On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 11:15:32 -0800, Taxed and Spent wrote:

> On 2/7/2021 11:10 AM, Graham wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:48:42 -0800, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/7/2021 9:24 AM, Graham wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:13:41 -0800, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The salt thread has started and continued to be nutso.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can we do the same with pepper?
>>>>
>>>> Interesting!
>>>> Lately, I've been making pepper mills and it has occurred to me that their
>>>> real place is in the kitchen, not on the formal dining table where their
>>>> use would be an insult to the cook.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I need to hear more on your construction project. What are your raw
>>> materials?
>>
>> I'm turning them on the lathe from maple mostly and one from maple and
>> Oregon myrtle. They are non traditional shapes and I intend to colour them
>> using an air-brush. Three more are planned, one of which will be in walnut.
>> I am also making the top piece a bit smaller than usual to suit women's
>> smaller hands. I see so many online that are the size of howitzer shells
>> that need hands the size of dinner plates to operate.
>>
>
> where are you getting the innards?

Some, made in Denmark, I bought years ago in the UK. Now I get them from
Lee Valley Tools:
http://tiny.cc/fh1ftz.
They stock a SS mechanism made in the US. Craft Supplies in Utah also sell
similar mechanisms.
https://tinyurl.com/mc6iqhav
I have one mechanism that was made in Italy. I wish I could find more as
the quality is superb.