3rd sale, 2nd comission
3rd sale, 2nd comission
I was comissioned to make this pipe which is a duplicate (sort of) of one I made WAY early on. This sucker is a lot larger than the one I had made.
Length: 6"
Bowl diameter: 2" (from exterior wall to exterior wall)
Bowl height: 2 1/4 "
Chamber depth: 2"
Wall width: 5/8"
The grain on this block of wood is one of the nicest I've worked with! It had flame to straight grain 360 degrees... The top of the bowl is rusticated per the customers request.
Length: 6"
Bowl diameter: 2" (from exterior wall to exterior wall)
Bowl height: 2 1/4 "
Chamber depth: 2"
Wall width: 5/8"
The grain on this block of wood is one of the nicest I've worked with! It had flame to straight grain 360 degrees... The top of the bowl is rusticated per the customers request.
- achduliebe
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Yes Ben, that is a fine looking pipe.
Very Cool!
Very Cool!
-Bryan
"You should never fight, but if you have to fight...fight dirty. Kick 'em in the groin, throw a rock at 'em"
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"You should never fight, but if you have to fight...fight dirty. Kick 'em in the groin, throw a rock at 'em"
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Thanks. Not sure why I never thought of doing it upside down!random wrote:Ben, when you're staining the top, especially a plateaux top... well, I use a Q-tip to apply the stain and <i>let gravity help</i> keep it out of the bowl. If you just hold the bowl upright you'll have a mess. Another nice thing about using a Q-tip is it has two ends... if you get too much on someplace and it starts looking all runny and crap, just flip the Q-top end-for-end and wipe away the excess.
It's actualy not a plateaux top. Just hand rusticted with my 'lil chizels. It may look a little smooth cause I played around with melting some carnuba onto it...
- ToddJohnson
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Hey Ben,
Another thing you can do is stain the burl before you drill it. You can even finish the top with shellaq at this point (if that's something you do.) Then just chuck it up and drill away. Since you're never touching the burl with anything, you end up with a perfectly finished top and no stain anywhere it shouldn't be.
Todd
Another thing you can do is stain the burl before you drill it. You can even finish the top with shellaq at this point (if that's something you do.) Then just chuck it up and drill away. Since you're never touching the burl with anything, you end up with a perfectly finished top and no stain anywhere it shouldn't be.
Todd