We have a cone shaped hand powered food  mill that operates on the same  principle as a mortar and pestle – food – tomatoes, for example – is put in the cone shaped, perforated metal “mortar” and ground up by rotary hand motion of a hardwood “pestle”.

Problem is the pestle has gone missing and we’re trying to make a replacement.  It”s a simple conical turning about 12 inches long with a max diameter of 3 1/2 inchs.

Two questions

(1)  Anyone have recomendatioins for choice of wood?  Both hard maple and apple have been suggested

(2)  Anyone have a good source of the wood?  We’re located in southwest Connecticut – about 40 miles from New York city or 25 miles from FW heqdquarters in Newtown.  Anything available via internet?

Any information would be most appreciated.

Walt Dadik aka Mr. Mecho

Weston, CT