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The best way is to lightly sandblast it off at about 30 pounds of pressure. Otherwise a light hand and a wire wheel will work. Blasting does not leave any marks.

Max, if you like you can emal the pics to me and I can host them and post them on this thread for you jcrosby@crosbypipes.com

The other thread on learning basics reminded me of a story from my early days as an artist in training. I was in a beginning drawing class taught by a Chicago based painter named Joe Hronek. Joe was a professional painter who taught part time at a local community college. The atmosphere of this plac...

I had a painting instructor who used to say the exact same thing only he would tell us to concentrate and stop jerking off. lol

Does it have a memory like ebonite does? Can you simply reheat a bent stem and have it straighten out?

I keep my epoxy in the house other than that I have made pipes in frigging cold assed weather. I did buy a kerosene heater. Those ones that look like over sized white lanterns. It works really well.

They also taste like shit when they fly into your burning pipe whilst turning.

Hey, I resemble that remark.

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Jack, you will want to ask him if the knuckles are ground down. If you don't mind that then no problem. However, I know a guy who bought a bunch from here and while much of it is usable, it all had knuckles that were ground flush. It has something to do with making certain no foreign soil is contain...

Holy shit. My folks are 20 minutes from Kenosha. This would be very doable for me.

My buddy Adam has one that he made. He used to use it when he worked in a blown glass studio. He just laughs at my 300 dollar delta

Also, another critical tip for those usuing delrin and have trouble getting a snug fit.... Do not back out the drill while drilling the mortise. Do it in one motion and you will get a more accurate diameter. Really? I've found that backing out the bit and clearing the chips actually makes for a tig...

Man I just looked all over the friggin internet to see how to reverse this motor. I should have just searched Pipemakers Forum in the first place.

You delete this thread Huhn and I will come after you

Hey John, Thanks for your thoughts. I see what you mean about the underbelly of the stem, I missed that. It is always nice to have someone with a good artistic eye to critique your work. I really appreciate that, I am honing my skills with every pipe. It is great to get this kind of feedback to hel...

I used my meager photoshop skills to try to illustrate what I was talking about. I hope you don't mind.

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Nice job, It has a nice blend of both the old school Danish freehand look and more contemporary lines. I might suggest shaving a little bit off of the underbelly of the stem and making the bottom curve more like the top line. That would repeat the same sort of sweep you have in the shank (although f...

If you are using #2 profile or tower jaws you would simply insert this into your jaws and hold a pen blank in there without having to change jaws or put the blank between centers. It basically makes your oneway 4 jaw chuck (which is designed to hold round stock) able to hold small diameter square st...

this thing looks like it would be pretty cool for those of us using wood lathes and onway chucks...

http://www.bealltool.com/products/turning/chuckpuck.php

I used a brad point bit for a long time and then switched to a jobber bit. I have found that Irwin bits are readily available and are an accurate diameter. I also don't worry about he cone at the bottom of the mortice. Most of my pipes have an airway with a slight uphill angle so I carve a slight ra...