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- Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:10 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Shaping this type stummel
- Replies: 21
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Re: Shaping this type stummel
Thanks for the help. The pipe was made by Alex Florov ( Smooth Orbital)
- Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:14 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Shaping this type stummel
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5894
Re: Shaping this type stummel
I dont understand how you would use the "woodchuck" to help shape the pipe.
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:56 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Shaping this type stummel
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5894
Re: Shaping this type stummel
Okay, were you joking about the woodchuck and woodpecker or did you mean the Woodchuck Power Taper Tool?
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:35 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Shaping this type stummel
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5894
Re: Shaping this type stummel
I am gonna start saving for the cnc mill today.
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:44 am
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Shaping this type stummel
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5894
Shaping this type stummel
How is this type stummel shape accomplished, especially the front portion? Are there special tools used?
- Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:25 pm
- Forum: Alternative Materials
- Topic: first morta block
- Replies: 4
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Re: first morta block
Sounds like you know from experience.
- Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:52 am
- Forum: Alternative Materials
- Topic: first morta block
- Replies: 4
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first morta block
I just purchased my first morta block from Vermont Freehand. It looks really dense. What should I expect when I start turning it? How does it differ from briar? Do most people sand blast it or finish smooth?
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:05 pm
- Forum: News and Announcements
- Topic: New member from Virginia
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2632
Re: New member from Virginia
We normally visit Virginia Beach once or twice a year.The weather there is certainly better than Michigan!
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:50 am
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Hand cut stems photo essay.
- Replies: 41
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Re: Hand cut stems photo essay.
I just finished my first few hand cut stems and I was glued to the pictorial the whole time. Thanks
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:17 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Extensions/bands
- Replies: 1
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Extensions/bands
I am trying to understand how the stem work shown in this pic is done. http://davorinmortapipes.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/img_4189.jpg Are the individual pieces glued on to the stummel with a temporary internal rod for support and then turned on a lathe, filed by hand, or shaped on a sander? Or ar...
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:09 pm
- Forum: News and Announcements
- Topic: New member from Virginia
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2632
Re: New member from Virginia
go hoos!
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:10 am
- Forum: News and Announcements
- Topic: New member from Virginia
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2632
New member from Virginia
Just wanted to introduce myself to the board. I live in Rustburg, Virginia which is located in central Virginia. I grew up on a tobacco farm. I remember I rolled my first cigar when I was about 10-12 years old. My cousins and I hide in the "tobacco packing house" and knew enough to use the...