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by LatakiaLover
Mon Sep 09, 2024 12:36 am
Forum: Stummels
Topic: Author shape stencil
Replies: 5
Views: 166

Re: Author shape stencil

Pretty good for the thick-shanked variety. :D You nailed the amount of stem over-bend. (Not always done these days, but looks wrong when NOT done) Your only significant misses are the "kink" in the bottom line at the stummel/stem junction, and the overall mass and length of the stem in rel...
by LatakiaLover
Fri May 24, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Stem Work
Topic: Accent rings - glued on temporarily?
Replies: 3
Views: 1073

Re: Accent rings - glued on temporarily?

CA has a low tolerance for heat. The recipes vary some, but most soften significantly around the boiling point of water.

Takeaway? Do what Chris suggests, and if you have trouble popping the ring off without worring about damage hit it with a heat gun.
by LatakiaLover
Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: Tools and Tooling
Topic: Buffing Speed
Replies: 4
Views: 846

Re: Buffing Speed

Variable speed is the single most useful thing you can have in a shop when shaping and buffing are the task.

Here's a full discussion of the subject:

https://www.pipemakersforum.com/forum/v ... hp?t=11772
by LatakiaLover
Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:26 am
Forum: Tools and Tooling
Topic: Buffing Speed
Replies: 4
Views: 846

Re: Buffing Speed

Depends on what you are buffing and why.

I vary from 800 or so when lots of wrap-around is desired, to 3000+ when doing a final polish/shine on NYH ebonite.
by LatakiaLover
Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:20 pm
Forum: Tools and Tooling
Topic: Getting coarse ABRANET on a French Wheel
Replies: 6
Views: 4946

Re: Getting coarse ABRANET on a French Wheel

caskwith wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:19 pm Clever!

Never got on with a French wheel myself.
I'd be surprised if you did. Renault? Citroen? Peugeot? They are hard to spell, never mind pronounce.

A true English wheel, on the other hand, is a thing of beauty:


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by LatakiaLover
Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:47 pm
Forum: Tools and Tooling
Topic: Working with ivory/mammoth
Replies: 5
Views: 2272

Re: Working with ivory/mammoth

Four jaw chucks are your friend. :)
by LatakiaLover
Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Tools and Tooling
Topic: Getting coarse ABRANET on a French Wheel
Replies: 6
Views: 4946

Re: Getting coarse ABRANET on a French Wheel

It's one of those labor on the front end saves it on the back end situations. Abranet lasts a lot longer than paper.

Also, paper coarser than 120 or so cracks when bent too sharply, while this stuff doesn't. You can "go rougher" with it.
by LatakiaLover
Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:38 pm
Forum: Tools and Tooling
Topic: Getting coarse ABRANET on a French Wheel
Replies: 6
Views: 4946

Getting coarse ABRANET on a French Wheel

Ordinary sandpaper is a PITA to install on a French wheel, and open mesh stuff like Abranet can't be done at all (meaning without folds or lumps) unless tools are used to hold everything in place. It's springy, it's sharp, and takes tin snips to cut cleanly. It fights being wrapped around something ...
by LatakiaLover
Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:04 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Big English-y Billiard
Replies: 7
Views: 6908

Re: Big English-y Billiard

Thanks for the props, guys, but I just copy stuff. True pipemakers see shapes in their mind, sketch 'em on paper or briar blocks, and produce a three dimensional object of what they saw. Since they also get violently attacked by briar dust 24/7 and are engaged in an endless battle with the Briar Def...
by LatakiaLover
Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:08 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Big English-y Billiard
Replies: 7
Views: 6908

Big English-y Billiard

Though repair work is my thing, I enjoy making a whole pipe from time to time. Why this particular one? I'm growing to like big pipes, but they are difficult to find in classic shapes, and swoopy, tulip-bowled freehands don't flip my switch. https://i.postimg.cc/tgz51Tmj/P1060797.jpg https://i.posti...
by LatakiaLover
Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:18 am
Forum: Stummels
Topic: Residual moisture in briar (morta etc.)
Replies: 5
Views: 4609

Re: Residual moisture in briar (morta etc.)

Truly serious carvers who have been at it a long time and shoot for perfection in execution return "work in progress" stummels to the shelf for several weeks (or even a few months) after every step that removes significant wood. The reason is because moisture in the block will redistribute...
by LatakiaLover
Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:11 pm
Forum: Stem Work
Topic: Eliminating tiny light gaps
Replies: 10
Views: 5973

Re: Eliminating tiny light gaps

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by LatakiaLover
Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: Stem Work
Topic: Eliminating tiny light gaps
Replies: 10
Views: 5973

Re: Eliminating tiny light gaps

Does this seem like something that would work? (you asked)...

Such squaring tools work fine in theory, but not in practice.

Here's why, as well as an approach that does:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waZaX9J ... x0&index=1
by LatakiaLover
Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: Lathe axis concentricity problem
Replies: 6
Views: 5637

Re: Lathe axis concentricity problem

Calling Chris Askwith, calling Chris Askwith... Come in Chris...
by LatakiaLover
Tue May 16, 2023 2:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: Process Shots, Boring Pipe
Replies: 35
Views: 26450

Re: Process Shots, Boring Pipe

...then I cut it a hair long, face it up on the lathe, drill in with 1/16" to an inch or so, then flip it back around, figure out how far I want the tapered bit to actually go, where it needs to end, and I drill that and hopefully shit connects. There's a way to work faster and more accurately...
by LatakiaLover
Mon May 01, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Process Shots, Boring Pipe
Replies: 35
Views: 26450

Re: Process Shots, Boring Pipe

Buy the best and cry only once:

https://builder.wescoboots.com/About.aspx
by LatakiaLover
Mon May 01, 2023 2:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: Process Shots, Boring Pipe
Replies: 35
Views: 26450

Re: Process Shots, Boring Pipe

If I made pipes of my own---as opposed to matching texture(s) on repairs---I'd wonder what one of these applied to briar would do after sharpening the pins and cutting them to slightly different lengths. Bzzzzzt Bzzzzzt Bzzzzzt https://www.eastwood.com/rockwood-pistol-grip-needle-scaler.html?gclid=C...
by LatakiaLover
Sun Apr 30, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Process Shots, Boring Pipe
Replies: 35
Views: 26450

Re: Process Shots, Boring Pipe

It looks like the inventors of the finish do chisel-gougey thing, then twisty-pointy thing, then wire-brushy thing: https://i.postimg.cc/wBWC89zK/Screen-Shot-2023-04-30-at-4-38-27-PM.png https://i.postimg.cc/6qZgvRvw/Screen-Shot-2023-04-30-at-4-39-28-PM.png https://i.postimg.cc/3R82pH0w/Screen-Shot-...
by LatakiaLover
Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Process Shots, Boring Pipe
Replies: 35
Views: 26450

Re: Process Shots, Boring Pipe

I see.

You understand I can never look at my Antiquari again without thinking of that, right?

May all your Moosehead and Molson go flat the instant the bottle or can is opened, forevermore.
by LatakiaLover
Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Process Shots, Boring Pipe
Replies: 35
Views: 26450

Re: Process Shots, Boring Pipe

This got me to wondering about Castello's approach since I didn't remember seeing a smooth band on my one and only Antiquari. So I walked all the way into another room (that's committment and determination, rat thar) and eyeballed the critter. Sure enough, they START with a masked area (you can bare...