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Turned a Peppermill
- Thread starter Gary Norton
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Crushgrind hardware or? I was looking at buying the required forstner bits to try my hand at those. Did you find they were all necessary? (15/16, 1-1/16, 1-9/16, 1-3/4")
The 1-1/16 is the most needed for the crush grind, the others are not that important to be exactly those sizes. the shallow recess at the bottom is about 1-5/8 but you can turn that one. a 1" would probably work as the grind part is only about 2" in length and that would be easy to enlarge if needed.
I think if it has the knob on top it's not a crush grind, rather the traditional type. https://chefwarekits.com/Pepper-mill-Mechanism-10-inch-USA-Woodturning-Kit-p148007784
Traditional type probably as knob at the top adjusts spring tension that controls the grind fine to coarse.