Pepper Mills

[Brian George]

Here are a few of my latest creations with the first one being hard naple and bloodwood. The 2nd one being hard maple and blackwood and the third being a set of pepper and salt or for you sailors out there- Port and Starboard. Critiques, comments, etc welcomed...

[Nathan Hawkes]

I see no pictures.................

[Harvey M. Taylor]

Same here!

[Mike Golka]

Must be from those new invisable blanks I've been hearing about.:rolleyes:

[Brian George]

126399 Bloodwood & Maple

126400 Blackwood & Maple

126401

126402 Port & Startboard Set

[Brian George]

additional ones

126403 126404

[Steve Kubien]

Suddenly, my neck hurts.

[Kyle Iwamoto]

NICE!

Okay how did you cut the blanks for the first 2?

[Brian George]

Growing trees that way takes too darn long, so I used a 2x2x18 stick of hard maple and glued up 1/2 x 3 x 18 boards of the exterior wood. I then cut off the excess of the 1/2 boards and kept them for inside-out Christmas ornaments

[Mike Minto]

I recently tried making my first grinders - wound up drilling badly, and ruining the two mechanisms I got from CS. I'll just have to try again. Very nice mills you have there - the lamination lends itself well to this kind of project. mike

[Skip Spaulding]

Very nice Brian. I like the dark light combo.

[Thom Sturgill]

I really like the maple laminated ones and the celtic knot. The barber pole not so much, but that's personal and I know others will love it. I have done one knot set (grinder and shaker) and intend to do more, they can be very tricky keeping all of the cuts lined up close enough. Good job!

[Brian George]

Yes lining up the cuts is critical. I made a jig out of melamine faced shelving boards from Menards. That plus lots of clamps keeps them in line.

[Steve Schlumpf]

George - nice work on all the mills! Really like the color combination and design of the Blackwood & Maple mill! Looking forward to seeing what you turn next!

[Terry Murphy]

Grrrrreat!
What did you use for the Port & Starboard Set, and how did you color them?
Thanks
Terry

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are great looking mills. Well done.

[Brian George]

Terry,
I used white ash for the wood and sanded to 240. Then I dipped the green in Rit dye and the Red in Tulip dye. Got the idea for Rit dye from Steve Stumpf and his green bowl on an earlier thread.

[Brian George]

Thanks so much for all the feedback.!

[Harvey Mushman]

I recently tried making my first grinders - wound up drilling badly, and ruining the two mechanisms I got from CS. I'll just have to try again.

How, may I ask, did you ruin 2 mechanisms? Were these CrushGrinds or Chef Specialties?