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I like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S.

Just how hard is it to grow tobacco and how hard is it to process it after the fact?

For those of you who like pure tobaccos I can see this being a great benefit but what about those of us who like aromatics with a bit of added external flavor?

Ray

Very interesting comment form Pierredekat I will predict that the same thing will happen with this as happened during the prohibition era. They made alcohol illegal and I think they probably did it for morally right reasons. Alcohol abuse is not a pretty thing. But the effect was not the one they wa...

http://www.grizzly.com/products/h7994

I found this on Grizzly's web site. It would be hard to make this for $40 and it looks like it would hold several pipes. I figure about 40-45.

I think the 1 3/4" hieght would fit most all of my current pipes.

Ray

Since I have been collecting a few pipes lately I have run into a pipe storage issue. Out in the open on a rack really is not an option for me here. I am considering making a pipe chest similar the Oak Gerstner machinist chest except proportiond a little differently to fit pipes. Are there any issue...

Very nice.

I really like the way you continued the divits from the boo into the ebonite and stummel. Neat effect.

Ray

pierredekat wrote: But if you really wanna do it right, buy both chucks. My motto is: you can never have too many tools.

Great motto

Bob, You eventually may end up with both but for general work a four jaw self centering would be ideal. Not only can you center round stock like you can with a three jaw but with the four jaws you can easily center square stock as well (as long as it is square and not rectangular). And if its scroll...

Well guys things are getting better. I have slowed down and my toungue is not getting tore up as much. I am finding the taste of tobaccos and finding things I like and dont' care for. At this point I have a new question. About half way through each pipe full of tobacco I hit a wall. I get the pipe s...

Ben, Frank's Idea of using sheet stock that is already the thickness you want will work. Be careful using carbon fiber and micartas. They should work fine but make sure you wear a good quality face mask when gridning them. Carbon fiber dust will grind up your lung tissue a lot like asbestos will. Th...

Ben, A trick I use on smallish parts on fly rods is to either glue or use double sided tape and stick them on the end of a dowel. The parts your talking about are going to be too small for the double sided tape but the right glue should work. (Assuming you are using a wood lathe) You cuck up a "...

Remember the last time you got your hand a little too close to the chuck?

Some of those big ones run on deisel engines and some are HEAVY DUTY electric with serious transmissions. THe one my dad ran before he retired was not quite that big. I think it had a a 72" swing and 28 feet between centers. It ran on a deisel engine. He made a lot of large things like 2 foot d...

The bowl shape in the Stanwell that is working for me is an acorn shaped stummel with a bowl opening that is about 15/16" at the opening and has almost a parabolic taper to the bottom. I don't remember who but someone on here recommended I get a wider chamber back when I was having a lot of tro...

I had a revelation this week. Out of all my pipes I have a stanwell that I like a lot. I can taste the tobacco with this one and I do a better job keeping this one lit. The shape of this tobacco chamber is obviously different than most of my pipes. I took an old Alpha pipe that I have and this morni...

I have found that I really like Tobacco Galeria's Blue Note and Midnight Smoke. I probably like the Midnight smoke the best. Now that I know I like this I would just as soon buy it in bulk rather than continue to pay $4+ for a 1.5oz pouch. Do any of you know of a good mild black cavandish that is ve...

Good deal

I think you will be happy with the taig. It should do anything you need to do.


Ray

Ya its the freight that makes some of these scarry. I could probably scrape up enough to win the lathe but add freighting that kind of weight to this side of the mississippi and I'd be eating raman noodles for a long long time. I watch ebay often trying to spot good deals close to home. Right now I ...

Well if I can bum a buck to buy a lottery ticket I would love to get this lathe. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=260114104674&rd=1&rd=1[url] I love these old machines. This is about as sexy as a lathe can get her...

Same thing has been happening to me.

Ray