After the thread I posted and reading all the advice given, I decided to re-bend the stem. The first picture is the original that I posted and the second is a picture of the re-bent stem. I hope you agree, I think it looks a lot better. I did not have any trouble with the re-bend. Now to re-buff and re-wax to finish.
Thanks again for advice.
Re-bent Stem
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Re-bent Stem
Bob Oakley
Bob.. not really sure why you're bending this particular stem. The pipe doesn't seem to call for it.
The 2nd bend still seems to be a bit kinky, nearly like the first attempt but bent to a lesser degree. If you look closely at the 2 pics, you'll see what I'm talking about.
What are you using to heat your stem with before you bend it? It looks like you're not getting the stem heated evenly along its length before you start bending.
The 2nd bend still seems to be a bit kinky, nearly like the first attempt but bent to a lesser degree. If you look closely at the 2 pics, you'll see what I'm talking about.
What are you using to heat your stem with before you bend it? It looks like you're not getting the stem heated evenly along its length before you start bending.
If he doesn't bend then the pipe will be stuck with a backwards lean on the bowl, from what I can tell from 1 picture. I think that you spread out the bend a lot from where it was, but I think that the majority of it is still concentrated in one area. I would try and spread it out more... that is if you were interested in fiddling with this anymore! Personally I HATE going back and fiddling with pipes that reach the "done" stage before I realize something about them.
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hazmat wrote:
Thanks for your comments.
I am using an alcohol flame lamp. This last "bend" I heated the stem and let it unbend itself. I thought when it got to this look, I liked it.What are you using to heat your stem with before you bend it? It looks like you're not getting the stem heated evenly along its length before you start bending.
Thanks for your comments.
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Bob Oakley
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Unfortunately Matt is correct. It does still have the sharp kink. If you're happy with it as is, that's OK.Bob Oakley wrote:I am using an alcohol flame lamp. This last "bend" I heated the stem and let it unbend itself. I thought when it got to this look, I liked it.
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Frank.
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