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Summary: Use calipers to prevent the pepper mill body from flying off the machine. Get tips on removing the top of a pepper mill from a woodturning expert in this free crafts video.
Lou Zabohonski Jr. was introduced to woodturning 25 years ago when he took an introductory class for a 5-in-1 machine his wife encouraged him to buy. For the next 20 years, he...read more
"During this segment we are going to part off the top of the body. I've got a live center that I have put a cone top on to bring it up to steady the work. I have set our calipers at 1 and 1/4 inches. We know that the hole is 1 and 1/16 and we don't want to hit the hole that we've got otherwise the piece will fly off on us. Bring the speed up to about 1,500, start the part and we bring the calipers in, shut the lathe down and take just a regular hand saw, and remove the body. Take some sand paper and clean up the edge."