Salt Shaker: Recycled Water bottle

I was asked a while back to turn a salt shaker for a friend to match a peppermill he already had.

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He gave me a blank to turn the shaker out of, it was an experimental Baseball Bat from Weyerhaeuser. I traced and measured diameters and gave him the mill back. Finally 6 months later I got around to it:eek:. I had talked with him and he was in no rush. I turned it Christmas day on my new toy, the beads are not as pronounced as I would like though. As I was boring the center hole it only went about 1" and then I was cutting air:eek:. About 4 inches of the blank was hollow! Man did I luck out on where I cut the 2 ends to be. So I was worried I would cut into the cavity as I shaped the shaker.

I bought the top from Craftsupplies, but did not want to use the rubber bung. I know how overtime they can end up not fitting well, so I wanted to seal it up good. I decided to cut the top off of a water bottle I had and try epoxying it into the bottom and it worked quite well.

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Good save! And, an innovative approach! That looks like a piece of gluelam???!?

That is a cool idea Keith. Really nice mill and shaker.

Nice shaker, turned out well. Had the same experience with hitting the hollow when I tried turning a bowling pen. Maple on the outside but quite a bit of hollow on the inside.

Nice looking shaker! I like your method of sealing the end of the shaker better than using a rubber bung. Looks a lot cleaner also! Your friend must be really happy with the shaker! Nice work!

good save! looks like it worked out well

another version of this ....
cut the top from a water or soda bottle ..just below the cap about 1/2 inch...take the neck drill a hole the same diameter as the part under the threaded area ...insert this into the hole and shape the body how u want
The cap is another piece ...drill a hole the same diameter and glue in the cap in and drill hole pattern in the top for salt or pepper to go threw ..great little gift idea's

Bob