My Mills Are Done

[gary Zimmel]

My Xmas herd is done!
After a bunch of nights in the shop I have all my peppermills done for xmas.
With time to spare.....

A quick pic of the bunch ready to be wrapped.

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Number 11 came in from the shop tonight and my wife picked her two favorites.
Walnut peppermill and Maple rock salt mill.

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Thanks for taking a peek.


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[Steve Schlumpf]

Gary - you sure got this turning thing figured out in a hurry! Beautiful work on all of these mills! Gonna make a lot of folks happy! Thanks for sharing! Seriously - very nice work!

[gary Zimmel]

Thanks Steve.

And to think it's all because of a post you made a few months ago on some bottle stoppers you made...;)

[Steve Schlumpf]

Ah yes, the Vortex is strong! Glad to see you running with it!

[Billy Tallant]

A very nice looking bunch of peppermills. :)

[John Keeton]

And to think it's all because of a post you made a few months ago...;)Yes, that's how it all began for me, too!:eek: Seemed so innocent at the time!

Nice work Gary!! The danger in all this is that your friends now know you are capable of all these neat gifts, and will be disappointed next year if you don't have another great creation for them!

Before this, how many bottle stoppers did you turn and give away?

[Tony De Masi]

Beautiful pieces Gary. I'm certain the recipients will love them.

Tony

[Mike Golka]

Great looking mills Gary!!! You sure have caught on to this turning thing in a hurry. Be careful though, folks are gong to expect you to make all kinds of things for them.:eek: You've already proven you capable.:D

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Nice looking mills Gary! What's next?

[Ted Calver]

Very nice Gary...but ya gotta pace yourself :)

[Gary Herrmann]

The Force is strong with this one.

[Ron Bontz]

Nice. Size?:)

[Mike Minto]

nicely done, gary - they look fantastic!

[Terry Quiram]

Gary these are great. What finish did you apply?

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking mills Gary. They sure look great.

[gary Zimmel]

Thanks for all the comments.

Terry and Ron,
The mills are 8" and are finished with mineral oil and friction wax.

John,
I gave away about a hundred of the bottle stoppers...
Upside is I got lots of practice on the lathe..

[Bill Bulloch]

Those would have been my choose too. Great job, but you didn't say what size they are.

[Bill Bolen]

Pretty mills! Looks like you are ready for a big production run as you have this mill thing all figured out...Bill...