On Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:13:43 -0800, Daniel > wrote:

>Bruce > writes:
>
>> 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.
>
>Heh sounds about right. If it were a jaguar pepper mill it would leak oil.

lol

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