Peppermill Tutorial - Woodworking Talk

firehawkmph · 11-20-2008, 01:18 AM

Ok guys and gals,
I made a peppermill today and took a bunch of pictures and wrote a tutorial to go with it. It is a microsoft word document. If you would like a copy, send me an email and I will email it to you. The file is 2.7 megs, so it should email ok. If for some reason your email gets bounced, wait till later in the day and try again. Sometimes my mailbox gets filled up before I get a chance to empty it.
Mike Hawkins

firehawkmph@windstream.net

The woodsman · 11-21-2008, 10:13 AM

Just got the tutorial Mike and must say that I have never saw a better laid out tutorial anywhere.I think you did a fantastic job putting that together and I appreciate you takeing the time to send it to me.The pic's are crystal clear and the written instructions under each pic were very understandable,leaving no questions on what next step to take.Can't wait now to put it to use.
Great job
Ken

firehawkmph · 11-21-2008, 07:14 PM

Thanks Ken,
Glad you enjoyed it. I have both MS Word and a PDF version. The pdf file is about half the size. So whomever else wants a copy, feel free to drop me an email and let me know what file version you want.
Mike Hawkins
firehawkmph@windstream.net

foneman · 11-23-2008, 12:38 AM

Mike,
Thanks for sending the tutorial. I look forward to giving it a try. You did an excellent job at covering all the descriptive details. I can't imagine how long it took you to put it together.
Thanks for sharing!!!
John

firehawkmph · 11-23-2008, 11:01 AM

Thanks John,
It really wasn't too bad. I just kept taking pictures as I was going along. Then later that night I put them together and added all the text. I used to write a lot of SOP's when I was in the fire service. Everything we did had to be spelled out. Our sop book was almost four inches thick and everchanging. When I write the text I just try to imagine myself doing it again and having to tell someone how at the same time.
Mike Hawkins

fxst00 · 11-26-2008, 01:04 PM

Thanks Mike
It is a well written and photographed tutorial I can't wait until I get back after the holidays and get some salt and pepper mill kits and give it a try.
Where did you get your peppermills?
Thanks again
Jeff

Terry Beeson · 11-26-2008, 04:00 PM

Very nice.. now I have to get a lathe...

I'm hopin' ol' Santy will bring me one from the north pole...

firehawkmph · 11-26-2008, 06:21 PM

Jeff,
You can get the mechanisms through Craft Supplies, Rocklers, Woodcraft, to name a few. Most have quantity discounts.
Mike