Woodturning - These Snow People Deliver Salt and Pepper

For this project, I am crossing the concept of a salt urn with the seasonal concept of an ornament. A salt urn differs from a usual salt shaker in that it does not need to be turned upside down to dispense salt; there is not cap to remove to fill with salt; salt enters through the same hole that it comes out from. When stationary, no salt is dispensed.

Why not make a snowman into a salt urn and a pepper urn? The inner guts are the same - the visual difference is the exterior.

The inner guts are shaped like a volcano on the outside with a funnel shape on the opposite side. This then is glued into the exterior shape. The salt or pepper forms a ring around the volcano until shaken. When shaken, some salt or pepper flies up the volcano and falls out to season the food.

You may want to see a couple of my previous salt urn videos:

Enjoy!

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[davidmorgan]

Thanks for showing us how things might break and fly off the lathe cause I'm sure no one in your audience has ever had that happen. LOL! Great shakers Alan. Thanks for sharing!
Take care, Dave

[markfishburn]

Very nice, I have never heard of this style of salt and pepper shakers. Thank you for sharing.

[samuelmcilroy]

Stunning piece Alan !!! I once made a salt shaker with the same inside volcano design but never thought to make it into a snowman. Awesome 👍😀

[glencrandall]

Good recovery Alan. Nice pair of shakers. I really like that design. Innovative. thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay healthy.

[williamellis]

Those are really neat, Alan. That volcano design is very ingenious. I was wondering at the beginning what kept the salt and pepper from just running out. Now I know. Stay safe and take care.
Bill

[cwhouseknecht]

Great project. How did you determine the size of the volcano insert ? Thanks for all your videos.

[aussiman]

great idea but how do you pull the volcano out to fill them with salt and pepper?

[grampashorty]

A really cool idea, but the vain repetition of your music is annoying and too loud. I cannot hear the tools cutting the wood.