Operation Pepper Mill.

Worth1 · January 12, 2018

This will be the thread where I make my own custom Crush Grind Pepper Mills.

It will involve many skills to make these things and a surprise too.
A surprise part I have never seen incorporated into a pepper mill.
As usual it will be made from some parts that are literally picked up off the ground.

Stay tuned.

Worth

kurt · January 12, 2018

When you get one up and running,I will negotiate some Piper Nigrum plants so you have the real product to grind.

Worth1 · January 13, 2018

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Originally Posted by kurt

When you get one up and running,I will negotiate some Piper Nigrum plants so you have the real product to grind.

I have no idea how I would even keep them alive besides in the house under lights.

As for the project it is on hold till the weather gets past this next cold snap.
This will give me plenty of time to work out all the details in my head.
I have to make a part that does not exist from stainless steel with my metal lathe.
That part will integrate the top of the pepper grinder with a single handled fishing reel with a torpedo knob on it and the counter weight on the other end.

A handle like this but this is but not it or the same color.

My boss gave me two brand new ones in the bags from reels he replaced handles on.

I think they will be fantastic to use as grinder handles.

Worth

whoose · January 28, 2018

So where is the prototype? I really need a good one.

Worth1 · January 28, 2018

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Originally Posted by whoose

So where is the prototype? I really need a good one.

Been really busy.
I had a choice today go fishing, work in the shop or clean house.
I'm loading up as we speak and headed to the river.

Worth

SueCT · January 28, 2018

I have a Vic Firth pepper grinder that I love. I know you are going to make some first class grinders when you get around to it.

whoose · January 29, 2018

Worth always the best choice of your 3 options.

garyjr · January 29, 2018

Worth, looking forward to seeing what you come up with. I bought the guts (mechanical parts) for a pepper mill years ago. Tried turning the wood part on the lathe but things didn't go exactly as planned. The exotic wood I was using was very tedious to work with. Might give it another go before long. Good luck.

Worth1 · January 30, 2018

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Originally Posted by garyjr

Worth, looking forward to seeing what you come up with. I bought the guts (mechanical parts) for a pepper mill years ago. Tried turning the wood part on the lathe but things didn't go exactly as planned. The exotic wood I was using was very tedious to work with. Might give it another go before long. Good luck.

Saw someone on youtube try to turn palm wood.
What a disaster that ((turned)) out to be.

Worth aaaaa

Fusion_power · February 3, 2018

One of those cross-over applications from another of my hobbies is the cone cracker used to crack black walnuts. It is not fancy, just an outside cone used as the anvil and an inner cone that rotates. The two cones have slightly different angles so that there is enough room at the top for a walnut to go in but it has to crack before it can get out the bottom. This concept is the basis of most pepper mills. From Worth's description, he is going to design and build just such a cone system to crack peppercorns.

Worth1 · February 4, 2018

Here is what they look like.
They adjust from the bottom.

January 12, 2018	#1
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Operation Pepper Mill. This will be the thread where I make my own custom Crush Grind Pepper Mills. It will involve many skills to make these things and a surprise too. A surprise part I have never seen incorporated into a pepper mill. As usual it will be made from some parts that are literally picked up off the ground. Stay tuned. Worth

January 12, 2018	#2
kurt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl. Posts: 2,500	When you get one up and running,I will negotiate some Piper Nigrum plants so you have the real product to grind. __________________ KURT

January 28, 2018	#4
whoose Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bozeman, Montana Zone 6b Posts: 333	OK So where is the prototype? I really need a good one.

January 29, 2018	#7
whoose Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bozeman, Montana Zone 6b Posts: 333	Best Choice Worth always the best choice of your 3 options.

January 29, 2018	#8
garyjr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Mechanicsville, VA zone 7a Posts: 97	Worth, looking forward to seeing what you come up with. I bought the guts (mechanical parts) for a pepper mill years ago. Tried turning the wood part on the lathe but things didn't go exactly as planned. The exotic wood I was using was very tedious to work with. Might give it another go before long. Good luck. __________________ "The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts." C.S. Lewis

January 28, 2018	#6
SueCT Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,460	I have a Vic Firth pepper grinder that I love. I know you are going to make some first class grinders when you get around to it.

February 3, 2018	#10
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	One of those cross-over applications from another of my hobbies is the cone cracker used to crack black walnuts. It is not fancy, just an outside cone used as the anvil and an inner cone that rotates. The two cones have slightly different angles so that there is enough room at the top for a walnut to go in but it has to crack before it can get out the bottom. This concept is the basis of most pepper mills. From Worth's description, he is going to design and build just such a cone system to crack peppercorns.

February 4, 2018	#11
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Here is what they look like. They adjust from the bottom.