Dale Lynch
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Hey fellas,A coworker asked me if I could make him a mortar and pestle a couple days ago.Here's what I came up with,Ironwood for the mortar.I only had 2x4 material to work with so I cut 3 pieces and glued them together.Decided it wasenit going to be tall enough I cut another chunk and bookmatched it,then glued it to the block.I used Cocoblolo for the pestle It was the only thing I had left that was big enough to make it from one piece.Sanded the outside of the mortar to 320, inside to 180.burnished then a coat of dewaxed shellac.The pestle was done the same way leaving the crushin and grinding ends rougher.My only other option was to use walnut,but I didn't think it would be hard enough to do the job.