On 4/13/2014 12:48 PM, wrote:
> I have a Perfex pepper mill which I love and it has a sentimental
> attachment so I don't want to just replace it.
> A friend of mine was visiting and was trying to be helpful...she didn't
> realize there was the side portal and she 'unscrewed' the bottom which
> appears to now have broken off--there is a 'half circle' on each side.
> Does anyone have any advice? Can it be glued? I don't see any mechanical
> fixes but I am not so mechanically inclined so it might be staring me in
> the face..
> Help? Holly
>
> <snip...>
>

I have one of these; I got it as a gift probably 25 years ago. I love
it. It's not the easiest to adjust, and it doesn't hold a huge amount of
pepper, but otherwise it has worked great all these years.

I am looking at it right now, and I am having trouble envisioning the
problem you are experiencing. Mine has no "bottom" to unscrew; there is
just the bottom of the grinding mechanism which is recessed quite a bit
into the aluminum housing, which is all one piece of machined aluminum,
and appears to be held in place by the knurled nut on the top on the
handle and the grind adjustment nut on the grinding mechanism in the bottom.

Perhaps yours is a different design than mine, which is so old. This is
what mine looks like:

http://www.amazon.com/Perfex-4-1-2-I...ds=perfex+mill

I don't blame you for not wanting to have to buy a replacement. I also
got mine as a gift, so I don't know what was paid for it, but they
certainly aren't cheap nowadays.