Salt and Pepper Mill Creation with Keith Lackner

Renowned turner, Keith Lackner creates a Salt and Pepper Mill Matching Set with Woodcraft's WoodRiver pre-drilled mill kits. Making a salt & pepper mill is an enjoyable project that produces a useful kitchen tool or a great “anytime” gift! The biggest obstacle to making a salt/pepper mill of any size is drilling the stepped through hole. We’ve solved the problem by pre-drilling our most popular salt/pepper mill blanks in walnut, cherry, maple, mahogany and padauk. Follow along to learn how Keith takes us through his step-by-step process.
0:00 Intro
0:39 Products Used Review
1:30 Jamb Chuck Use
1:40 Turning Tools Used
2:12 Pre-Drilled Blanks & Grain Orientation
2:47 Lathe Setup & Mill Head pc.Turning
7:00 Mill Body Roughing & Detail Turning
11:36 Head Detail Turning
12:40 Abranet Sanding 120 - 800 Grit & N95 Mask Safety
14:06 General Finishes Seal-A-Cell Top Coat Finish
15:18 General Finishes Arm-R-Seal Finish
16:31 Mechanism Assembly
18:19 Securing the Mechanisms
19:32 Completed Salt & Pepper Mills
19:43 End
Items used in this video:
WoodRiver - Ceramic Salt Mill Grinder Mechanism Turning Kit:
www.woodcraft.com/products/wo...
WoodRiver - Stainless Steel Pepper Mill Grinder Mechanism Turning Kit:
www.woodcraft.com/products/wo...
Woodcraft Woodshop - Cherry 3" x 3" x 9" Pre-Drilled Peppermill Blank:
www.woodcraft.com/products/pr...
Woodcraft Woodshop - Cherry 3" x 3" x 11-3/4" Pre-Drilled Peppermill Blank:
www.woodcraft.com/products/pr...
Woodcraft Woodshop - Walnut 3" x 3" x 9" Pre-Drilled Peppermill Blank:
www.woodcraft.com/products/pr...
Woodcraft Woodshop - Walnut 3" x 3" x 11-3/4" Pre-Drilled Peppermill Blank:
www.woodcraft.com/products/pr...
WoodRiver - 2pc Pepper & Saltmill Jamb Chucks:
www.woodcraft.com/products/2p...
WoodRiver - Deluxe 4 Spur Drive Center with Spring Loaded Center Point 1" Diameter #2 MT:
www.woodcraft.com/products/wo...
N95 Masks: www.woodcraft.com/categories/...
Abranet - 2-3/4" x 8" Abranet Sanding Sheets Assortment 9 pc:
www.woodcraft.com/products/mi...
Spindle Roughing Gouge:
www.woodcraft.com/search?q=ro...
Sorby - Bowl Gouge 3/8": www.woodcraft.com/products/so...
Sorby - Bowl Gouge 1/2": www.woodcraft.com/products/so...
WoodRiver - 1/8" Diamond Parting Tool: www.woodcraft.com/products/wo...
Easy Wood Tools - PT150 Parting Tool: www.woodcraft.com/products/pt...
Easy Wood Tools - Pro Easy Finisher: www.woodcraft.com/products/pr...
General Finishes - Satin Seal-A-Cell Varnish Solvent Based Quart: www.woodcraft.com/products/se...
General Finishes - Semi-Gloss Arm-R-Seal Varnish Solvent Based Quart: www.woodcraft.com/products/ar...

[@GaryNorton_C]

Thanks for showing me how to adjust the rod length. I knew it could be done.

[@eddiestipe2009]

Thank you. I have been looking for something different.

[@jeffbranch2652]

Should have zoomed in to show what you were doing with the mechanisms.

[@colez1597]

Thankyou

[@ponzia238]

Is there any chance you can provide the template? I'm not very good on drawing them

[@chriscarter5541]

You didn't show how you drilled it out. That's my difficult part. Thank you Chris Carter

[@WoodcraftSupply]

He used our pre-drilled blanks so he didn't have to drill it out. However, I've done others with a jacobs chuck and forstner bit on the lathe.

[@anthonydevitis5923]

Love how woodcraft didn’t even include the tenon portion in the instructions for the kit. If you follow the instructions you’d end up chopping the cap piece down to 2” as there isn’t a single mention of this part of the process unless you find this video. And the pre drilled blank was not bored out to 1.5” like the instructions list as the first step. Lots of details not adding up!

[@paintilludrop]

Hmm just bought all the items wood also. I will sure look at what you said. I am a newbie. Going to try cheaper maple first.

[@jimbalz3017]

could've been more detailed about which tool you used when and what speeds you were turning at

[@KiiXii]

*haha funny giant chess pawn.*

[@scottbrown8418]

This video is specifically how to spend all your money at Woodcraft and really substandard for how to actually make a pepper mill. Look for others. Predrilled blanks, rubber jamb chucks, every turning tool in the world…

[@justinpaul1046]

This music isn't bad, but it sucks. I'd rather just listen to the mill.

[@tennisjnky]

Video should be at more angles. It was very hard to see what you were actually doing. This is not a beginner project, however, if you spend all the extra $ for the Woodcraft pre-drill and cut blank and bushing (that are not necessary), you have a shot. The video also breezes through the more challenging parts. Setting the screws in the mechanism is not that easy. At the proper skill level to do this project, you should know how to apply finish and have favorites finishes. Your just selling product for Woodcraft.

[@Roaming1Buffalo]

Maybe just me but if this was a sponsored educational video, Woodcraft sure missed the mark! You’re assuming people watching are as good at turning as he is. He rushed through so many details or simply skipped over them! Disappointing! The Crush Grinder video from Craft Supply is so much better!

[@paintilludrop]

Lose music, annoying, need better close ups. More selling video then educational.