Tiger
13th May 2012, 06:02 PM
I've got a couple of pepper mill kits, one from Pop's Shed, the other from Carbatec.
The one from Carbatec has what can be loosely described as instructions but is no real help, the other from Pop's Shed is a 5 inch version made in Denmark with no instructions at all. I had a go at the 5 inch version but found that there was only a little amount of thread poking out at the top but not enough to secure the little nut. So back to the lathe and take a bit off the top piece so that the nut goes on. Having done that I notice that the top piece of the mill and the bottom pieces have a gap and turning the nut makes no difference to either the mechanism or bringing the two pieces together for a tighter fit.
For those that make these sorts of things what are the critical measurements, ie lengthwise that you need for a well functioning mill, I'm comfortable with the inside bores as that's all done according to the mechanism diameters?
The one from Carbatec has what can be loosely described as instructions but is no real help, the other from Pop's Shed is a 5 inch version made in Denmark with no instructions at all. I had a go at the 5 inch version but found that there was only a little amount of thread poking out at the top but not enough to secure the little nut. So back to the lathe and take a bit off the top piece so that the nut goes on. Having done that I notice that the top piece of the mill and the bottom pieces have a gap and turning the nut makes no difference to either the mechanism or bringing the two pieces together for a tighter fit.
For those that make these sorts of things what are the critical measurements, ie lengthwise that you need for a well functioning mill, I'm comfortable with the inside bores as that's all done according to the mechanism diameters?