That is 4 more than I and I think I may head down to the dungeon and start one today. Good to see you back and not really making pipes.P.S. I actually have 4 finished pipes, and a few more on the way. So there will be something to follow every now and again.
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Re: Prince
Your shape looks pretty spot on to me. Of the Princes I have noted the backs are pretty much straighter (much less curve) than the front anyway.
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:52 am
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Big Black Mariah
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1150
Re: Big Black Mariah
I agree that the stem is way too thick. The bend is also to concentrated and should be more gradual over a longer portion of the stem. The thickness makes it difficult to bent the stem closer to the saddle, thinning it will make it easier to heat and bend it more gradually. JMHO.
- Mon May 09, 2011 5:56 am
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: A good read on briar
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2402
Re: A good read on briar
A point of interest in that study is that the more extractives that were removed from the briar the lower was its resistance to burning and that those extractives when embedded into other woods increased their resistance. Kind of a shame that the materials extracted were analyzed and listed.
Re: Fess up
I hear you.Rad doesn't want to know anything about this.
- Mon Oct 04, 2010 12:42 am
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: briar burls
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3000
Re: briar burls
Chances are what you are buying are not fresh burls and also not cured. Boiling dried out burls will likely result in nothing but cracked blocks from the re-hydration and subsequent slow drying. Too much stress on the structure of the wood.
- Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:09 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Chamber shapes on full bent pipes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4076
Re: Chamber shapes on full bent pipes
I have done both on full bents exactly like you have shown. I have not had a problem with any burn out of the peninsula. It is pretty caked up down there but I can see where the very sliver over the hole has opened. On the couple I have with a rounded bore they have also opened up at the top of the ...
- Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:48 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: "Altering" grain orientation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4155
Re: "Altering" grain orientation
It is a neat device but honestly I find gluing some wood and re-sanding the block to the proper angle so much easier and have never worried about the block slipping at higher speeds.
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:48 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Mammoth tooth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2566
Re: Mammoth tooth
I use diamond core drills, diamond saws and diamond sanding disks for Mammoth TUSK, I would guess it is the same as tooth.
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- Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:28 pm
- Forum: Other Things We Make
- Topic: Sharpest tool in the shed.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5957
Re: Sharpest tool in the shed.
I once considered making knives. Then I received a knife from Ollie .... and reality hit like a ton of bricks.
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:20 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: NOT from outer space: "Mewns"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1739
Re: NOT from outer space: "Mewns"
Isn't the left one a bit small.
- Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:21 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Almost my first pipe
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6106
Re: Almost my first pipe
lol, just us handicapped.
- Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:06 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Almost my first pipe
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6106
Re: Almost my first pipe
Thanks for the link. :lol: Good idea though. John Rocheleau, no longer carving, did many beautiful sculpted pipes. A good melding of functionality and artistic style and several floral shapes. http://members.shaw.ca/johnroch/archive.htm click on any and a page will open with all different views. PS....
- Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:28 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: My first pipe, not to good....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1198
Re: My first pipe, not to good....
It seems many of the professional pipemakers feel they can tell if a new guy "has it" or not within a pipe or two. Fortunately that is not true. Maybe one in a thousand may be recognized as being exceptional, but with patience and hard work everyone can develop skills that will improve th...
- Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:16 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Almost my first pipe
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6106
Re: Almost my first pipe
I agree, once I enabled your posts continuity and time was suspended and chaos reigned. Regarding the pipe; Aside from the spot that ended up paper thin it looks to me that the entire bottom of the pipe is thin. The bottom being about the same width as the shank. That bud needs to be a little buddie...
- Fri Feb 19, 2010 6:36 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: How bad is this rookie mistake?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5510
Re: How bad is this rookie mistake?
Pass it off as a design choice. Works all the time.
- Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:48 am
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Ramping the airway
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3283
Re: Ramping the airway
Correct. You take out a bunch of material... I have a crude diagram... http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv347/Sasquatchman1/bent.jpg The area marked out in purple would be removed to connect the airway (which is not heading anywhere near the tenon) to the tip of the tenon. Face on, this presents ...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:07 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Selling "Shop Pipes"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1005
Re: Selling "Shop Pipes"
So the big pits, the spongeys, the purely cured....they just go in a drawer.
Shit, my entire line has been decimated.
- Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:31 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Acetone and Ping Pong Balls
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3279
Re: Acetone and Ping Pong Balls
For the reasons Kurt mentions, dimensional stability. This was spalted tamarind. I do not yet have a vacuum pot and have not worked with acrylic resin which I know would blow this stuff away. This stuff is cheap, real cheap ... but it does do a good job and better than what you pay for off the shelf...
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:17 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Is THIS Pipe Ugly?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2197
Re: Is THIS Pipe Ugly?
First, come on ... wasn't born yesterday you know.
Kiddin' very nice piece. I do think the stem makes the whole thing a bit busy but I think I have fallen into that trap myself. Still do, but hopefully the instances are declining.
Kiddin' very nice piece. I do think the stem makes the whole thing a bit busy but I think I have fallen into that trap myself. Still do, but hopefully the instances are declining.