



Tropical woods also work well but may pose toxicity problems for some people. Any wood can be used but a dense close-grained wood such as maple or cherry work best. You will need to start with a wood billet that is 2-1/4″ to 2-1/2″ square. For this article I picked the Rockler CrushGrind Mechanism, which grinds superbly. This project absolutely requires the purchase of a grinding mechanism, and it also demands that the mechanism fit superbly in the wooden body and cap to work well. Over the last forty years, I have turned a good many pepper mills using a variety of grinding mechanisms.
