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    Shaker Sets

    Made these to sets today. The first is walnut and about 5'' high. The other set is spalted maple and about 4'' high. Both have mylands friction polish finish. I turned these with the intent that they would be enough alike to look like a set but enough different to tell which is which.

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    Nice ones Mike. I really like the shapes on both, but the the maple set is my favorite.

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    Very nice work Mike! Beautiful woods but the spalted Maple sure grabs your attention! Do these fill through the top or do they use a stopper? Thanks for sharing!
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    Great job on the shaker sets Mike.

    The spalted maple is my favorite also.

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    As much as I love walnut, I would have to agree that the maple ones are the pick! I think you did right by making them more simple with that much grain happening. Not sure I would feel the same way if they had beads, etc.

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    "I turned these with the intent that they would be enough alike to look like a set but enough different to tell which is which."

    You accomplished your objective in the Walnut, the differents really stands out...but the Maple is a little more subtle. It's going to take a keen eye to distinguish bewteen these two. You can put a red stopper in the pepper shaker and a whitle stopper in the salt shaker.

    I like em both.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Schlumpf View Post
    Very nice work Mike! Beautiful woods but the spalted Maple sure grabs your attention! Do these fill through the top or do they use a stopper? Thanks for sharing!

    Stopper. Thanks for the comments.
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    Mike those are beautiful shakers. Really nice wood and form.
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    Both are beautiful, definitely prefer the maple though.

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    Real nice Mike!
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  11. Question: Where do you find inserts for salt and pepper shakers?

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    mike, very nice - particularly the spalted set (i'm partial to such). did you use beall's treen mandrel or a similar tool? mike

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    I got the caps and bungs from craft supply. I used a home made jam chuck.
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