Worthless Wood Pepper Grinder

[MarkD]

This is a grinder I made over the holidays from a piece of cherry that had several large holes in it.
I did a double Alumilite cast. First with green colored Alumilite followed by red colored Alumilte.
For a finish I sanded and used EEE Ultra Shine followed by buffing.
The mill stands almost 11" tall and uses a CrushGrind mechanism.

 

[stonepecker]

Wish I could like that twice.

 

[Cwalker935]

That is cool.

 

[Harpazo]

Wow, that's beautiful! It almost looks like there's a hint of turquoise in the filled voids. The looks are amazing. Lot's to like there...

 

[Charlie_W]

Great! The sleek design shows off the cool wood/ resin!

 

[Gregf]

Very nice!

 

[NittanyLion]

Beautiful combination!

 

[OZturner]

Beautiful Pepper Grinder Mark,
Excellent work with the "Worthless Wood", looks Spectacular.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[wayneryan65]

That's one of the nicest ones ive seen in forever...Love the sleek design and the colors of the resin you used. The wood is beautiful...Great, no...outstanding job on this

 

[MarkD]

Thanks for the wonderful comments, they are greatly appreciated.

It's kind of funny...I used to search for the "perfect" piece of timber for a project and was very happy with the expected results. Now I search for timber that is "full of holes" with the hopes that when cast with resin, will provide a very unique, unexpected outcome.
Casting certainly opens up a lot of opportunities! It also saves a lot of interesting wood that would otherwise have gone to the woodstove.

 

[BSea]

That is very cool! And a great way to save a beautiful piece of wood. :good:

You say you did a double cast. So not just a 2 color cast, right? You cast one color, then came back & cast the other color?

 

[MarkD]

You say you did a double cast. So not just a 2 color cast, right? You cast one color, then came back & cast the other color?

Yes, this was cast twice. When I did the initial casting I filled the mold with the green color resin but the the pressure forced it into internal crevices I was not initially aware of. Additionally, I had a a slight leak in my mold so when I removed the casting from the pressure tank I found that not all of the crevices had been completely filled. Rather than attempt to recreate the the same color on the second pour I decided to use a contrasting color for the second pour.

 

[BSea]

You say you did a double cast. So not just a 2 color cast, right? You cast one color, then came back & cast the other color?

Yes, this was cast twice. When I did the initial casting I filled the mold with the green color resin but the the pressure forced it into internal crevices I was not initially aware of. Additionally, I had a a slight leak in my mold so when I removed the casting from the pressure tank I found that not all of the crevices had been completely filled. Rather than attempt to recreate the the same color on the second pour I decided to use a contrasting color for the second pour.

Well, that's a "Happy Accident". And now I have a new idea on doing some WW casts.