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I'll never be able to say I've never made a pepper mill again

Schroedc

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So I'm still waiting for my Delta to come back form the shop so I decided to work on a pepper mill over on the Oneway today. Used an adaptation of @Kevin 's tubular crush grind idea. Used a block of crosscut Oak I had laying around so I wouldn't feel bad if I screwed it up.

A few things,

1) I cut some square notches for the tabs on the mill mechanism to go into to connect the piece of 1" PVC I used, Way to much screwing around, The next one I'll just drill a hole and pin it like Kevin did.

2) The pin and O-Ring setup for the top works great but took some dinking around to get the depth of the grooves just right so it's tight but not too tight. with practice I think it'll go easier.

3) I bought a bag of pepper seeds and filled it up but when I turn the knob it just leaves these little black specks in a pile on the table.... Not a single pepper has popped out of the end yet.......

Finished with several coats of CA, sanded and buffed and waxed.

C and C always welcome.

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Awesome!!! Great job Colin - I like the way the o-rings look. You did a fine job man!

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As they say...whala! Makes sense to me now especially after seeing the orings.
 
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Kevin said:
Awesome!!! Great job Colin - I like the way the o-rings look. You did a fine job man!

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Thank you, I know several folks mentioned problems with the O-Rings in your design thread but of course I'm stubborn and figured with the smooth PVC it might be worth giving it a whirl. Initially I found that if it's too tight a fit you risk pushing the mechanism back out of the mill but a little trial and error ( I had a 2 inch piece of the pipe I used for testing while it was still on the lathe) it seems to work well, I'll let my wife use it a while to see if I have any complaints after some use. I also made the stub that fits into the tube a separate part and then glued it into a hole drilled in the top so I could keep the grains in line. Eventually I'll try one of those that looks seamless with this method and see if it works.
 
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Nicely done! The peg at the top makes sense to me, and I like the tab slots at the bottom. You could epoxy it in to the bottom of you want to keep it from pulling out.
 
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Nicely done! The peg at the top makes sense to me, and I like the tab slots at the bottom. You could epoxy it in to the bottom of you want to keep it from pulling out.
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The tab slots work really well but are a PITA to cut if a guy was going to do a bunch, for the next one I think I'll just slide the PVC over the mechanism and drill an 1/8 inch or 3/16 hole and put a pin in it. Either that or slide a dowel into the PVC and use my mortising machine to punch the slots......
 
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Schroedc said:
The tab slots work really well but are a PITA to cut if a guy was going to do a bunch, for the next one I think I'll just slide the PVC over the mechanism and drill an 1/8 inch or 3/16 hole and put a pin in it. Either that or slide a dowel into the PVC and use my mortising machine to punch the slots......
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Or just drill an oversized hole for the tabs... The square slots show the craftsmanship, but it's a detail few will appreciate.
 
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Colin you improved on my first go at it for sure. I also think drilling the holes for the tabs is a good idea, and I like the 1" pipe. Now I think the only reason to use a 3/4" or 1/2" pipe is if one wants to turn a smaller diameter mid section (which I do like to do) but even with a 1" pipe, a narrow pinup girl shape is probably still possible.
 
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Colin you improved on my first go at it for sure. I also think drilling the holes for the tabs is a good idea, and I like the 1" pipe. Now I think the only reason to use a 3/4" or 1/2" pipe is if one wants to turn a smaller diameter mid section (which I do like to do) but even with a 1" pipe, a narrow pinup girl shape is probably still possible.
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With 1" Schedule 40 you need to drill a 1 and 5/16ths or 1 and 3/8ths hole. I started with a 1 and 1/4 hole (Eyeballed it as I was playing mad engineer) and it was too small so I turned the PVC down a hair, I'll measure the pipe and bits with a calipers tomorrow and figure out the correct bit
 
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