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- Tue Aug 08, 2017 3:05 am
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Flaws driving me nuts!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6056
Re: Flaws driving me nuts!
I would finish it and offer it as a flawed pipe on ebay. Some find the surface flaws a nice bit of character. I'm one of those people who find that surface flaws add a bit of pleasant character. One of my favorite pipes has a huge gash up the front of the bowl. I didn't make it. It was an estate pi...
- Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:24 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: PITH 2017!!!!!!!
- Replies: 140
- Views: 20140
Re: PITH 2017!!!!!!!
Sadly, I have to bow out at the last minute. Life got in the way. I look forward to seeing all the entries, and I hope everyone posts them here.
- Sat Apr 22, 2017 3:05 pm
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: Dream Buffer Setup
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4447
Re: Dream Buffer Setup
Since I already had jewelry polishing tools in my shop, I've simply adopted the same setup to polish pipes as well. Jewelers need to switch buffing wheels constantly for various tasks, so they use tapered spindles on the ends of their buffer shafts. The tapered spindles are threaded, so that they fe...
- Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:58 pm
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: Workbench question for metal lathe
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4221
Re: Workbench question for metal lathe
All this talk of rubble sacks and bitumen to prevent water soaking into the wooden legs reminds me of a solution I use routinely: simply soak the bottoms of your wooden legs in motor oil before building your bench. The oil won't evaporate, and water can't soak into pore space in the wood that is alr...
- Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:10 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Michael7S
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2021
Re: Michael7S
Welcome Michael! I'd love to see photos of your Manzanita pipe. (even if it looks like my own first pipe! :o ) I've been planning to try making a Manzanita pipe as well. I have a thirty-year old Manzanita root ball that I plan to cut up and turn. Wish me luck! Do you have any observations on Manzani...
Re: #9
What's going on with the middle of the bowl? Is it supposed to be a billiard bowl or a Rhodesian? I'm amused by the frequency of comments like this. On a website that seems to be largely dedicated to making "artisan" pipes, why would you assume that the pipemaker intended a pipe to be a s...
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:42 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: CowboyTed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1977
Re: CowboyTed
Nope! Must be another lapidary/goldsmith/pipemaker. I'm planning to go to Chicago this year, but it will be my first time there.LatakiaLover wrote:Ted, did we meet at Chicago last year in that repairman's meet-up thing with Tim & Co?
Your story and approach sounds familiar...
Re: #8
It's pretty obvious that you sanded the bottom off. Why would you do that? From time to time I feel irresistible urge of doing something unconventional. I get that urge as well, and I don't think there's anything wrong with doing things that are unconventional. That's the way a craft evolves throug...
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 4:35 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: PITH 2017!!!!!!!
- Replies: 140
- Views: 20140
Re: PITH 2017!!!!!!!
I'm in!
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 3:23 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: CowboyTed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1977
CowboyTed
Howdy, gang! I'm CowboyTed, a Wyoming native living in Colorado. I've made a few pipes, and restored or modified a bunch in the course of learning how pipes have been made by others. The bug has bitten, and I'm in the process of setting up a proper shop with all my tools for pipemaking in one room. ...