Russ Stanton wrote:
I am ready to try turning a peppermill and have a crush grind mechanism
from Packard. The directions indicate that I need to trun two grooves
one inside the body and the other inside the cap. These grooves are sort
of like a groove for a snap ring. They actually hold the mechanism in
the body and the truning mechanism in the cap.

Has anyone turned a peppermill using this mechanism. I am not sure what
to use to make the groove. The groove needs to be about 2 1/4 inches up
from the bottom of the body and about 3/4 inch up from the bottom of the
cap.

Thanks in advance for any help.
Russ

Hi Russ

These are the only mechanism that I've used and I really like how they
enable you to design whatever you want for the top, without having to
factor in the usual metal knob.

There are now a couple of places selling scrapers to make the groove but
it's pretty easy to make your own, and that's what I did.
If you go to the Stiles and Bates website and look at their Crushgrind
page you'll see one, along with dimensions (although you can just work
from the actual mechanism).

Hope that helps. If you need more info just ask

Duncan