In article , Bob F wrote:
Robert Macy wrote:
Accumulated empties and now would like to refill with pepper corns

I took one 'sacrificial' unit and tried to disassemble, cutting and
slicing, but still haven't figured out how it's held together.

Any ideas on HOW to take one apart? refill, and put back together?

Can you just drill a hole in it and plug the hole after filling?

That's what I did with the one from Costco. It sits upside down on its
cap so I made a hole in the nominal bottom then taped over it. I melted
the hole with a soldering iron so I wouldn't have to eat so much plastic
later on. Exercising lack of foresight, I opened up nearly the whole end
instead of sizing it to the funnel I used, or making the hole by just
jabbing the iron in to then feeding the replacement peppercorns in one
at a time.

Glass complicates things a bit.

m

Fake ID wrote:
In article , Bob F
wrote:
Robert Macy wrote:
Accumulated empties and now would like to refill with pepper corns

I took one 'sacrificial' unit and tried to disassemble, cutting and
slicing, but still haven't figured out how it's held together.

Any ideas on HOW to take one apart? refill, and put back together?

Can you just drill a hole in it and plug the hole after filling?

That's what I did with the one from Costco. It sits upside down on
its cap so I made a hole in the nominal bottom then taped over it. I
melted the hole with a soldering iron so I wouldn't have to eat so
much plastic later on. Exercising lack of foresight, I opened up
nearly the whole end instead of sizing it to the funnel I used, or
making the hole by just jabbing the iron in to then feeding the
replacement peppercorns in one
at a time.

Glass complicates things a bit.


They sell drill bits for glass. :-)

On 5/15/2012 9:39 PM, Bob F wrote:
Fake ID wrote:
In , Bob
wrote:
Robert Macy wrote:
Accumulated empties and now would like to refill with pepper corns

I took one 'sacrificial' unit and tried to disassemble, cutting and
slicing, but still haven't figured out how it's held together.

Any ideas on HOW to take one apart? refill, and put back together?

Can you just drill a hole in it and plug the hole after filling?

That's what I did with the one from Costco. It sits upside down on
its cap so I made a hole in the nominal bottom then taped over it. I
melted the hole with a soldering iron so I wouldn't have to eat so
much plastic later on. Exercising lack of foresight, I opened up
nearly the whole end instead of sizing it to the funnel I used, or
making the hole by just jabbing the iron in to then feeding the
replacement peppercorns in one
at a time.

Glass complicates things a bit.


They sell drill bits for glass. :-)



He may not have permission to buy one?

On 5/15/2012 9:20 PM, Kevin O. Conner wrote:
On 5/15/2012 9:39 PM, Bob F wrote:
Fake ID wrote:
In , Bob
wrote:
Robert Macy wrote:
Accumulated empties and now would like to refill with pepper corns

I took one 'sacrificial' unit and tried to disassemble, cutting and
slicing, but still haven't figured out how it's held together.

Any ideas on HOW to take one apart? refill, and put back together?

Can you just drill a hole in it and plug the hole after filling?

That's what I did with the one from Costco. It sits upside down on
its cap so I made a hole in the nominal bottom then taped over it. I
melted the hole with a soldering iron so I wouldn't have to eat so
much plastic later on. Exercising lack of foresight, I opened up
nearly the whole end instead of sizing it to the funnel I used, or
making the hole by just jabbing the iron in to then feeding the
replacement peppercorns in one
at a time.

Glass complicates things a bit.


They sell drill bits for glass. :-)



He may not have permission to buy one?


good point. "honey, can i buy a drill bit, please, please please...???"

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

On May 15, 7:24*pm, Steve Barker wrote:
On 5/15/2012 9:20 PM, Kevin O. Conner wrote:





On 5/15/2012 9:39 PM, Bob F wrote:
Fake ID wrote:
In , Bob
wrote:
Robert Macy wrote:
Accumulated empties and now would like to refill with pepper corns

I took one 'sacrificial' unit and tried to disassemble, cutting and
slicing, but still haven't figured out how it's held together.

Any ideas on HOW to take one apart? refill, and put back together?

Can you just drill a hole in it and plug the hole after filling?

That's what I did with the one from Costco. It sits upside down on
its cap so I made a hole in the nominal bottom then taped over it. I
melted the hole with a soldering iron so I wouldn't have to eat so
much plastic later on. Exercising lack of foresight, I opened up
nearly the whole end instead of sizing it to the funnel I used, or
making the hole by just jabbing the iron in to then feeding the
replacement peppercorns in one
at a time.

Glass complicates things a bit.

They sell drill bits for glass. :-)

He may not have permission to buy one?

good point. * "honey, can i buy a drill bit, *please, please please....???"

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

Too many now have 'doth protest too much'

"Physician, heal thyself."