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Mike Golka
04-05-2011, 12:29 AM
I haven't posted much lately, been too busy with life. I have had these done for a while but just got them back from being laser engraved. All mills are about 11" tall, maple and Beal buffed with crush grind inserts. All 10 are sold to a real estate agent friend as they were a commission. I found mass producing them much faster than doing one at a time. Kinda like Henry Ford I used the assembly line approach completing each step of the process on all mills before moving on to the next step. Still not lightning fast but at about 1 1/2 hr. each complete is alright for this old guy. Comments welcome.

Tim Thiebaut
04-05-2011, 12:52 AM
That takes a lot of skill to get those all the same like that, very nicely done! I havnt tried peper mills yet, but one of these days I will give it a shot!

Dan Forman
04-05-2011, 1:21 AM
Now that's something to crow about! :) Like the shape, and they look like they are comfortable to operate.

Dan

Jim Burr
04-05-2011, 6:25 AM
Nice lookig mills Mike, not an easy process but it looks like you managed it well!

Michelle Rich
04-05-2011, 6:42 AM
is that like a gaggle of geese? a murder of mills?? :-) WOW 10 replicas..astounding turning. Henry Ford tho, would have said, "you can have a mill any color you want as long as it's black! "

John Hart
04-05-2011, 6:48 AM
Quite a herd. Nicely done!! :)

Donny Lawson
04-05-2011, 6:58 AM
Great looking mills. These are on my"want to do list". I just hope mine turn out half as good as yours. Very professional looking.

John Keeton
04-05-2011, 7:05 AM
Mike, those sure look nice! The exacting replication is remarkable, and the design is very good! Great work!

bob svoboda
04-05-2011, 9:10 AM
Nice mills and a great job of making them nearly identical. Well done!

Steve Schlumpf
04-05-2011, 9:18 AM
Mike - congrats on the sale!!! Very nice work on all these mills and you did an outstanding job on replicating form! You should be proud of this work! Thanks for sharing!

Michael Mills
04-05-2011, 12:31 PM
WHEW!!!
You had me concerned there for a minute….

Mike Golka
04-05-2011, 2:14 PM
Thank you all for the kind words. I hope the client likes them, he's been away on holidays but I hope to get them to him this weekend.

Mark Hubl
04-05-2011, 5:37 PM
Those are quite nice. Good job on the production run. Now you need to turn a bowling ball for them pins!

John W Dixon
04-05-2011, 7:02 PM
Wow those are fantastic! Great job on the uniformity, heck, he may concerned they were done by machine and not by hand. lol

gary Zimmel
04-05-2011, 7:44 PM
Real nice work on the mils Mike. We may have to commision you to make some for our Real Estate Company....;)

Baxter Smith
04-05-2011, 9:09 PM
Nice job Mike. The only way I might get two to match would be if I turned 10. And then there would be no guarantee!

David E Keller
04-05-2011, 11:05 PM
Nice group of mills... Maybe this will help turn around the real estate market!