Hi.
Impatience overtook me when I first got my drill press and I drilled two pipes with a regular, off the rack 3/4" S&D bit. This of course gave me a shallow v shaped bottom of the chamber. Both pipes smoke decently about 98%, but the very last of the tobacco does not burn. Not a whole lot of dottle. I think I'll keep smoking them and see if the cake will round out the bottom. Now that I have a PIMO 3/4" bit and that S&D ground to approximate contour, this will never be done again.
BTW, Sas, thanks for the heads up about this forum. Great repository of knowledge. Thanks everyone.
Why does this work sort of?
Re: Why does this work sort of?
I would guess the last of the tobacco is wet from combustion but I'm sure the other more experienced guys would have a better idea. I usually don't smoke all the way to the draft hole anyway so that's never an issue for me...
I toyed around with doing the same thing with a standard drill bit before grinding a couple spade bits. Good to know it would have worked reasonably well
I toyed around with doing the same thing with a standard drill bit before grinding a couple spade bits. Good to know it would have worked reasonably well
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Re: Why does this work sort of?
I would guess that with the air being drawn through a small hole at the bottom, the tendency of the burn would be to head right for that spot, and if there's a wide area around that spot, probably the tobacco in the "corners" is unlikely to see heat.
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Re: Why does this work sort of?
The operative phrase here is "worked reasonably well". It is the type of thing I could live with if I had to. But I don't have to, so I won't.