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I like it!

I've seen the presses used by factories for stamping in some videos, and since I already own one of these, I wonder if it could be easily rigged to apply a stamp and allow for the rocking motion. http://www.midwestsupplies.com/colonna-bottle-capper-and-corker.html It caps and corks well enough! The...

Nate wrote:Looks good man, and no cracks!!!

yep, thank you!

Thanks for all your the advice which seems to be the same "don't strike"!. Here is the result after some practice.

When in the process is the most appropriate and effective time to stamp? I assume sometime after sanding and before final buffing. I recently received my stamp, and I am about to complete a couple of pipes. I would like to proceed with knowledge, not the trial and error method. Thank you. Rob I alw...

Alden wrote:Don't do that ! Just hold the pipe firmly in one hand, and press the stamp into the wood as hard as you can and use a small rocking motion to roll the stamp into the wood.

Thank you, I'll try that on my next pipe.

Hello everyone, I've been reading and searching about how to stamp your pipes. Today when stamping my latest pipe in the way I've been doing it. The bowl cracked! :banghead: I use a stamp that must be hit with a hammer. I guess it had to happen sooner or later because I insert a wooden dowel in the ...

I've dyed bamboo after sandblasting it and gotten reasonably good results. Even pulled of something of a contrast stain. But sandblasting bamboo is no walk in the park. Or you can use different kind of bamboo. I have some ranging from brown to black. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Any pictures?...

andrew wrote:

This is saturated with multiple layers of dark stain first. Probably enough contrast for most people.

andrew

Amazing! I like it!

Not sure exactly what you mean, but I'll attempt an answer. 1. Some stain will come off the briar no matter what. Just from sanding or buffing after staining. 2. If it's coming off after finishing, that's why some people will use a spit coat of shellac to set the stain. I personally let it sit over...

Hello everyone. My question is how do you stop the stain from coming off the briar? I'm using the leather dyes.

Althoug the drill might not be a high quality and precision machine, I take most of the blame here. Instead of trying to level the block on the vise, I tried lining the edge of the vise grip with the lines I draw around the block. It seems that I was twisting the block enough to drill the air hole a...

That is the same one. I currently don't own one. I sold the one I had when I got my lathe. Maybe someone else can recommend a good model? My dad own a lathe I can use but I have a hard time trying to center blocks and stems. It has a 3 jaw chuck. I've seen a special chuck for stems but can't find i...

JuanPablo- If that is the same drill press as one that I have owned, which I'm 95% sure it is, your table is probably not sitting flush. You need to lift up on the table as you tighten the clamp, or else you will get a slight incline, especially with the weight of that cross slide vise on the table...

how far in are you drilling before backing out the bit to clear it? how dry is the wood? the jaws on my lathe chuck (similar to the plates you are gripping with on your vise) have a point that protrudes past the gripping surface into the block, it is aligned with center of where the drill bit goes....

Is there a how to guide here in the forum for us mortals?

Tyler wrote:Are you using the same vise in all instances?

Same kind but different ones in different drills. I've used my dads and got the same result. He showme how he did one and worked for him, I tried to use his method and got it wrong with him supervising!. I'm telling you, this is a curse!

Jthompson1995 wrote:You might try a different drill bit. If the flutes are slightly off, it may be causing the drill bit to go crooked.

I did, I got a new set of drill bits to test.

Can you take a photo zoomed out so we can see your drill press and vise setup? A head on shot and a side shot would be helpful. Otherwise we will just be taking stabs in the dark at what the problem is. Here is a picture: http://i.imgur.com/ch19MPal.jpg Keep in mind that I've tried 3 different dril...

I put my new drill together and began drilling. I'm the one to blame, I'm still getting the same results I've tried using lasers and still get it wrong. I'm very frustrated with this S%#&. Can't figure it. Please help If you had the same problem and solved it.