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I posted one crappy pipe so I guess this allows me to make a comment. :lol: The button from the top view looks uneven. Illusion? But Wayne, I think it's a great pipe. The blast is really good too. Thanks for posting it. When the pros post it helps us uneducated new makers see the way pipes should be...

Joe, where can yo find a diamond hone small enough to sharpen a forstner? I've been looking...

What do you use?

Thanks.

I bolted my drill press to the basement floor today and that did help. It is a substantial press I got at a good price from a gunsmith but it is what it is. I now know fully what George was saying about a drill press that is rock solid/steady. Even with the press bolted down, there is flex in the co...

You'll be a lot happier once you graduate to a lathe and pin gauges or a metal lathe. I know I will and I plan on getting a lathe someday. I just haven't made enough pipes to justify it. I want to make sure I'm going to stick with pipe making before I invest in a lathe. So, I'm stuck with the drill...

scotties22 wrote:T I don't use Fiebings anymore. I think it's a pain to work with and really loads up my sandpaper.

What do you use?

I've been playing around using forstner bits on a drill press to face rod stock and delrin with little success so far. I've not used a forstner before so I guess I don't fully understand how they cut. Maybe it's the speed or the placement of the stock with respect to the cutting blade? In the pictur...

What about if you use shellac? Wouldn't that essentially cover the stain and prevent this.

Too bad about the flaw. I like the pipe. Very nice.

sandahlpipe wrote:I often buff in between grits to reveal scratches and then go back and sand.

Does anyone know if buffing/compounds prevent stain penetration (such as buffing off a base stain when contrast staining). Or, should sandpaper only be used until after the final top stain, shellac if used, then buff?

LittleBill wrote: I've been doing that a long time. One of these days I hope to have pipes in the same league.

Bill, I have absolutely no doubt you will.

Some suggested to me (not to name names) that using tripoli at all is undesirable as it does fill the pores. So the last pipe I made I sanded to 2000 with abralon, skipped the coarse Menzerna compound and went directly to the medium. The jury is still out as I can't say the finish was much better. B...

I completely agree with the notion of new makers copying pipes. For me, I really do feel most comfortable copying a straight billiard because I have several good examples that I own and can study. I also think it does teach you to make straight lines. So that made it a logical choice for me. At this...

I am re-straining myself from going to harbor freight, but I really do need a couple of 4" ones. Last time I went to pick up just a couple of things, I was at the checkout with a full shopping cart and it was 5 hours later. What do you use the 4" ones for? Also, any tricks to make a Beall...

Got this from Harbor Freight for $3.99 vs. the $16.00 I paid at Home Depot. It looks just fine.

I just went through this recently and I'll share what I did based on inputs from people here. I'm not saying it's the best but it's what I did. For rough shaping : Angle grinder backer with 36 Grit fiber disk. I'm actually learning with the 50 grit. The benefit is that this setup is very thin which ...

I assume some of you guys know about this stuff but I've found it to the best sandpaper I've used to date. You can buy it elsewhere but here is a link at Beall and they have a lot of different grits. http://www.bealltool.com/products/other/sandpaper.php It's just really great stuff and lasts forever...

I think Steve is way to successful. He didn't make his business. Someone else did. As such, I think he should either be regulated more by the Gov't, pay a lot more taxes, or disperse some of his stock to us. It's just not fair to the rest of us.

Here's what I got from them directly a few years ago. Seems even they don't know. :lol: Samuel Gawith & Co. Ltd to me Dear Bob An old chestnut this one. There is only one way to pronounce our name ……£ Sterling !!! Sorry, joking apart, the correct way is as in Cow it is ” Gowith”, but spelt Gawit...

Thanks for posting the video.

Food for thought.

Perique pare-EEK, Per-EEK?
Latakia: la-TAY-kee-ah, lat-a-KEE-ah?
Gawith: Go-with, G-way-TH, gow (rhymes with cow)-ith? ( I know this one, see what Chris says)