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Sources and Examples:
- Tomislav Tomasic – YouTube – Fruit-Like Shakers.
- Alan Stratton – Youtube (As Wood Turns)- Volcano Salt Urn.
- Dane Chandler – Detailed and precision methods.
Notes:
- The Magic Salt Shaker is turned in two pieces, then friction-fitted.
- The inside is unfinished.
- Efforts are made in this demo to do things in a simple way so that readily-available tools can be used.
- There are many ways to make this project. Some more elaborate than others. This is not the only way or necessarily the best way to make this project.
Steps (Page 1):
Make the body of the shaker first:
- Put a tenon on the top of the body, mount it in the chuck.
- Form the general shape of the base.
- Hollow the interior cavity. I will use a 1-½” forstner bit.
- Allow a ¼” – ½” deep shoulder on the interior, then widen the interior a little above this shoulder.
- Part this section off, finishing as much of the top before. Measure, to be sure to not break into the hollowed interior.
- Using a jam chuck, complet the shaker body top.
Steps (Page 2):
Make the interior cone:
- Using the jam chuck (it’s already the correct size), make a cone into the top of the jam chuck “tenon.”
- Drill the interior hole in the bottom of the exterior cone. I will ue a ¼” drill bit.
- Measure the interior of the shaker body. Subtract at least ¼” to ½”. This becomes your cone height.
- Shape the interior of the cone.
- Part the cone off at the eight measured in step 3 above.
- Use a chamfer bit to slightly widen the hole on the interior cone.
- Assemble the cone into the shaker body.
The information in this article is related to the following demo by Matt Harber.