My First Pepper Mill

[USAFVET98]

This is my first pepper mill I made for my dad for his birthday on the third. I used zebra wood and x-cut some for the top and bottom for effect. I made bushings out of pine dowel that seemed to work pretty well.
As always, comments and critiques are appreciated.

 

[Super Dave]

Pepper Mill

Great job ! Where did you get the grinder mechanism ??

Dave

 

[johnnycnc]

Pretty nifty! I bet your Dad loves it.

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Wow! That is what I call a Pepper Mill!
Very Nice!

Robin

 

[mickr]

very nice..my only concern are the 2 joints...end grain to cross grain...nice effect, but not too good a gluing strategy...will probably hold, but???

 

[ed4copies]

Years ago, I sold a lot of those (that mech). Used one myself for a couple years.

Your dad will love it!! Pretty durable, too!! Nice work.

 

[jleiwig]

Great job ! Where did you get the grinder mechanism ??

Dave

PSI has it, but last I checked they were out of stock until next week.

 

[THarvey]

Great looking pepper mill. I think your Dad will like it.

How large of space does the pepper need to pass through?

PSI's instructions say it needs a 1" hole for the mount. Does the 1" hole pass all the way through, or does it taper to a smaller opening?

Could you post a picture of the bottom?

BTW: PSI show they have these in stock. Wish I had thought about it before I closed my order.

Thanks.

 

[ed4copies]

Tim,

You could make the hole any way you want. The instructions call for a 'Through hole" with only one dimension, to make it easy to drill.

I always wanted to design one with a "pepper shaker" head on the bottom, so you could grind first, then dispense (didn't do it). Grinding over your food was a little "iffy", sometimes you got a pretty good dose on one section of the steak with nothing in the next section (this was before "blackened" steaks---maybe I invented them????)

Hope this helps.

 

[Daniel]

Nice looking Mill. I have not used any of these Mechanisms yet but I sure do like the look of them. I have often though of making up a dozen of them and taking them up to Virginia City and see if any of the shops up there are interested in buying them. They would fit right into the authentic old west venue.