Tutorial for New Pipe Makers

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Tutorial for New Pipe Makers

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While making my last pipe I put together a picture tutorial of the process.

I did this with the intention of posting it on the wood turners forum that I am a member of because there seems to be a little bit of curiosity about how pipes are made and whether or not a wood lathe is used.

I has occurred to me, however, that in my 6 months of pipe making I have not run across a similar tutorial on the Web.

So I decided to post a link here to see if any new pipe makers might be interested or benefit from it.

Clearly I am no expert pipe maker, but I think there is enough good information in this tutorial to get someone started in the craft.

Please let me know what you think and if there is value here for other newbies like myself.

http://www.woodturnersresource.com/extr ... _pipe.html
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tabarris,
I checked out your tutorial and it was very informative. Thanks for posting it. I'm defiantly going to attempt your method of pipe making.

Thanks
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Very nice Todd

especially the illustration of the use of standard chuck jaws in a non-standard way :)

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thank you. my wood lathe has a blown motor, which is on the way. i have stupid questions..

ready?

what speed are you drilling at?

what speed did you turn at?

i am a rank green lathe beginner

i have the wood lathe, and it is in rebuild

thank you thank you
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Dgifford,

For drilling, keep the lathe speed as slow as possible. This is especially important for the spade bit.

For the off center turning the lathe speed should be dictated by the skill of the turner. I, honestly, don't remember what speed I had the lathe running. I tend to adjust the speed to where I am comfortable and go with it. For off center turning you want enough speed that the chisel won't get caught in the void. Remember, faster turning will tend to give you a better surface off the tool, but also make catches more spectacular. :o
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Am I the only one that am not able to load the whole thing? For me the site only shows one page, or so, of the tutorial. And I really would like to read this since I bought myself a lathe looking thing the other day...
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Anyone who can't read the document is welcome to send me their email address. I will happily send you a copy of the document in Microsoft Word. I think I can get the document in Adobie if you can't open a MS Word file. (Also, the picture quality in the MS Word file is better.)

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I love the tutorial! great pic-by-pic footage.
I like how you broke it all down and explained what you were doing.
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Thank you.

I have gotten a lot of benefit from being a member of this forum and I am glad I was able to make a useful contribution.
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Very nice Todd! Thank you for taking the time to do that! Thats a whole different approach than I'm used to and now that I'm getting some good practice with the lathe, I think I'll give your method a try!

Very much appreciated!!!!
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Very informative. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.
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Great document. I would put more emphasis to the fact that it is targeted to intermediate to advance wood turners, but other than that, great doc.
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Todd,

Thanks for posting that. I'm working on a metal lathe, but that that gives me some good ideas for setting up a steady rest and working more free hand off that when I need to.

Thanks again.

Brian.
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I'm glad you guys are finding it helpful.

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Thanks very much for the tutorial Todd....very helpful! A bent billiard will definitely be one of my next attempts, thanks to you.

Thanks again!

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Good job Todd.
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Yes! A :D very nice, clear guide for new pipe carvers, Do more. Quality information is always welcome. John
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