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It is food safe as long as it is 100% linseed oil. It is though usually not used on rolling pins as it will give a weird taste to whatever you are rolling. It totally agree with you that walnut oil is the best option but you can use anything that is food safe and does not have a significant taste.

Just how much Linseed oil do you think the person would consume? Idiot. You'd have to eat ten of them to make a difference, then, you'd have more problems than the linseed oil. Nuts like you give wood working a bad name. Linseed oil is just fine.

This is correct - pure linseed oil is food safe but boiled linseed oil has toxic metallic drying agents added.

Method is the key to madness, and 95% of disagreements in the shop are the result of it. HA! This is my personal style, and it yields the possibility of more interesting designs, without having to have a glue seam down the middle of the pin. It showcases more precision and skill, IMHO. I've done both ways, I think this is better, that's all there is to it. Thanks!

I would not drink a bottle of Linseed oil (or olive oil for that matter), nor would I eat wood, but both are fine for food contact. I've known some old timers who would use any oil they had on hand, vegetable/ olive/ tung/ linseed, etc. etc. The main idea is to beautify the wood and offer some moisture displacement should the wood try to dry out, or if it ever come in contact with more water-based sources. Thanks!

Southern Indiana Sawmill LLC Oh ha ha I was being serious. I thought it contained stuff not suitable for human consumption !!!!!!

Sources I found Amazon: 100 Nylon Spacer Bushings .257 I.D. 1/2 O.D. Length 3/4 Ebay: Value Collection 1/4 Inch Diameter, 304 Stainless Steel Round Rod 6 Ft. Long I chose stainless steel, for the greater strength and higher modulus. You could quibble about the possibility of crevice corrosion of the SS as it passes through the nylon roller, but I think it will be minimal. Personally, I very seldom wash my rolling pin, I just wipe it off with a clean paper towel. On the rare occasion that I wash it, I don't immerse it. Also, I would be very careful of using boiled linseed oil. 100% Pure boiled linseed oil is OK, but many boiled linseed oil products contain additional chemicals and plasticizers that may not be food safe. If in doubt, check the MSDA of the exact product you want to use.

Colin Askey A piece this size represents no danger of hanging like a bowl would. It would actually take more time to do as you are suggesting. If you've ever seen the high production spindle turners, they never 45 a piece. That's my reasoning anyhow. Thanks!

Respectfully, sir, you're incorrect. The drying agents you are referring to are not in any amount considered toxic or dangerous. It has been used in the industry for decades and has been proven safe. www.woodworkersjournal.com/boiled-linseed-oil-toxic/

@@southernindianasawmill1367 "...making it perfectly safe for use on furniture" no where in that article they recommended using it for food-contact items.