First Peppermills Finally Finished

[Keith Palmer]

This is my first post here on sawmill creek. Hope you all like these peppermills. They are the first ones I have done and ran into some finishing problems with the padauk, but I got it figured out.

I found this design on www.peppermillguy.com (http://www.peppermillguy.com) and really liked it. These two are laminated padauk, maple, and dyed black veneer. They stand 9" tall and about 3" wide.

The first one if for my mother-in-law and the second is for my mom for christmas.

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[Ken Fitzgerald]

Keith,

Welcome to the Creek! Beautiful peppermills! Thanks for posting photos!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Keith - Welcome to the Creek! Wow! - beautiful peppermills! Love the colors and the finish! I am sure they will make wonderful gifts! Very nice work!

[Dewey Torres]

The page loaded and I was left with nothing more than WOW!

[Don Carter]

Keith:
What a first post! Wow! Those are beautiful. And I kind tell you know what your doing, making these for Mom and MIL!;) Don't forget your wife!:D
Have a Merry Christmas! And, welcome to the vortex.
All the best.

Don

[Russ Sears]

Those are stunning. What's the finish?

[robert hainstock]

And which kits did you use? Anyway, very nice Mills., :):) And wellcome!
Bob

[curtis rosche]

they are very cool

[Bernie Weishapl]

Welcome Keith SMC. Those are beauties for sure.

[Mike Golka]

Great looking mills and welcome to the Creek!

[Alan Trout]

Those look great and welcome to the Creek.

Alan

[Keith Palmer]

And which kits did you use? Anyway, very nice Mills., :):) And wellcome!
Bob


Thank you all for the kind comments!

The finish is 10 coats of polyurethane then Beall buffed after the finish finally cured. And a final finish of Renaissance Wax. I had problems with the poly curing on the padauk since it is an oily wood. But as I got more coats on, it cured better. I should have used a shellac sealer or lacquer for the finish, but it worked out in the end.

The mechanism kits are the CrushGrind ceramic ones with a shaft. I got them at Rockler, but many places carry them.

[Bob Hallowell]

Nice job those are good looking mills, and welcome

Bob

[Jim Kountz]

Welcome to the Creek and fantastic job on those mills!! Love the finish!!

[Jon Lanier]

Welcome Keith... As I've stated before those are really nice! I think if you can get $195 for them... do it!

-Jon, a.k.a Charosheth

[Ken Glass]

Keith,
Welcome to the Creek. Those are really great looking mills. All the Woods compliment each other very well. I know they will be appreciated by your family. The Finish shows your work great.

[Bob Henry]

Beautifull looking mills and finish.

Bob