Another Frankenpipe- if you don't want to see a "shop Pipe",
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 4:23 pm
Another Frankenpipe. Again, I delved into my box of discards from years ago and came up with a potentially beautiful bowl that had a messed up shank. This time I had tried to drill a vent hole at too steep an angle, went in too high on the chamber, and because of the acute angle, had an elongated entry into the chamber.
My task was to re enter the bowl to take out the elongated draft hole and still leave enough briar in the area to shape.
After drilling with 5/16"pilot and counterbore with beveled mortise.The larger hole on the left is the entry into the chamber
Piece of scrap briar turned and fitted to the bowl.
Stem piece be sanded to fit bottom of chamber. If I ever do this again, I will turn the briar tenon longer and carefully fit it to bowl. As it is, there is a small void between the end of the tenon and the bowl. I could use a coating to cover this, but this pipe is unlikely to be smoked because my son wants it and he doesn"t smoke.
DocAitch
My task was to re enter the bowl to take out the elongated draft hole and still leave enough briar in the area to shape.
After drilling with 5/16"pilot and counterbore with beveled mortise.The larger hole on the left is the entry into the chamber
Piece of scrap briar turned and fitted to the bowl.
Stem piece be sanded to fit bottom of chamber. If I ever do this again, I will turn the briar tenon longer and carefully fit it to bowl. As it is, there is a small void between the end of the tenon and the bowl. I could use a coating to cover this, but this pipe is unlikely to be smoked because my son wants it and he doesn"t smoke.
DocAitch