Lots of nice mills in this thread. Great entertainment for us flat heads.............
♫ εηdεd ♫ Pepper Mill Swap . . . With 'A Twist'
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My best finishes have been CA and that's what Dennis Ford used on my PM and his job came out fabulous. BUT I read what Kevin said in this thread about his finishes and decided to go with a rattle can lacquer. 5 coats with 400 grit buffing in between coatsWow. Nice job BarryLove the finish. What did you use?
Thanks Kevin
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Glad y'all are enjoying it Cliff. Thanks for the challenge and all the information and wood you share with us. Merry Christmas to you and yours my friend.
@Kevin, so you know, the extra blanks are getting better use than chiminea starters! This is the piece of walnut ready for Crushgrind guts. I'm doing s demo next week and wanted a quick simple shape example ready that folks wouldn't be intimidated by and ready finished to install the mechanism during the demo. Got a little carried away with a wood burner.Likewise today I recd blanks and mechanism from @Kevin . Some sweet extras inside, he must have run low on bubble wrap.Thanks!
The FBE piece will be the one I actually turn and bore out including the groove for the tabs. It will get finished back in my shop. Hopefully there won't be much club business so I've got a chance to complete what I want to show. Thanks again for the extras!
The demo went really well, was very interactive with folks following my instructions telling me what to do. How easy can it get?Wow that's a beauty Tim! Can't wait to see what you do with the FBE.
Kevin, as you know, this piece was a challenge to get a clean cut, and you did prewarn me. I figured for demo purposes, it wouldn't matter too much as long as I could show how to make all the key bores and such. I finished turning the piece together, and it came out nicely, and I finished it with Waterlox, 3 coats and then buffed out and waxed. The only concern I have, I'll find out tonight...I was so excited to get started on it, I didn't measure to make sure I had enough 'stem' on the mechanism for the height of this mill. This is about a half inch taller than the walnut one I posted earlier, and I had to take only 1/4" or so from that stem...so it'll be close. If I have to take away some from the top of the body, it won't be much, and shouldn't lose much grain match. A little bit of curl near the bottom of the mill, but couldn't get a shot to show it. The red is much nicer in person!
Thanks again for the extras!
My wife said the same thing! I think I need to make a set like the ones I recall as a kid that had a top inside a contained box to see how many pins got knocked down...or something like that.
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Nice job Tim. Glad the demo went well
Well, Cliff (@woodintyuuu )delivered my peppermill in person and in front of a group in the middle of his teapot demo at the NC turning symposium today. I'll get a better pic of the PPM but wanted to share this pic. Great demo, I'm looking forward to second part tomorrow of his teapot demo.
The wood is spalted tamarind, and not the so so stuff I sent, so I'm clearly not disappointed!
The wood is spalted tamarind, and not the so so stuff I sent, so I'm clearly not disappointed!
Like i always say "ID rather owe it to ya ,than cheat you out of it" Tim it was great to meet ya and thanks for the kind words.Well, Cliff (@woodintyuuu )delivered my peppermill in person and in front of a group in the middle of his teapot demo at the NC turning symposium today. I'll get a better pic of the PPM but wanted to share this pic. Great demo, I'm looking forward to second part tomorrow of his teapot demo.
The wood is spalted tamarind, and not the so so stuff I sent, so I'm clearly not disappointed!
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Folks, I've got to believe with all the other stuff Cliff has going on, this may be the only and last PPM he does, so I consider it priceless. Thanks again Cliff, it was well worth the wait.
One last shot...
Hmmm....well now , gonna be a bunch of empty pepper mills here. Now would it be kinda like the game call call competition. ..........seems everyone should fill the mills with their version of doctored up peppercorns which would go through Kevin s Random Time Warp Flux Capacitor and test tasted..........Hmmm
Coffee cups empty.....I'll be back
Coffee cups empty.....I'll be back