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I made myself a salt shaker in the shape of the Calgary Tower. Unlike the peppermill (also in the shape of the Tower) which I made last year but has never been used, I’m sure I’ll use this shaker day in and day out.
The pepermill is made of walnut and the salt shaker of ?? – the wood was given to me.
P.S. For those of you who haven’t been to Calgary or Alberta, “officially opened June 30th 1968, the ‘Tower’ has become the City of Calgary’s most famous and identifiable physical landmark.”
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darryl
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posted 559 days ago
those look great.
I’d like to make a grinder and shaker set.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 558 days ago
Chuck,
These are nice turnings. Whenever I see turnings like this it makes me regret not having a lathe in my shop.
You did well on these.
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lew
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posted 558 days ago
Chuck,
Great looking turnings! What type of mechanism did you use in the pepper grinder?
Lew
trifern
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posted 558 days ago
Nice job on these. I would like to try and grind one of these out some day.
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ChuckM
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posted 558 days ago
Lew,
Mine (12”) was from Lee Valley at http://tinyurl.com/42sosz; the walnut blank (14”) also from LV http://tinyurl.com/3ukgpa They’re based in Canada but ship to the States and they do have a lot of customers across the border.
Of course you can get the mechanism at any other turners’ supplies stores in the States like the woodturners catalog, woodcraft, probably penn state, etc. You can actually mix wood with the cap and the base using different woods!
Make sure you have the long drill bit (unless you’re doing the 8” blank) and the necessary forstner bit for drilling.
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PatrickOOOMazing
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posted 172 days ago
ahh, the husky tower
by my reckoning, your next one should be a lighter for canada day (granted, didnt they leave it dormant last year due to oil prices?)