Woodturning Project | Turning a Northern Lights Inspired Burl and Epoxy Pepper Grinder

Today's video takes a piece of big leaf maple burl and adds northern lights-inspired epoxy. This was our first time experimenting with this type of epoxy pour and we are really really happy with the results.
I included a few mishaps in this video, so watch all the way through to get a glimpse of me trying to catch the piece before it gets sucked into the dust collector!
I feel like the opacity on the epoxy is just right as it goes from totally opaque at the bottom to more translucent at the top.
We recently started selling our pepper grinders in some local galleries and these resin and burl grinders have been extremely popular so we should start putting out some more videos soon with our most recent creations.
Thanks for watching!
🔨 Tools Used in this Video:
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General 26020 Lathe - Out of Production
Crown Bowl Gouge - amzn.to/3yipIUV
Robert Sorby Roughing Gouge - amzn.to/3CRyzQw
Robert Sorby Thin Kerf Parting Tool - amzn.to/3vR4T2X
Crush Grind Pepper Mill Mechanism - amzn.to/3merNxX
1 9/16" Forstner Bit - amzn.to/3jD05t1
1 5/16" Forstner Bit - amzn.to/3BcPifi
1 3/4" Forstner Bit - amzn.to/3BjpU7n
1 1/16" Forstner Bit - amzn.to/3nwaUya
2 Part Epoxy - amzn.to/3Gpgpaz
🔗 Crafted Dollar Links
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[@jerrybettis5720]

SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT WORK

[@morgancalvi6675]

Wow, you broke a lot of safety rules. I'm glad you weren't hurt. I think you may want to consider a waste block dipped in melted glue sticks...or the tail s tock. By the way, the way to check if it's on the head stock firmly is to bang the sides.

[@jackthompson5092]

Beautiful pepper mill.

[@crafteddollar4817]

Thank you!

[@junebug4ca]

Beautiful! May I ask where you bought the mold? I’ve been looking for one with no luck.

[@morgancalvi6675]

@junebug4ca: you weren't asking me...but Amazon sells many different ones.

[@morgancalvi6675]

What kind of epoxy and what colours mica powders? CA glue is NOT food safe in anyway.

[@STMwoodturning]

Beautiful! What brand of grinder kit did you use? Which do you like best?

[@crafteddollar4817]

Thanks! It’s the 10.2” Crushgrind mechanism. Crushgrind is the only brand I’ve used and have always been happy with them