of hardwood kitchen “rolling pins” for the princely sum of 99 pence !
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After separating the two “pin” ends and removing the centre metal rod plus a little “fettling” with a wood bit to bore and hollow out the centre of the “rolling pin” and then adding a little decorative feature or two, some “Piper’s” silk and a brass end cap....the result ....after some particularly heavy varnishing....was what could be described as a novel hardwood Rolling Pin “Float Safe” in which to keep some of the delightful “stepped reed” floats I have courtesy of the excellent Mr S (nee Mr BF) and Mr B.
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However, TFF members might also recall that in addition to the 99 pence “man size” rolling pin was a selection of “kiddie” size “mini rolling pins” at the outrageous cost of 48 pence. I bought two of these as well ! Well done Wilkinsons – although I had no idea of what to do with them...
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I forgot about the mini “Wilko Rolling Pins” over the last several months until reading the incredible exploits and marvelling at the skill of a couple of members recently in their own DIY projects. This coincided with a chance encounter last week with a plastic storage crate in my garage as part of the continuing clear out of stuff I really... really... should just throw away.....
In amongst the usual detritus was an old rod handle “button”.....this set me thinking........a dangerous occurrence normally........more of which to follow shortly as part of a small “Close Season” DIY Project in this several “Parts” TFF thread for those equally bored with the current Spring house decorating and garden tidy up chores..........you will need a few other bits....most are shown here....all easily obtainable from either the “come in handy box” we all have .....or a quick trip to the plumbing section of “Homebase”............the various brass bits are also a few pence only.......will it be a mini “Shot Tube”...well we will see.....more in Part Two..
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