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8th December 2023, 08:38 PM #1
Pepper & Salt Grinders from Queensland Timbers
A short time ago, Log Dog in Queensland sent me a couple of his blanks for pepper grinders. The result is below - raintree on the left and jacaranda on the right.
Both beautiful timbers to turn - cut like butter with sharp tools & almost didn't need any sanding. Finish is Ubeaut EEE followed by Shellawax Glow.
These are taller than what I usually make, as I didn't want to waste any of these blanks. First time I've ever used the full length of the crushgrind mechanism. Both have gidgee spigots in the centre so that I could maintain the grain pattern uninterrupted (particularly on the raintree) and make full use of the length of the blanks.
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15th December 2023, 10:55 PM #2
I have often thought of making pepper n salt grinders, but that about as far as I have travelled with it.Nice looking grinders
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16th December 2023, 08:42 AM #3
Very sweet looking grinders.
Logdog certainly has a nose for finding top class wood. I still have plenty of his pepper mill & pen blanks in my stash.
We have two massive Raintrees across the road in the church grounds and at least 5 more have been removed from our suburb when it was developed or shortly there after. One Raintrees canopy would be 35 to 40 m in diameter. They are an import planted by the early European settlers to the area to provide shade for stock. Raintrees are a magnificent shade tree but we have a love hate relationship with them at this time of year. Being semi-deciduous they and a very large Poinciana tree drop a lot of fine & small leaves to flower then we have to deal with the huge amounts of leaves, flower petals, stamens etc. Nothing to see a layer 75mm plus depth of debris from them on the road, in the kerbing and in under them. They also drop some quite large dead limbs. A small inconvenience really for the huge benefits they provide from their passive cooling thru summer and the respite they provide for our local RACQ road service crews who often take a break under them.
I reckon there are 50k plus pepper mill blanks or millions of pen blanks in them though.
Oh and a word of caution, the white sapwood of Raintree is known to cause breathing difficulties for some when sanding etc.Mobyturns
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