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Hey all, I'm up in Chicago for the next 7 weeks. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find a class on using my new lathe or a general woodturning class. I've watched a million videos but it might be nice to get something hands-on. I know there are woodworking classes at the Chicago woodworke...

What I know: Jet Mini Lathes are recommended Atlas Lathes are recommended Delta Midi Lathes are recommended HF and other Chinese are not recommended , especially for beginners Jet lathes are made in China. China made equipment can be very good for the price. Shows you just how much I know about lat...

jogilli wrote:you don't have to wait a day or two... instead just a few minutes

I have the same question as clickklick, why would you need to wait a day or two? Alcohol in a thin layer like that will evaporate in seconds to minutes.

So as a time-saver, I would think it would only save a few minutes?

If you have time on your side, look at your local Rockler or Woodcraft. I went to mine and picked up one that was like 30% off because it was last year's model. Some of the best pipe making money I've spent. I got the one way chuck and tower jaws, and it worked fine with just a $25 drill chuck off ...

I apologize in advance because I know questions like this are so common. But even after reading thread after thread, articles on pipepedia, and other things, I'm unsure what to do. I'm a complete amateur with only 4 pipes under my belt but I'm ambitious and my fingers are blistered from trying to a...

Welcome Dean, glad my videos were of some help :) I too watched all your videos and found them extremely helpful. Youtube is a great tool. I encourage all of you pipe-making bigshots to keep making videos. I think even if they don't have a million views, the several thousand that watch them are mor...

An afterthought: If you are not already doing so, consider that (with the 3M brand paper at least) there are more grits available: 240, 320, 360. Not a lot between them but it helps. Thanks! I appreciate the help. I just had a bunch of old grits at home from years ago so I used what I could find. B...

I certainly don't have the skill or know-how to enter but if anyone is comfortable with an observer in KC, let me know.

Thanks for the info both of you. I think I needed longer at 220 I suppose. I spent the great majority on 400 but if scratches were too deep, that doesn't help! And yeah, I know the bowl is super thin. It's actually quite thick at the bottom because I didn't have a rounded bit and had to dremel. But ...

So I'll post an album below of the process of making my 3rd pipe and please call me out on anything I'm doing horribly wrong. I don't have a ton of tools. I use some shitty little HF grinder that I attach 4 inch buffing wheels to because my drill doesn't have enough RPMs for tripoli. Most shaping is...

I encourage you to make it to the next GKCPC meeting on May 21st at Cigar & Tobac in Overland Park. It's a great time for sure. You can also start looking forward to the KC show in June at the Argosy. Thank you, sounds great. We finish up in the next couple weeks with school so I should be able...

Ha so far my briar has all suffered serious post-surgical complications under my hands. Pipe 1: shank cracked after smoking a few times b/c stem too tight Pipe 2: shank cracked before finishing because stem too tight Pipe 3: tenon is slightly undersized so stem is too loose (how can I actually fix t...

I'm just signing up because I Tyler told me that this month is free-lathe-on-signup-month Real name: Chris Camarata Age: 23 Location: Kansas City, KS / Kansas City, MO Years a pipe smoker: 3 or so How you got into pipe making: Started by making my first one two summers ago. I don't remember exactly ...