On Sunday, February 7, 2021 at 9:40:22 AM UTC-10, 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.

I knew a guy that turned pens and pepper mills. Nice stuff. I traded a Toyota Van Wagon for a pepper mill. It had a side crank and bevel gears to drive it - the mill not the Toyota.
https://www.amazon.com/Woodturning-P.../dp/B009102184