On Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:02:34 +1100, Bruce wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 12:40:15 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> We had a Peugeot pepper mill. The first thing it did was rust.

Probably an old one. Most these days are stainless steel or ceramic.
Peugeot invented the pepper mill mechanism. In the last few years, a
ceramic mechanism has become popular among woodturners.