Stephen Beckham
07-09-2007, 10:06 PM
This is a couple years back, but I wanted to get feedback and give the idea up for something new to try. It seemed to work quite well when I did it - but no one seemed to like the idea.
It was more of a challenge than a item to sell. Only made two of them successfully (a couple others became fodder).
The key was salt shaken from the top and pepper grinded through the mill on the bottom. I guess they sell kits that do this now without the work...
The trick was to keep all gaps closed from top to bottom so your salt doesn't fall through to the pepper. My first couple didn't work well, this one did. You can't tell from the photos - but the center shaft sticks up higher than the sides - the top had the holes for the salt and the countersunk and tightly snug receiver for the shaft. Once screwed on - the only place salt could flow was through the holes in the lid... Timely for a beginner - but I had fun...
Enjoy... I'm going back to my laser forum....
It was more of a challenge than a item to sell. Only made two of them successfully (a couple others became fodder).
The key was salt shaken from the top and pepper grinded through the mill on the bottom. I guess they sell kits that do this now without the work...
The trick was to keep all gaps closed from top to bottom so your salt doesn't fall through to the pepper. My first couple didn't work well, this one did. You can't tell from the photos - but the center shaft sticks up higher than the sides - the top had the holes for the salt and the countersunk and tightly snug receiver for the shaft. Once screwed on - the only place salt could flow was through the holes in the lid... Timely for a beginner - but I had fun...
Enjoy... I'm going back to my laser forum....