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This:
http://www.vauen.de/en/novelties/diamon ... amond.aspx

3D printer pipe rulez !

some more recent works: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bLPU6kqsIKc/U0QSJFwt1zI/AAAAAAAACWM/JmdKIR_GyUM/s640/14-04%25231.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CMAJ-6BpBtc/UyMSdTuuzoI/AAAAAAAACRA/BVPi2GneFEo/s640/14-06%25231.JPG http://www.daskunstportal.at/pipemaker/prgallery/201502/G1424341858B...

Real name: Jens Olaf Stehr Age: 46 Location: Bielefeld, Germany Years a pipe smoker: 27 How you got into pipe making: I've restored estate pipes from the beginning of my pipesmoking career (only for myself, that is). Somewhen I developed an urge to make my own ... took lessons at a pipemakers shop (...

Searched around for the Vauen and found the white and blue ones but they're the bristle kind. I couldn't find the white ones anywhere online in the states. Seems Vauens are a lot more expensive than the standard. ... Found them on smoker's haven: http://www.smokershaven.com/browseproducts/Vauen-Pip...

Me too! I bought a bunch about 3 years ago. I have 8 left. Isn't there a German brand that's really high quality. They're striped as I recall. White and blue maybe? Anyone know which brand that us? Vauen. Also available in white. For me, the one & only brand, I don't use other pipe cleaners tha...

Last year, I had a block in which the very same dust pits showed up, just more of that. I poked out the dust, and this is what turned out: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wCWy1K_tous/VKb-_SbkzwI/AAAAAAAAD1g/e5zlNYiuyGM/s640/CAM00099.jpg In one of the holes I found dryed remainders of the critter,...

Hi David, ...Apparently they also blend tobacco. I'm gonna have to try some. http://www.pfeifen-huber.de/tabak/huber-tabakmischungen.html?sCoreId=62bb0f640555fd8ab8351d5df244e04f I absolutely recommend to do so, some of their blends are pretty great, especially the Balkan and the English Perique. Th...

Hi Daniel,

I use "Pattex Kraft-Mix extrem fest" : http://www.pattex.de/do-it-yourself-mit ... -fest.html
Quite similar to that Uhu schnellfest stuff, I guess ... works for me.

Jens

German pipe company, Vauen of Nuremberg, been making such pipes for some years now: http://www.vauen.de/de/pfeifen/wood.aspx
They're using briar inserts. Guess if it didn't work, they'd quit making these in the meantime ...

Jens

Back in 2008, I started with a belt sander of that very type. You're gonna find out that its possibilities are very limited. I then switched to a sander of this kind: http://www3.telus.net/BrentBeach/Sharpen/beltsander00.jpg ... and kept working with it up to now. Not feeling an urge to switch to a ...

Nope - denatured alcohol contains chemicals to make it undrinkable, it's only to be used as solvent, cleaner etc. Usually smells badly ... Everclear contains nothing but alcohol & water, and can be used for beverages. There's nothing wrong about using denatured alcohol for mixing stains, for exa...

Ok, I'll give it a try. "R" and "M" stand for "Releve" and "Marseillaise", these indicate standard sizes of briar blocks. "extra" and "extra-extra" indicate standard qualities - "extra" is regular stuff, "extra-extra" is...

Thanks Sorringowl !

Yes, I have: http://www.jos-pipes.de/
sorry, all in German ...

Jens

Thanks for your comments!

pipedreamer wrote:Thats a pipe, I'd like to see a sideway shot. Where did you get that block?

Here you are:


And here's where the block is from: http://acutabovebriar4.blogspot.de/

Jens

Hi there, next one, without filter : https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Libw_eQrSak/UaR82zzJQkI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/UmhIq8FzHNQ/s640/13-06%2520004.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-quTtlCwc6MM/UaR84LpFgLI/AAAAAAAAB9U/TWN0altkGAQ/s640/13-06%2520005.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-arAuHRQx_P8/UaR8...

Thanks, birba ! Yes, I know, I'm not one of the greatest photographers ... Since you are in Germany, making 9mm pipes, may I ask what drill bit sizes you use for draft hole mortise and tenon Basically, I drill them like this: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9_6J5jkWQKA/UZUlDjyKflI/AAAAAAAAB84/UjZ...

Hi there, here comes my latest "masterpiece", kinda Dublin with 9mm filter : https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kD5-dtDAiOE/UZO7uDpLwFI/AAAAAAAAB7I/pfLBEXSooxM/s640/13-05%2520002.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-13x1cEZKj9U/UZTFqftta-I/AAAAAAAAB8c/Pq-w46xMIuA/s640/13-05%2520009.jpg h...

And for Pete's sake don't ever ship a thing internationally other than registered and insured, everything else can, and will, get lost.

Jens

Perhaps you should focus on used lathes ... if you're lucky, you can find something like a Jet 9 x 20 on Craigslist, for little more than what you'd have to spend on that "mini" thingie. That'd be a machine that plenty of guys 'round here are happy with.

Jens

Sea Jay wrote:Jens, thanks. Why can I hear my wallet going arrggghhh all of a sudden?

Oh, yes. And a big "arrggghhh" it is ...
But it's better to wait and save money a little longer than spending on a lathe that does'nt do the trick.
You'd want a bigger one later on anyway ...

Jens