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I thought he was talking about the little piece that gets scraped out on the outside shoulder of the mortise when you drill a real bent pipe. I'll take a picture later. I guess functionally, if either end of the mortise is chiselled out, it could cause this. But George is seeing 50 year old pipes t...

Sorry, I'm a dummy...is the notch the divot left at the end of the mortise left by the drill bit because it was angled so much? How much gap should there be between the mortise floor and tenon? The notch being referred to is inside the mortise. Because of drilling angles, the airway intersects the ...

]I always find this comment interesting Nate... and although I always leave a ~1mm gap, that JT Cooke Video out there states just the opposite... flush and resting on the bottom.. no gap equals no nasty gooey buildup of tars.....always made me wonder why we as makers get our panties all tied in kno...

What "notch" are you guys talking about? Also, what is the proper gap between mortise floor and tenon? When you have a bent pipe, in order to drill some you have to 'notch' the airway as it is not on center. You want to leave a gap between the end of the tenon and the bottom of the mortis...

sandahlpipe wrote:

Nate wrote:The biggest part of this whole thing I believe is what most guys (if not everyone) include in their list: attention to detail. This single rule covers all aspects of high grade pipe making.

But how does that fit into Tyler's 5 points? Leave it to a preacher to make 5 points out of one.

The biggest part of this whole thing I believe is what most guys (if not everyone) include in their list: attention to detail. This single rule covers all aspects of high grade pipe making.

At the last Midwest Meetup at Smoker's Haven, George brought up that the notch that we put in the mortise on bents over time creates a "keyhole" in the tenon that can lock the stem in place and cause problems down the road. Problem is that not doing so severely limits design. I'm not cert...

Now beeches!!!!!

Simple, buy briar without flaws. Other than that I think you got this. :lol: I wonder if I am killing my brair the wrong way once I get it. Maybe I should turn right instead of left during Kurt's famed "Briar Aging Dance" :lol: http://www.pipemakersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t...

Cool Eskicano! Or Volamo. Or Ukecano. Or Volelele. Or.....ok, I'm done


Sweet pipe though, for reals.

Cool stuff Wayne! You know, except what's wrong with it

Simple, buy briar without flaws. Other than that I think you got this.

I plan on attending.

PremalChheda wrote:

buster wrote:What's the funny little gear thing for?

Nate was involved in making the pipe so there had to be a funny looking gear thing.

Damn skippy!!

Sas your words touched me, in a very special way. Thank you for the love!

Thanks gents!

Thanks Andrew!

Nice stuff Félix!

Ta'now!

Yes, I am old.