Pat Scott
12-21-2012, 4:48 PM
I took a 2-day weekend workshop in August with Paul Chilton at Craft Supplies in Utah. What a fun way to spend a weekend. I made both of these mills in his class and am ashamed to say they have been sitting around since then waiting for me to put a finish on them. Christmas might have had something to do with me getting them done.
Both are 10" tall and use the Deluxe Stainless Steel mechanism. Both are from figured Maple that was provided for us in class. The mill on the left you'll notice is about 3/8" shorter than the one on the right, so I had to cut down and peen the end of the shaft (which Paul showed us how to do and is a piece of cake).
I've read a lot about Minwax Antique Oil on this forum, so I bought a can to try. The mill on the left has 3 coats of AO rubbed with Liberon steel wool in between coats. It's as smooth as it looks.
The mill on the right has about 5 coats of Deft Danish Oil on it, rubbed with steel wool as well. It also is smooth as a baby's bottom.
I don't know if you can tell from the picture (I need a photo booth and better lighting), but the left mill is a bit darker in color than the right mill. I don't know if it's the wood or the oil or a little of both. I can't decide which one I like better or which color I like better as I think both of them are gorgeous. Paul makes a lot of mills with this shape, and I love his mills so I copied the shape for mine.
My wife is keeping the left one, and the right one is going to my step-Mom for Christmas.
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Both are 10" tall and use the Deluxe Stainless Steel mechanism. Both are from figured Maple that was provided for us in class. The mill on the left you'll notice is about 3/8" shorter than the one on the right, so I had to cut down and peen the end of the shaft (which Paul showed us how to do and is a piece of cake).
I've read a lot about Minwax Antique Oil on this forum, so I bought a can to try. The mill on the left has 3 coats of AO rubbed with Liberon steel wool in between coats. It's as smooth as it looks.
The mill on the right has about 5 coats of Deft Danish Oil on it, rubbed with steel wool as well. It also is smooth as a baby's bottom.
I don't know if you can tell from the picture (I need a photo booth and better lighting), but the left mill is a bit darker in color than the right mill. I don't know if it's the wood or the oil or a little of both. I can't decide which one I like better or which color I like better as I think both of them are gorgeous. Paul makes a lot of mills with this shape, and I love his mills so I copied the shape for mine.
My wife is keeping the left one, and the right one is going to my step-Mom for Christmas.
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