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- Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:36 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: my third pipe complete
- Replies: 105
- Views: 17895
Re: my third pipe complete
I do think this board could benefit from some price level grouping for its critiques. Like, I've been fulltime for 20 years, I never look at a pipe without balancing what I see wrong with it with how many labor hours it took. A lot of the critiques I see here are basically, "Here's what you nee...
- Sun Sep 24, 2017 5:34 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: my third pipe complete
- Replies: 105
- Views: 17895
Re: my third pipe complete
Good grief, how many pipemakers *are* clustered here in NC now?
- Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:45 am
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: my third pipe complete
- Replies: 105
- Views: 17895
Re: my third pipe complete
https://i.imgur.com/8VREsx0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/p2uV5Zg.jpg There, I just made the whole forum 3.7 times better. While many fans diss it, I feel Godzilla 2000 is an underrated entry in the franchise. It did a solid job of introducing the millennium Goji suit, gave us a fun and straightforward p...
- Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:59 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: my third pipe complete
- Replies: 105
- Views: 17895
Re: my third pipe complete
Is it OK if I just start talking about Godzilla movies now?
- Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:00 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: my third pipe complete
- Replies: 105
- Views: 17895
Re: my third pipe complete
wdteipen wrote:This is why so many experienced pipe makers have stopped giving critique and advice on this forum and why I seldom do anymore.
"What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach." -- Cool Hand Luke
Ding ding ding ding ding...
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:55 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Fundraiser for a Friend
- Replies: 0
- Views: 49410
Fundraiser for a Friend
HELP NEEDED! A good friend of mine is in some financial trouble. He's a young guy working hard to get out of the McJobs-and-Ramen stage of life. His parents are missionaries and out of the country, and he's on his own. He's just been hit with some unexpected financial catastrophes and is in a bad wa...
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Here's another one
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2536
Re: Here's another one
scotties22 wrote:My husband just said the title needs to be What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?!?!?!?!
I guess I should come up with a title for the strip if I keep making it. Suggestions always welcome, of course!
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:04 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Here's another one
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2536
Re: Here's another one
Over the years I've learned to spot them pretty early on and politely decline, but still I get tangled with one every once in a while. I just thank them for their interest and explain that I don't think I'll be able to make the pipe that they're wanting, and call it a day. I guess I have managed to ...
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 12:57 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Here's another one
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2536
Here's another one
This is REALLY cathartic.
- Sat Jul 19, 2014 10:46 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Time to kill = Silliness
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2539
Re: Time to kill = Silliness
The next toon is going to be about pipe commissioning. I'm going to have to be very very restrained not to be too brutal...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:14 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: And speaking of web comics...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 50343
And speaking of web comics...
Talbert Pipes has turned up in another web comic! Whoever would have expected that!
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Awfully_Decent_Fellows/
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Awfully_Decent_Fellows/
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:03 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Time to kill = Silliness
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2539
Re: Time to kill = Silliness
Are those the new Halloween pipes in the works? They talk! If only... If I had my wish, I would record something in a menacing, barely audible whisper and have the pipe play it once...and once only... two years after purchase. I'd hope for the situation where the owner is alone in his study and cou...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:05 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Time to kill = Silliness
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2539
Re: Time to kill = Silliness
Ocyd wrote:Bowl coatings lead to fascism?
According to many internet pipe forum "experts", absolutely.
I figured this would find a receptive audience here. I'm really tempted to make some more of these.
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:17 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Time to kill = Silliness
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2539
Time to kill = Silliness
It's been a while since I made a comic. I had some time to kill...
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 4:28 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Rod Stock Stem Creation --- a repairman's method
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13287
Re: Rod Stock Stem Creation --- a repairman's method
I've never been able to find the sharp point / steep twist kind in anything but in standard jobber length, which is too short for most stems. Do you have a source for long ones? I've never seen them longer, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone like MSC didn't have longer ones available. I haven't...
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:56 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Rod Stock Stem Creation --- a repairman's method
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13287
Re: Rod Stock Stem Creation --- a repairman's method
Some various rambles... I love the specialized acrylic drilling bits. They make a huge difference. Also, it helps to use food-safe cutting oil during the drilling. More than anything, though, go slow and "tap" - Drill a bit, back out, repeat. LL, your wrists are going to hate you for stem ...
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Pipe "Alchemy"
- Replies: 77
- Views: 26552
Re: Pipe "Alchemy"
The Smoking Yeti wrote: These words have new meaning for me after experiencing the "Stinky Ebonite" thread.
My ebonite smells like flowers and sleeping puppies. I assumed that was normal.
- Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:42 am
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: Who has the best French Wheel??
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3966
Re: Who has the best French Wheel??
Thanks for sharing Trever. I have been wanting to see that blog again. No prob, I hope it helps. There are several similar posts about other workshop equipment bits scattered around that period, showing how I constructed different tools. I enjoyed making those visual guides, as a few pics are often...
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:21 pm
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: Who has the best French Wheel??
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3966
Re: Who has the best French Wheel??
Here's a visual breakdown of their construction, if it helps:
http://talbertpipes.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... -pads.html
Click on the pics for the full-size versions.
http://talbertpipes.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... -pads.html
Click on the pics for the full-size versions.
- Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:27 pm
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: Ready for Spoon Bits?
- Replies: 227
- Views: 30335
Re: Ready for Spoon Bits?
Talking about handdrilling with spade bits: it can be done, I've done it a few times. You just have to make sure the drilling motor you use is less powerfull than you are and really grip on to your workpiece. Yoiks. I've seen it done in videos and have toyed with it, but all my motors here are 1.5h...