John Eldeen
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The blank was made of 144 1/4" by 1/4" peices of black walnut and maple carefully stacked into a checkerboard pattern. Enjoy 
Checkerboard Peppermill
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Ted iin Michigan
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Oh, man.... That is TOTALLY cool!!!!
How did you make your 1/4 x 1/4 pieces. I really want to try that one.
How did you make your 1/4 x 1/4 pieces. I really want to try that one.
John Eldeen
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The wood was all cut on my bandsaw then run through a drum sander to final size.
leehljp
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Beautiful work! Beautiful!
Lucky2
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Wowsa John, what an amazingly beautiful Pepper Mill, I love how it turned out using those two woods. Is it made to sell, or, is it a keeper?
Len
Len
Alan Morrison
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Excellent
socdad
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Outstanding, thank you for sharing
Brotherdale
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very nice work.
Jim15
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Awesome work.
John Eldeen
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Thank you all for the kind words
This one will be for sell one person can only have so many peppermills
LouCee
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That looks great, very nice!
TattooedTurner
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Outstanding!
MRDucks2
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Quite nice.
John Eldeen
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I stacked 12 alternating layers 1/4" thick glued that together then cut that stack into a thick 1/4" and sanded down to exactly 1/4". Flip every other layer and glue back together. It is much like making a small end grain cutting board.
@John Eldeen
Expressed that way, it sounds tantalizingly simple !!! . But a real conversation piece for guests at mealtime !!! . Include a lathe as the host !!!
When you say "Flip every other layer and glue back together.", would "rotate 90" do the same as "flip" ?
neubee
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The pepper mill came out spectacular; great job!
John Eldeen
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Yes Mal rotate 180 degrees would be the same. It is not as difficult as it looks the only hard part is not losing the alignment when clamping.
pshrynk
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As opposed to pens... Great result! I really admire the precision of your segmenting.Thank you all for the kind words
This one will be for sell one person can only have so many peppermills
Third Bay Woodworking
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It can be trying at times to keep 4 pieces straight when glueing. Can't imagine 144!
TellicoTurning
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An impressive mill, but I'm think way too much labor to factor into the cost.
John Eldeen
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Lucky for me this is my hobby and not my job so I don't count alot of the labor.
John Eldeen
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It is truly only 12 peices at a time and with the proper jigs it is fairly easy
TellicoTurning
Member
Understand, but I turn and make things for sale as a hobby too, the hobby must pay for itself or I can't afford it... I do count the labor, even if it is a labor of love.
David350
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Besides the obvious great segmenting, I love your turning skills as it is very nicely turned and portioned.... Great Job!!!!
David350
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John, I hope you are not going to curse me for this, but I wonder if when you are stacking the checkerboards on top of each other in the final glue up, what if rather than simply alternating the panels, you rotated them say 15 degrees each, and make a vortex type pattern? I wonder how that would look turned? Probably would not be as nice as what you have here.. If you were to try this, I would suggest you drill a hole in the center of each square panel and insert a rod so they stay aligned as you do the rotations...
John Eldeen
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If I am understanding what you say it would look like this
David350
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That's it, but as I thought, it doesn't look as good as yours, in my opinion of course....