Pepper mill blanks

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daniscool said:
If the have bowed or cupped turn them around and let them sit like that for a few weeks. Until it has flattened itself to the point where you can use a router jig.
Also they are so thin that you could probably use them as box parts and then assemble them. They will move but with proper box construction the box shouldn’t break.
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dvoigt said:
If it saves a couple bucks you can send the slab. No to pay you to cut it all up if you are just going to tape it together for shipping. Do it however shipping is the cheapest.
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Mr. Peet said:
Samples finish at 6 inches long by 3 inches wide by 1/2 inch thick.
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Pile is all the ways in back. I will dig out.
 
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daniscool said:
That’s fine Mike. I understand. The current situation is not making it easy for us.
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So many unknowns. So hard to find the truth! I quit shipping out of country in 2020. Each country has different paperwork. Different rules, different penalties. I sent an item to the right address but it was not right configuration. Came back. I was lucky, but it did cost me $250 for shipping. It was a $500 product.
 
Mike1950 said:
So many unknowns. So hard to find the truth! I quit shipping out of country in 2020. Each country has different paperwork. Different rules, different penalties. I sent an item to the right address but it was not right configuration. Came back. I was lucky, but it did cost me $250 for shipping. It was a $500 product.
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Not like the old days when there was still a land bridge, huh?
 
SENC said:
Not like the old days when there was still a land bridge, huh?
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i can imagine @Mike1950 with a sled full of wood blanks, an onion burl club/stick, pet sabertooth tiger, and animal hide/fur robe, traveling across the tundra hocking his wares to clovis age folks and atlatl chuckers in the pacific northwest

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Nature Man said:
Be sure to show us at least one of the peppermills you make. Chuck
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Here you go, Chuck. I turned this before Christmas but just installed the mechanism today. It had 3 good internal cracks that weren't visible until rounded on the lathe. Those got filled with CA. It is sanded to 400 grit. Finish is a couple of coats of shellac and then several coats of pre-catalyzed lacquer, sanded between several of those layers. It is smooth to the touch and feels good in the hand. It will go to one of my sons in the near future.

There's lots of that nice figure that is visible in the finished piece.

@Nature Man

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JonathanH said:
Here you go, Chuck. I turned this before Christmas but just installed the mechanism today. It had 3 good internal cracks that weren't visible until rounded on the lathe. Those got filled with CA. It is sanded to 400 grit. Finish is a couple of coats of shellac and then several coats of pre-catalyzed lacquer, sanded between several of those layers. It is smooth to the touch and feels good in the hand. It will go to one of my sons in the near future.

There's lots of that nice figure that is visible in the finished piece.

@Nature Man

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Great job and inspiring for me.
 
JonathanH said:
Here you go, Chuck. I turned this before Christmas but just installed the mechanism today. It had 3 good internal cracks that weren't visible until rounded on the lathe. Those got filled with CA. It is sanded to 400 grit. Finish is a couple of coats of shellac and then several coats of pre-catalyzed lacquer, sanded between several of those layers. It is smooth to the touch and feels good in the hand. It will go to one of my sons in the near future.

There's lots of that nice figure that is visible in the finished piece.

@Nature Man

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Thanks for posting! Top cabin! Wood is gorgeous, shape is appealing, and finish is perfect! Chuck
 
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