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I do think this board could benefit from some price level grouping for its critiques. Like, I've been fulltime for 20 years, I never look at a pipe without balancing what I see wrong with it with how many labor hours it took. A lot of the critiques I see here are basically, "Here's what you nee...

Good grief, how many pipemakers *are* clustered here in NC now?

https://i.imgur.com/8VREsx0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/p2uV5Zg.jpg There, I just made the whole forum 3.7 times better. While many fans diss it, I feel Godzilla 2000 is an underrated entry in the franchise. It did a solid job of introducing the millennium Goji suit, gave us a fun and straightforward p...

Is it OK if I just start talking about Godzilla movies now?

wdteipen wrote:This is why so many experienced pipe makers have stopped giving critique and advice on this forum and why I seldom do anymore.

"What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach." -- Cool Hand Luke

Ding ding ding ding ding...

HELP NEEDED! A good friend of mine is in some financial trouble. He's a young guy working hard to get out of the McJobs-and-Ramen stage of life. His parents are missionaries and out of the country, and he's on his own. He's just been hit with some unexpected financial catastrophes and is in a bad wa...

scotties22 wrote:My husband just said the title needs to be What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?!?!?!?!

I guess I should come up with a title for the strip if I keep making it. Suggestions always welcome, of course!

Over the years I've learned to spot them pretty early on and politely decline, but still I get tangled with one every once in a while. I just thank them for their interest and explain that I don't think I'll be able to make the pipe that they're wanting, and call it a day. I guess I have managed to ...

This is REALLY cathartic.

The next toon is going to be about pipe commissioning. I'm going to have to be very very restrained not to be too brutal...

Talbert Pipes has turned up in another web comic! Whoever would have expected that!

http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Awfully_Decent_Fellows/

Are those the new Halloween pipes in the works? They talk! If only... If I had my wish, I would record something in a menacing, barely audible whisper and have the pipe play it once...and once only... two years after purchase. I'd hope for the situation where the owner is alone in his study and cou...

Ocyd wrote:Bowl coatings lead to fascism?

According to many internet pipe forum "experts", absolutely.

I figured this would find a receptive audience here. I'm really tempted to make some more of these.

It's been a while since I made a comic. I had some time to kill...

I've never been able to find the sharp point / steep twist kind in anything but in standard jobber length, which is too short for most stems. Do you have a source for long ones? I've never seen them longer, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone like MSC didn't have longer ones available. I haven't...

Some various rambles... I love the specialized acrylic drilling bits. They make a huge difference. Also, it helps to use food-safe cutting oil during the drilling. More than anything, though, go slow and "tap" - Drill a bit, back out, repeat. LL, your wrists are going to hate you for stem ...

The Smoking Yeti wrote: These words have new meaning for me after experiencing the "Stinky Ebonite" thread.

My ebonite smells like flowers and sleeping puppies. I assumed that was normal.

Thanks for sharing Trever. I have been wanting to see that blog again. No prob, I hope it helps. There are several similar posts about other workshop equipment bits scattered around that period, showing how I constructed different tools. I enjoyed making those visual guides, as a few pics are often...

Here's a visual breakdown of their construction, if it helps:

http://talbertpipes.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... -pads.html

Click on the pics for the full-size versions.

Talking about handdrilling with spade bits: it can be done, I've done it a few times. You just have to make sure the drilling motor you use is less powerfull than you are and really grip on to your workpiece. Yoiks. I've seen it done in videos and have toyed with it, but all my motors here are 1.5h...