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I make goblets from beer-bottles. Its not hard and folks love em. Only thing is; Most beer bottle labels are glued on not painted on or made into the bottle so yore restricted in design choice. So my question to the community is: can anyone think of some kind of coating that is "food grade"...

yeah its a nose warmer for sure! I had a bit get stuck in the stem and since this is a personal pipe I figured' why waste an otherwise good stem? so i cut it short

my first briar, ebauchon

hand cut stem. I think its a little short though

yeah thats where i got my lucite rods. Here's Briar No. 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beerpowert ... 596638107/

thanks guys! i have a hard time finding stuff like that since I'm totally new to turning, I dont know any terminology. Thanks bunches!

Yes I do use briar, but I also use madrone

well firstly, I'm using a wood lathe we'll get that out of the way. I use a combination of a flat scraper and a parting tool for the tenon. i get the taper if i don't hold the tool perfectly square. I recently figured out that if i watch the "horizon" instead of the cut I get much better r...

Thanks much guys! I ended up just shortening the stem a bit. But I'll keep those tricks in mind for next time(later today)!

So last night I found out the hard way that stopping the bit in Lucite is a bad thing. I was drilling out the last of the stem when the chuck slipped. by the time I got the bit re-chucked, the lucite had cooled, trapping my bit; in my efforts to remove it I torqued off the bit flush with the stem en...

aok so epoxy seems to be the most suitable method in this case. the pinning thing sounds like it would be more for a cracked band or what ev.! good ideas and thanks for the tip!

ok, so, I had my tittie fit and decided complaining to strangers isn't going to fix the issue. I have a slight taper in my tenon I just cant seem to sand out and I think that's whats busting my mortise. so yeah, I guess I need more practice on the lathe

I just have to complain a little here. I carved 6 stummels today and broke every one of them! I need to be more patient with stem fitting i suppose.

hawky454 wrote: I think it's good to start out on different wood, for practice. Thats what I'm doing.

Take air.

i wish there was a "practice" material for cutting stems!! lol

i gust remove the center from the headstock and the point from the tail stock, round over the ends to make a slight cone and mount it like that. i just crank down the tailstock every once and awhile. I know there are better ways but it works for me. untill i get a fancy chuck anyway!

yall poke fun all you like. I can take it. There are many pipe smokers out there who enjoy alternate materials; briar may be the best material for it but it is certainly not the only. That said, i actually do have some briar on order and look foward to working it. thanks for the answer and the wit :...

so now that we know how to install a band is there any way to replace a band that has fallen off without using a new band or glue?

alright, so I got more madrone this year and I want to boil it out like they do for briar (want to see if this will help a taste issue) and i have a couple questions: 1. Do i need any additives in my boil or will just plain water work? 2. do i boil before or after letting the wood dry out? 3. If i d...

i always figured you follow tenon rules for furniture making 1/3 diameter in and around...but then again i have no clue what im doing...

easy enough

my first and crudest. I have made better since but have yet to photograph them.
pacific madrone carved completely with chisels and sanded to 220. horribe! smokes well though

Hey yall, just found this site while looking into hand-cutting stems. I have played around with corncob but am currently working in madrone. I'm extremely new to pipe carving and so am here to learn.id post some pix of my recent endevors but im forum retarded and cant figure out how to attach images!