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I love the pith tradition. Maybe next year. In the meantime....

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:36 am
by davidpiepkorn1
This is my first pipe. The second resulted in a sand pit through-and-through the shank/bowl. I have used nothing but X-Actos, files, sandpaper. Power, only for drill buffing.
I’ve no engineering experience other than in software development.
I’ve no choice but to be pedestrian in pipe making, and I welcome advice, input, and constructive criticism not discounting any relevant disadvantages or unapologetic inability.
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I love the pith tradition. Maybe next year. In the meantime....

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:40 am
by davidpiepkorn1

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I love the pith tradition. Maybe next year. In the meantime....

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:41 am
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Re: I love the pith tradition. Maybe next year. In the meantime....

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:46 am
by davidpiepkorn1
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Re: I love the pith tradition. Maybe next year. In the meantime....

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:13 pm
by wdteipen
Not bad; especially considering your tooling limitations. My only suggestion is to put a slight bend in the stem and it looks like you got yourself a pretty good smoker.

Re: I love the pith tradition. Maybe next year. In the meantime....

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:07 pm
by davidpiepkorn1
wdteipen wrote:Not bad; especially considering your tooling limitations. My only suggestion is to put a slight bend in the stem and it looks like you got yourself a pretty good smoker.
Thanks, wdteipen. Now that you mention it, I believe the kit for this I bought from VF was indeed meant for a bent. I will research bending the stem and forge ahead!


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