Dave Hoskins
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OK, guys. I want you to know this did not happen easily. This wood was dried out and hard as granite. This set did not happen in an hour. More like 2 1/2 hours. The pestle came from 2 tries. But, I sometimes like to do something shaped different from the ordinary so here this is. So ya know the mortar is 4 1/4" diameter, 2 1/4" high, and 1 1/4" deep. I would have gone a little bit deeper but something in the wood just kept on catching so I stopped where I was. Did not matter if I used a heavy scraper or gouge. The pestle is 4" long and on the grinding end it is 1 1/4" in diameter. I burned the lines using an old 1/2" skew I keep around just for this purpose. I usually burn the lines with it spinning around 1200. The finish is my usual. Sealed with walnut oil and polished with my walnut oil/shellac mixture. Hopes ya likes it.