Any luck with those batteries? I post up a picture, but I forgot to take one before I sent it.
♫ εηdεd ♫ Pepper Mill Swap . . . With 'A Twist'
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Any luck with those batteries? I post up a picture, but I forgot to take one before I sent it.
I think the whole tenon thing needs consideration in using the native blank material or other wood too. The smooth flared mills need to keep as much grain together as originally done, where styles with an interruption, like a bead, can get by using the native blank material.Shout out to @TimR for showing me a better way to make these mills. I never thought of doing the tenon the way he did mine. I've been using his idea and experimenting with various sizes. I was using tenons before but not insetting the mechanism top into the tenon all the way like that. That's Tim's mill top on the right with the ladybug on it. Tim also turned me on to archive pens. I learned a lot from all of you in this swap thank you all who helped me and who participate.
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And i'm happy I wasn't the last to finish.
Not sure if that made sense, but I know what I mean.
Looks like you did just that, am I right Kevin?And I have a question, what is the little red blob on that tenon of the mill I made??
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You explained it perfectly Tim and that's why I have used tenons because I like the smooth mills - at least for now. I'm sure I'll tire of them eventually. I made some beady ones early on but I'm impatient and like the elegance and quickness of the smooth flared. On cliffs mill I even grinded my parting tool down from the 3/32" it was manufactured as to 3/64 to preserve as much of the pattern as possible. The thing with this blank was, that although it had lots of figure it is subtly and the grain patter is hard to see so i probably didn't have to go through the trouble, but i was just trying to do the best job i could.
I wasn't joking when I said it was a ladybug. She had landed on my hand as I was setting up the tops, and I figured what better way to let the members know which top was yours, so I scooched her onto your top and I asked her to stay put for the picture and she did.
I wasn't joking when I said it was a ladybug. She had landed on my hand as I was setting up the tops, and I figured what better way to let the members know which top was yours, so I scooched her onto your top and I asked her to stay put for the picture and she did.
How funny, I read it but it didn't register first time around! 
Very cool.
Very cool.
I'm at a show in Mankato MN, as soon as iget home the pic will get posted.
Great job Kevin - that was a challenge for sure. You knocked it out of the park!
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I think it's closer to an infield home run on errors . . . . but I'll take it.
I agree with Scott. Stop being modest!
Got it done, it is not as shiny as the picture, I used satin WOP . I did not use the extra blank, if things had not been so busy for me lately I would have turned a second mill. I really hate to send it back ,really enjoyed turning the mesquite wood. Would you be OK with a goodly chunk of cherry burl in trade?
Is that a picture it's in front of or is that your window?
It is a picture of a pepper mill and a Santa on my window sill. Are you confused yet?Is that a picture it's in front of or is that your window?
I am confused!! What is that white stuff all over your trees?
It is confetti- celebrating global warming in vermont- should take a wander and check it out- It is COOL!!!!
Very nice mill Colin. 
I'd say you certainly pulled a trump card.
Is the wood cottonwood, perhaps?
Does this use a dry-fit on the stopper, or an o-ring or anything like that?
I'd say you certainly pulled a trump card.Is the wood cottonwood, perhaps?
Does this use a dry-fit on the stopper, or an o-ring or anything like that?
It's a shaftless, the plug on the top is tapered and press fit. We think it's BAB.
Glad you like it, Colin!