Mai Ti Paeng (Spiral Whisk) — a Wooden Handle and a Coiled Wire for Beating Batter in a Large Pot

"The mai ti paeng is a household tool made of wood and wire, with wood as the handle to hold; to one end of the wood is fixed a long wire bent into a coil, winding in from the outside to the inside." (Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, author พิชชา ทองขลิบ (Phitcha Thongkhlip), CC BY 4.0)

Cut a round hardwood handle long enough to hold comfortably when beating in a large pot. Drill a hole in one end for the wire and sand it smooth.

Bend the wire into a flat coil, winding from the outer turn to the inner, leaving a straight end to fit into the handle.

Push the straight end of the wire into the hole in the handle and fix it firmly with epoxy.

Real photos of a ไม้ตีแป้ง (mai ti paeng) from พิพิธภัณฑ์พื้นบ้านจ่าทวี (Ja Thawee Folk Museum) (Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, author พิชชา ทองขลิบ (Phitcha Thongkhlip), CC BY 4.0)

Use it to beat batter in a large pot until the mixture is even, or to beat eggs or ripe fruit such as mango paste.

The large mai ti paeng is used for making sweets in quantity, to sell or for auspicious occasions, such as khanom thuai fu, which the Chinese call "huat kue". Source: Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, database of traditional everyday objects, "ไม้ตีแป้ง", author พิชชา ทองขลิบ (licence CC BY 4.0). **Limits.** The source gives no sizes; the sizes in the model are examples. We use spring steel wire instead of ordinary wire.