Salt & Pepper Mills

Build Process description available here

These are a set of spice mills. The original plan had been to make six, but one cracked and I haven't had the inclination to have another go yet. The oak ones are intended to be used for salt and the walnut ones for pepper as I thought it was nicer to distinguish between them with colour rather than having carved or stamped letters in the top. The woodturning was, of course, done using my home-made woodturning lathe, along with a home-made groove-cutting tool.

They're based on Crushgrind brand mechanisms. I've used an oak Crushgrind pepper mill pretty much daily for over ten years and it has continued to work flawlessly. They are nice and easy to adjust for a coarse grind (which I prefer) without losing the setting when you open the top. As I was so happy with the commercial mill, I had a strong preference for using the same type of mechanism when I made my own mills.

For a sense of size, here are the first two mills next to the old commercial mill and my mug for scale:

I am a hobbyist metalworker and woodworker. I work as an electronic design engineer and spend most of my working days in front of a computer so I enjoy having the opportunity to use my hands and make things in my spare time. I particularly enjoy making tools as I can then use them on other projects. This website showcases some of the things I've made.

This website is free and ad-free, but costs me money to run. If you'd like to support this site, please consider making a small donation or sending me a message to let me know what you liked or found useful.

Please do get in touch if you notice any issues on the site or can think of anything that would be a helpful addition or improvement.