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I have REALLY good dust extraction at the lathe and usually wear a faceshield with a filter and air blower, too. My great grand pa was a woodturner and died from what they used to call "wood lungs" and a good friend I had, an old furniture maker, whose shop I used to hang around and work in...

Camel bone was a common substitute for ivory. I've turned a bit of deer and elk antler. stinks just as bad.

If you find one with sufficient heartwood, shave the sapwood off and drill a hole through the middle, lenghtwise. Otherwise it'll split and crack badly as it dries. Cutting a hole through it, allows it to loose diameter as it shrinks, otherwise the tangential shrinkage will crack it. You'd...

Yes, you cannot cut it on the lathe, it has to be scraped, with a scraper sharpened to a blunt end. Like when you turn bone or ivory. I almost never get to work in ebony. I've made a few parts for violins and , believe it or not, buttons for a tuxedo. So making a pair of grinders for Fiona...

2x2x10 inches ought to do it. Unless you want a matched pair of salt and pepper grinders. Then I'd need two blocks. I'd love a chance to work in that wood.

Send me a small piece and I'll make you a pepper mill!:) I'll bet it polishes up real fine.