A while back I discovered an easy way to cut an Octagon block on a table saw, which I thought was pretty cool. I wanted to give it a try myself, so I grabbed some scrap wood and cut a block 2 1/2 "x 2 1/2"x 15". It worked great! Looking at the octagon block I thought it would be fun to try to cut an eight ring Celtic knot from this. I've made a lot of 4 ring Celtic knots projects before but never an 8 ring. I set up my 30 degree sled and cut a slot and filled each cut with 1/8" thick inserts on all eight sides of the octagon. I threw it on the lathe just to see how well every thing lined up and it turned out beautifully. Now it was time to do it for real, so glued up some nice walnut and milled it to a 2 1/2"x 2 1/2"x 15" block. Then cut it into an octagon block. The whole time I'm thinking, "what would be cool to make from this 8 ring Celtic knot octagon" .....A Pepper Grinder would be perfect!! So I cut all eight sides and inserted 3 different types of wood, Cherry, Maple and Bubinga. ( Maple, Purple Heart and Jarrah for the second one I decided to make). I decided to make two 8 ring Celtic knot pepper grinders because I had two of the @crushgrind-letscrushboring314 mechanisms on hand, so why knot? When I finished with all the cuts and inserts I let them dry really well over night before putting them on the lathe. The next day I threw them on the lathe and made a couple of pepper grinders and man did they turn out well! Applied some O.B. shine juice and the Celtic knots just POPPED!!! Epoxied the Crushgrinds in place and all finished.
This was a really fun project and the results are really satisfying. So take your time and give it a shot and please as always Be Safe.......

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