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  1. 30th April 2024, 04:38 PM #1
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    Default Re-claimed Jarrah Sleepers

    I was given a couple of jarrah sleepers from a site clean-up in West Kalgoorlie recently. One of them has a lot of cracks & splits along the length, but the other is quite clean with only minor cracking. Thought I'd turn out a batch of pepper & salt grinder sets as a few people have been asking for them.

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    The two sleepers - what's left after I cut enough off to make some pepper grinders.

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    Cutting blanks on the table saw.

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    Enough to make a start.

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    Knocking the corners off on the table saw.

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    Turning the blanks to round.

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    Ready to start boring out the centres & cutting off the caps.

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    Squaring off ends and turning a spigot on what will be the top of the pepper grinder for mounting in the chuck. Created a few shavings.

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    Boring large hole in the base of each blank for the grinding mechanism.

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    Boring 25mm hole right through the centre of the blank to the cap, before cutting off the cap.

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    Caps cut off and ready to bore for spigots and coloured epoxy resin plugs in the top of each.

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    Resin cast in the top of the caps at 60psi in the pressure vessel.

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    Starting to turn them to final shape and finish.

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    All turned and finished. Just need to turn the spigot off the top of each cap and finish. I experimented with "ebonizing" on some of them - one pair fully ebonized and another two pair ebonized with natural finish left between the burned grooves in the body and cap.

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    The final result. The set on the right hand end were finished with linseed oil and beeswax for a natural matte finish - the rest were all finished with "EEE" paste and Shellawax Glow.

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    Looking down on them to see the black & gold coloured epoxy discs to distinguish between pepper & salt.
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    Nice work. What are the forstner bits you are using?
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    Do you have pic's of the underside of the bottom, did you buy kit's to make them?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyturns View Post
    Nice work. What are the forstner bits you are using?
    I have a bit of a mix of good ones and cheap ones. Wherever possible, I try to use only the TCT forstner bits that I bought from CWS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Camelot View Post
    Do you have pic's of the underside of the bottom, did you buy kit's to make them?
    I buy the "crushgrind" mechanisms usually from CWS in Melbourne.

    CrushGrind(R) 260mm Ceramic Salt & Pepper Mill - Salt & Pepper Mills | CWS Store

    Have never tried any other type of mechanism, as all reports suggest that these are the best mechanisms on the market.
    Didn't take any pics of the bottom of this lot, but here is one I turned a while back with the same mechanism.

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    Lovely work. It amazing to see what lovely timber lies beneath the split, gnarly and grey used timber.
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    Great work.

    Looks like you sure could use some dust extraction
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    Luv the end product. You obviously sell them but how, markets or online? Just curious!
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    Quote Originally Posted by brainstrust View Post
    Luv the end product. You obviously sell them but how, markets or online? Just curious!
    So far I have just posted pictures of them on a couple of the local gossip pages on farcebook. Seems to get plenty of responses. I think it depends a lot on the timing - this lot was available in the week before mothers' day. Next decent run will probably be leading up to Christmas. Also, my wife works at one of the local supermarkets - she doesn't sell them there but is allowed to display a set at the main checkout, and interested people ask her where to get them. Her boss, the supermarket manager, has bought a set from me a while ago.
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