Sometimes you can, and sometimes you can't.BobR wrote:So why not just shape the stem when it's in the real mortise on the pipe?
My solution to shaping smaller stems
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UFOs must be real. There's no other explanation for cats.
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I don't think I've ever had one where I couldn't or didn't.LatakiaLover wrote:Sometimes you can, and sometimes you can't.BobR wrote:So why not just shape the stem when it's in the real mortise on the pipe?
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Some deep bents, and Oom Pauls in particular.RadDavis wrote:
I don't think I've ever had one where I couldn't or didn't.
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UFOs must be real. There's no other explanation for cats.
Re: My solution to shaping smaller stems
LOL! Well I don't anymore of course since I have sanding discs and 2 belt sanders for the rough shaping but I was thinking about the guys here like the OP who have to do pretty much all their hogging with files.LatakiaLover wrote:Bearing down? Filing hard? How dreadful. Sounds exhausting.caskwith wrote:...but I have found when you are really bearing down and filing hard...
I vaguely recall doing something like that long ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Don't exactly miss it, though.