Live Eltang in his shop

ArtGuy · Post by **ArtGuy** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:12 am

Web Cam in Tom Eltang shop.....

Click the link for the live cam.... photo is a snapshot of what is currently on.

http://www.eltang.com/webcam/webcam.html

jchamb · Post by **jchamb** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:21 am

Cool!

Leus · Post by **Leus** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:14 pm

Absolutely cool. At this precise moment he is... coating bowls. Take that, purists!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:30 pm

Too neat!

ArtGuy · Post by **ArtGuy** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:00 pm

I might be a cool idea to make a link to this on the home page of this site...... (Nudge Nudge,

Know what I mean )

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:21 pm

that was wierd... First thing that came up for me was a cow with his tongue out. I reloaded and now I just see his chest or something like that. This will be kewl to watch every once in a while. I wish he had a faster connection tho... 20 sec. refresh rate is horrible.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:57 pm

Hehehhee

Yea, I got the cow too. Considering its 10:00 or so there, I doubt we'll see much this afternoon.

ArtGuy · Post by **ArtGuy** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:50 am

It's a good thing they don't have a web cam in my office here at work.... I can see it now " Is that all he does is snuff and drink coffee? "

ToddJohnson · Post by **ToddJohnson** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 4:07 pm

If you happen to be watching Tom sand the lab stain off of those bamboo pieces right now, you're witnessing some of his real genius. It's taken me 3 years to get even moderately adept at this process. You'll notice the towel, which is really the key to his golden contrast finish. He constantly wipes the sanding dust off of the pipe and out of the pores of the sandpaper and then, with the accuracy of a neurosurgeon, targets specific and tiny areas with pinpoint accuracy. That's why his pipes *never* show anything approaching a splotchy or uneven finish. Tom is, in my opinion, the best and most creative pipemaker in all of Europe.

Todd

6-22-04,
4:06 P.M. EST.

whitebar · Post by **whitebar** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:03 pm

I just saw his computer and he uses a Mac. Smart Guy!

ToddJohnson · Post by **ToddJohnson** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:56 pm

whitebar wrote:I just saw his computer and he uses a Mac. Smart Guy!

Yes, and it was a gift from a customer!! Like Tom says himself, "It's good to be a pipemaker!"

Todd

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:09 am

BAH! Just doing paperwork! No fun.