New Peppermill

[TellicoTurning]

It's been a while since I posted anything.. found a piece of ol' dead wood out back and made this little mill.. 7-1/2 tall, crush grind.. finished with polyurethane, inside and out.. Spalted Maple.

This is one made to order for a lady that saw one I had in Cedar, she liked the shape and style, but liked the Ambrosia maple wood better.. this one is about 10 in high, also a crush grind and finished with polyurethane.

This one is a new style I'me playing with.. it's a shaftless crush/grind with the grinder in the top.. you hold it with the top down, twist the bottom and the pepper comes out through holes in a lid.. no pepper on the table cloth.. wormy maple, finish is min-wax. The mill is about 8 in. tall.

both of the second two are glue ups..
Thanks for looking and would Appreciate your comments.

 

[Draken]

Interesting shapes, they look good! How do you like the shaftless compared to the shafted mechanisms? I'm intrigued by the "upside down" one and it keeping the table cleaner.

 

[ed4copies]

Chuck,

The world needs innovators!!!
Innovators make prototypes.
Prototypes become accepted.
About then is when I am willing to try to sell them in the Midwest.

I wish YOU the best!!!!!!!!!!!!
If all goes well, I will adapt it about 2025!

 

[TellicoTurning]

I like the crush/grind mechanisms..both the shafted and shaftless... problem with the shaftless is they do tend to slip. I would like to say my upside down is my innovation, but in truth, I picked up a little booklet at Woodcraft that showed a fix for the slip and also showed how to make the upside down style.. my innovation was to lengthen the lower body and make a bigger mill. I put a 1/8 diameter piece of brass rod at an angle through the tenon that will catch the 3 fingers on the shaftless mechanism.. it keeps the mechanism from slipping in the body.

 

[bjackman]

On a shaftless grinder I made, I epoxied the top turning wood piece onto the top portion of the mechanism. It NEVER slips, but I do have to refill it through the bottom grinder opening. Not that big of a deal to do two or three times a year.

 

[R2]

It's great to see that someone is prepared to depart from the traditional shpe for a pepper grinder. interesting set of shapes.
Just astrictly personal thought- how would #3 go with either a slightly fatter bottom section or a slightly slimmer top section? it's often hard to tell from a photo just what the proportions really are.

 

[toolcrazy]

they all look really nice. I'm waiting for my mechanisms so I can try to make one.

Hey ED.