Bottle stopper and pepper mill blanks ?

[jeffm19]

What's the best size square blank for making bottle stoppers and pepper mills?

Thanks

 

[ed4copies]

Normal pepper mill mech uses a 1&1/16" hole, so I like blanks that are at least 10/4, to allow for the hole not making it quite down the center (Ignore this if you are making peppermills that are less than 6" tall).

The top of the bottlestopper mechanism is also just about 1", so I like to start with 6/4 or better.

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[ed4copies]

Oh, and you will probably get lots more answers if you can get a moderator to move this to "Casual Conversation" for you.

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[vick]

I like between 2 3/4 and 3 inches for pepper mills and about 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 inches on bottle stoppers

 

[jeffm19]

How long do you like both pepper mill and bottle stopper blanks to be?

Thanks

 

[ed4copies]

Pepper mills can be made from 4" to any length (longest I have made is 24") A search of the internet shows 6, 8, 10 and 12" are most popular.

Bottlestoppers are all in the eye of the beholder, I don't like big ones-others do. Mine are between 1.5 and 2" overall length (above the bottle).