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- Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:22 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Full pipe making pictorial, from block to finished pipe.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5996
Re: Full pipe making pictorial, from block to finished pipe.
This is incredible. I can't wait to see the rest.
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:16 pm
- Forum: Alternative Materials
- Topic: Beech Burl Pipe
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2272
Re: Beech Burl Pipe
I have no experience with beech pipes, but I do know it's a great wood for making planes because of its hardness and density. It will probably work, assuming it doesn't burn easily. The following two sites have some more info that you might find useful: Physical Properties of Common Woods Wood Aller...
- Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:21 am
- Forum: Alternative Materials
- Topic: IS ASH AN OPTION
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2541
Re: IS ASH AN OPTION
Personally, if I were you I would use the ash to make tools. I understand you want to make a pipe in your dad's memory from the wood you and he felled and split, but I personally feel that tools are a more durable and useful tribute to him. I've made a few lathe tool handles out of ash that work gre...
- Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:02 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: #1140 to #1142
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1541
Re: #1140 to #1142
What's the insert on the second one? Looks gorgeous.
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:46 am
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Freehand with Inlay Shank Extension
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1261
Re: Freehand with Inlay Shank Extension
I love bloodwood, but I hate that it just turns brown after a while. Hopefully yours keeps for a while (or still looks good when it does change).
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:44 am
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: number five
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1006
Re: number five
I love this one. The size and proportions look wonderful. I'm not experienced enough to notice anything to fix so I'll leave that to the experts.
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:30 am
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Egg "de Colón"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 728
Re: Egg "de Colón"
Interesting design.
Porque es "de Colón"?
Porque es "de Colón"?
- Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:07 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: squaring blocks
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4730
Re: squaring blocks
Not that I have all that much experience, I've found that making the block perfectly square is unnecessary. When you're drawing the lines, just try to make them line up and eyeball them straight when you mount the block in the lathe chuck.
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:56 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: 13-11 'Gear-Punk'
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2878
Re: 13-11 'Gear-Punk'
Well, that got my attention. I'm usually a fan of the traditional shapes, but I'd be more than happy to smoke that one.
Excellent job. Definitely one of the most interesting pipes I've seen in a while.
Excellent job. Definitely one of the most interesting pipes I've seen in a while.
- Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:01 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Estate Sale Tools
- Replies: 5
- Views: 634
Re: Estate Sale Tools
Perfect. I've been tempted to go to a few but this is very helpful. I would have been like a little lost puppy otherwise.
- Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:33 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: How to cut an absolutely ordinary button.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5934
Re: How to cut an absolutely ordinary button.
Thanks Sas. That helps.
- Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:57 am
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Picture Request - Button Close-ups
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2679
Re: Picture Request - Button Close-ups
Sas said he was going to post a Step by Step button making tutorial next time he cut a stem. I'm sure it will include some awesome closeups...when he posts it. I agree with you, I've come across a few pics like Nate's that have really helped me see what it should look like. This site has some great...
- Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:26 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Picture Request - Button Close-ups
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2679
Re: Picture Request - Button Close-ups
Right, but just from looking, none of these have close-ups on the button. They all seem to be just overall pics of pipes. I'm looking for more like this pic Nate posted in the Gallery: http://www.natekingpipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/P1150051.jpg But from different angles than just the mouth-...
- Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:50 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Picture Request - Button Close-ups
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2679
Picture Request - Button Close-ups
Hi guys,
I'm working on the button for a hand-cut stem and am having problems getting it to look attractive. Would anyone mind taking some close-ups of a button from a few different angles and posting them?
These sure are a pain in the ass.
I'm working on the button for a hand-cut stem and am having problems getting it to look attractive. Would anyone mind taking some close-ups of a button from a few different angles and posting them?
These sure are a pain in the ass.
- Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:14 pm
- Forum: Alternative Materials
- Topic: Ancient Kauri
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2670
Re: Ancient Kauri
At the price this stuff sells for you could buy a lot of briar. Are there no peat bogs in the US of A? It's not so much that I'm looking for a morta alternative, just that I was curious if anyone had used it before. I'd love to see a pipe made with ancient kauri, but I'm sure it would be well out o...
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:07 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: 11-20 Pocano
- Replies: 4
- Views: 785
Re: 11-20 Pocano
Love the cross-cut grain in this one. Those eyes sure pop.
Any special staining techniques you used on this or is it just a single color?
Any special staining techniques you used on this or is it just a single color?
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:05 pm
- Forum: Alternative Materials
- Topic: Ancient Kauri
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2670
Ancient Kauri
I have to ask, anyone ever made a pipe out of ancient kauri ? I feel like it should be along the lines of morta since it's created with more or less the same process. Just out of 50,000 year-old kauri instead of oak. However, the stuff is wicked expensive. The 40ft slab on the front page is worth $1...
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:01 pm
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: Japanese Hand Tools
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1315
Re: Japanese Hand Tools
Thanks for your unhumbled opinion Sas, I wondered if you would respond since you make a living in Carpentry. Yes, they are the real deal. Hand made by Japanese dudes whose names alone will take me years to master. The guy I got them from spent about 5 hours having me cut tenons and dovetails and sh...
- Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:06 am
- Forum: Other Things We Make
- Topic: Sharp wedding gift
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2674
Re: Sharp wedding gift
Just out of curiosity, what would you charge for a blade such as this?
- Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:35 am
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Live and learn!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 872
Re: Live and learn!
I've been meaning to make something similar to this, but out of leather so it has a smaller footprint in a suitcase. Thus far I've just been using a Ziploc bag and wrapping my pipe in a handkerchief. I'm not a fan of those clasps that you used. I've never gotten them to align correctly and they alwa...