Wood turning a Pepper Mill Grinder using your Microwave
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- Hello and welcome to my channel. In this video I use a piece of Tom B's firewood and turn a couple of bases for his pepper mill grinder gifts. Although the firewood was about two years old, it was still too wet to use so I experimented using a microwave oven to flash dry the wood and it actually worked pretty well. In less than 45 minutes in the kitchen I was able to drop the measured moisture content from 21% to about 11% making the turning blanks ready to use in short order.
WARNING: be very careful when using the microwave to dry your wood. If you over heat the wood it can and will catch fire. I experimented on my prototype turning by increasing the time and heat setting and eventually had it smoking and burned on the wood's interior. Watch what you are doing carefully and have a fire extinguisher and PPE near by just in case.
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You have given these pepper mills an amazing finish.
I have never used a microwave to dry wood, sometimes I do use a regular oven for drying. Happy new year and cheers, Hans
Stay safe and keep turning
Hans,
Thank you! The microwave actually worked pretty well. Just be careful and SLOWLY heat the wood. You will actually see the water seam out of the wood. Also a good idea to put the piece on top of a paper towel so help soak up the steam. Cheers and Happy New Year to you.
hello sapper greetings healthy and successful always. Thank you for sharing knowledge and always faithfully watching your latest stuff.
You’re very welcome; happy you enjoyed the video. MIchael
Nice work, thanks for sharing. Hope you and your family had a good Christmas 🎄. Full View and Like 👍 and Happy New Year 🎆
Allen, You’re very welcome, glad you enjoyed it. Happy Holidays to you and wishing you a great 2022
I have used the microwave in the past for a little plant pot. Worked well, but needed to be done slowly.
Nice looking pepper mills.
Agreed, slowly is a must! I’ve got a medium size bowl I’m going to try next. Good day and Happy New Year!
Those turned out really nice. I had thought of using a microwave but had not tried it other than to kill insects infestations in the blank.. It works well for that.
Dana, thanks very much. I’ll definitely try microwaving another project. I imagine a small bowl will take more time to dry but I believe it’s still an effective process Iif done safely. Just don’t ramp up the time and heat settings too fast. Cheers!
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