Search found 24 matches
- Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:26 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Taig Problem
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1780
- Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:58 am
- Forum: Finishing Techniques
- Topic: Savinelli Capri Rustication
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2301
- Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:47 am
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: wall thickness?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 996
- Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:05 am
- Forum: Buy, Sell, or Trade
- Topic: WTB: 3" piece of 1" diameter rod
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1914
- Tue Jul 13, 2004 2:21 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: woodworking skils and pipe making
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1240
- Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:33 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Group ordering briar
- Replies: 64
- Views: 5981
- Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:27 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: woodworking skils and pipe making
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1240
- Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:08 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: what tools have you found yourself collecting?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 969
LOL. Good post! I'm becoming a devotee of good files/rasps. My recommendation - if you can find yourself a pair (#49 coarse/#50 fine) of the hand-made French rasps that Nicholson used to market, snap 'em up! You can rough out a sawn block almost as quickly as with a belt sander, with all the 'contro...
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 11:46 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Briar Sourcing
- Replies: 62
- Views: 7736
Being a novice carver, I decided to order a small lot of large ebauchons from Yazid at briargrains.com. Figured I'd work with some cross-grained blocks at a lower cost while I developed my skills. The small amount of plateau wood I've gotten via Stateside suppliers has not demonstrated the dark colo...
- Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:21 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: turning bowls or shanks
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2839
Up until now, I've been using the mill to drill stummels and doing rough shaping using the band saw followed by belt/disc and hand sanding. However, with the imminent arrival of my Jet Mini lathe, I'm wondering - do you turners use a roughing gouge and then go to a spindle for the upper bowl or shan...
- Thu Jun 24, 2004 11:30 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Oneway Chuck - Tyler?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 742
- Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:36 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Oneway Chuck - Tyler?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 742
Oneway Chuck - Tyler?
I noticed in your (excellent) video on drilling the draught hole that you were able to re-align the stummel properly on the horizontal plane by just loosening the chuck, shifting the stummel to the proper position and tightening the chuck. Does the Oneway allow off-center gripping without manipulati...
- Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:51 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: The dreaded word......
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1901
Thanks for the feedback and advice! Oddly enough, as I was booting up the PC to log in I was thinking about posting a follow-up to ask if anyone had tried to rusticate over a fill......thanks for the confirmation and instructions, Trever! :) I think I'll fill and rusticate the shank fissure to ensur...
- Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:59 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: The dreaded word......
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1901
The dreaded word......
....FILL! 8O I'm working on a pipe which had the potential to be a nice, 1/2 bent Dublin (if there is such a thing). Loose straight grain on the bowl, running nicely up the shank. However, sanding has revealed a number of fissures in the wood. Even though I could deal with the 2 which are on the bow...
- Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:29 pm
- Forum: General Tobacco Discussion
- Topic: Recommended non-sweet varieties
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2394
Pook, Tough one to answer without more info on what your tastes run to, blend-wise. There are a whole bunch of non-aromatic mixes available, but...do you like straight Virginia 'baccy? VA + Perique mixes? Burley? I take it that SWMBO is not fond of Latakia blends, even the mild ones. No surprises th...
- Thu May 13, 2004 10:55 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why did you start making pipes?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3735
- Thu May 13, 2004 10:27 pm
- Forum: Finishing Techniques
- Topic: Check out what I found.....
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6955
Hah! Trust Tyler to pull our discussion back to the pragmatical aspects of pipe crafting. I have to wholeheartedly agree that design (physics, not aesthetics) has more to do with the quality of the smoke than materials. My Missouri Meerschaum smokes just great and it's made out of a reamed-out corn ...
- Thu May 13, 2004 9:09 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Dent removal
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1693
- Thu May 13, 2004 12:17 am
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Dent removal
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1693
- Wed May 12, 2004 11:56 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: bamboo shank
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1529