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Here how I do it, I leave the chisels sitting out at night with a glass of Whiskey and a slice of cake and in the morning they are razor sharp thanks to the leprechauns. Although the little buggers have been known to nick the odd tool now and again.

David.

The bowl coating is water soluble so no good as a filler. The two main options I use are a mix of slow setting CA and gold dust or a good quality two part wood filler.

David.

Simple, don't get dye on the rings, electrical tape helps.

I'd send the briar back. I've talked to a couple of suppliers about worms and they both say that anything with holes in should be destroyed, they would never ship it in the first place though........ If they are still active then they can spread, our old house had woodworm that spread to the furnitu...

Find the ones on the front of a car, you'll be doing the owner a favour.

If you only want some for yourself then postage will do.

David.

I have a few dozen from the thirties which are on the narrow side, there's a mix of round taper and diamond taper with a selection of ali tennons. Great for group one or two but to fine for anything much bigger-oh and they are all straight. If you want to start from scratch try the tips from longhor...

The last time I was at Newark was 18 years ago where I met this little blonde thing called Sheena.

Where can I get more details?

David

There's one on ebay at the moment.

item: 221174826544

And oddly enough the guy is selling it to pay for a couple of pipes I'm making him.

David.

Possible answers. The briar was not fully dried when you carved the pipe and it dried out making the mortice larger. You did the fix. As he smoked the pipe the briar adsorbed moisture and expanded, thereby the stem got sticky, he applied graphite/pencil lead as a dry lubricant, the briar continued t...

Only if they are cheap no names from Germany.

I have an old well smoked Dublin from around 1900 that is solid asbestos, it has never been reamed or worked on and it will never be smoked by me.

David.

Where you have pulled back and changed angle, you can see more of the area for marking in one shot for example, it has changed the lighting which your camera reads differently and changes the aperture (f) and exposure giving a different effect. Using a hard shiny surface as the background will cause...

The method varies according to the type of pipe you are making, a traditional gourd calabash or wooden equivalents can have removable bowls whilst billiards etc tend to be glued in. Epoxy and water based glues should not be used as they either soften or dissolve, my normal is old fashioned melt in t...

Confusion is being sorted.

Check your PM's

All the 20%'s are spaces (as in space bar) I think, but anyway none of this then%20the%20site%20name.... should be there, I've added the colours.

I'll put you out of your misery. http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u532/Duane_Beitmen/2_zpsc39a3c84.jpg http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u532/Duane_Beitmen/DSC01822_zpsa4b4fab8.jpg http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u532/Duane_Beitmen/8_zpsd168a1c6.jpg http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u532/...

Is that you with the pumpkins?

David.

Not sure about the pipe but the steam punk pistol/tool is mad.

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David.

Convert your own spade bits, and hit ebay for most other bits. Car boot sales can be a good source for used quality tools like rasps, files etc. Buy the best you can afford. For briar, rod, stems et al. http://www.briarblocks.com/pipes/index.htm site is being rebuilt at the moment and is bit slow. h...

Seeing as he like making BIG pipes I thought this would do for SAS, not sure about the shipping though.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/heavy ... 1006190061

David