My Second Pipe ... Poker

[mrsmitty]

My second pipe and first poker. The briar was a seconds and had a crack but thankfully after turning the bowl down the crack didn't go to deep. No flaws in the briar.

[Ocelot55]

I must say, that turned out pretty nice. The lines are still a little wonky, but shoot, for number two that's great.

[pipedreamer]

Great job for pipe #2.I love the belt sander.Make more pipes.Don't skip sanding stages, 180 220 you get it.

[wisemanpipes]

nice job for #2! where did you get that stem material? it looks like bakelite with nice swirling but im assuming its acrylic.

[oklahoma red]

You are definitely headed in the right direction, keep it up.
A word of caution on your chuck jaws. Since you are using standard jaws be very careful and make sure the block is well clamped or you might get a nasty surprise. If you scroll thru the pics on this sight you will see other chuck/jaw set-ups. They will normally a lot taller, flat and have pivot screws in them so that the stummel can be rotated on the tobacco hole/airway junction thereby insuring that the two line up properly.
Like they say, now go make some more.
Chas.

[mrsmitty]

Stem material is indeed acrylic from http://pipemakers.org/acrylic_naturals.html

Also, I made sure to tighten the jaws as tight as I could. Once I can afford it I'll get a better chuck setup.

Thanks for the responses.

-Josh

[pipedreamer]

TRENT RUDAT is where I got mine, they are worth their weight in gold, others are Smokin Dawg and the others are listed.Don't go cheap.The surprise mentioned can hurt a lot if you are lucky.

[Charl]

Cool for a 2nd, make more!