First Pepper Grinder

**gawdelpus** · 7th November 2010, 09:24 PM

My first attempt at something more substantial then a "Pen" hehe It's a pepper grinder in some hairy oak from up around toowoomba way .With lots of guidance from my good friend Neil (dai sensei) I got to work , first the blank was just too long for my woodfast so it went into my metal lathe

, this allows for coffee time and cigs while the tool travels along by itself hehe. After the log was rounded and cut to length it was step drilled in the lathe ,and some plugs made to fit the bores and off to the woodfast for finish turning .Around this time Neil turned up for a coffee on his way home so of course the shaping went much easier under his hands on guidance

. This was a bit hard on my tools which are middle of the road ,fine for pen work ,but were tested on this stuff. Finally sanded to 1200 grit and polished with U-Beaut "glow" after polishing some fine cracks appeared which needed remedial action , I understand the stress relief can cause this . redid the polishing and sanding and I am quite pleased with the result , this is for a Chef (special) but of course my wife now wants one

It will sit for a while waitinf to see if it moves any more before I insert the crush mechanism ,I hope the pics will tell the story , cheers John

**Jethrow** · 7th November 2010, 09:49 PM

Nice job, wish I could turn as well, I belive im a very average turner. I guess I cant be good at everything lol.

**mkypenturner** · 7th November 2010, 10:00 PM

nice work

**artme** · 8th November 2010, 09:50 AM

Good one John!!

**Ozkaban** · 8th November 2010, 01:02 PM

gotta be happy with that

I turned my wife a pepper mill for her birthday last year, and this year finally added the salt mill to it... 2 birthdays covered with one gift

they're really run to turn as well.

Cheers,
Dave

**Sawdust Maker** · 8th November 2010, 03:49 PM

John
nice work
nice bit of wood as well

**orificiam** · 8th November 2010, 04:29 PM

Hi John you've got to be happy with that, Nice Shape,beautiful wood, what else can you wish for.
Cheers Tony.

**Rum Pig** · 8th November 2010, 04:41 PM

That looks good John well done

I have made a few pepper mills but none for SWMBO she has got the cheap woollies ones

one day I might make her some

**orraloon** · 8th November 2010, 05:08 PM

Very nice job on a great looking bit of wood.
Regards
John

**dai sensei** · 8th November 2010, 10:38 PM

Saw it in the flesh tonight, looks great

Makes me want to go cut another piece of Hairy Oak now to make one myself

**Nai84** · 8th November 2010, 11:53 PM

Hey gawdelpus

WOW I love the shape of the whole thing and that wood looks fantastic, how did the crack end up in the end

Ian

**gawdelpus** · 9th November 2010, 12:12 AM

The crack has been repaired with thin CA ,re sanded and polished,and under advisement from a couple of top turners I will do further coats of "Glow" and leave for a day or so between each session, this particular timber has an odd ability to end up with high polished patches and some a bit duller , several coats should sort that problem . But it does look pretty good to me so far ,these pictures were taken after the first sand and polish

cheers ~ John

**munruben** · 10th November 2010, 08:21 AM

Nice work John. Looks great

**Ed Reiss** · 10th November 2010, 01:37 PM

Not much different than turning a pen...just bigger and shaped a bit different

Well done John...looks good

BTW...auto tool feed is just not fair!!!!

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