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Well I finished my first 3 pipes.
They don't look the greatest but its been a blast and I need to get some better tools and work from there.


here they are.
the pics are not the greatest also.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r122 ... ure076.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r122 ... 69_WEB.jpg
First rusticated pipe
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r122 ... ure075.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r122 ... ure074.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r122 ... ure073.jpg
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r122 ... Pipe_2.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r122 ... /Pipe2.jpg

don't make too much fun of me LOL

I hope to finish the last pipe and post pics when the stain is on it.
thats a gift for my stepday for christmas.
I just got to do some more final sanding on the bowl and the outside.

Just to make the pictures visible here:





The rusticated:

sgresso

Do you have a vise, a flat file and a round file?

yes I do.
I have been working at my granfathers work shop.
I hope to get enought tools to work from my house in the future.

Sgresso,

It looks like you've enjoyed one of your pipes already. How did it smoke? That's the acid test of how good your pipes will be in the future (looks aren't everything, dude!)

Keep it up, don't let anyone discourage you if it's what you really love to do!

--Michael

its smokes great for me carving it!!!


I love working on the pipes and Really understand what a lot of you put into one pipe.

its also shows me that you really need to find the right tools to get a pipe to look like you want it to.
sadly so far I don't but its gives me something to work at in the future.

Will I be a full time carver probally not.
Can I do it for fun and for my friends of course!

its all about learning for me and trying to make each one just a bit better.

Glad it smokes good, the fact that you carved it adds to the smoking pleasure.

But..... next time you go to your grandfathers try to clean up the rough spots on one of those. Get a dowel and stick it in the vise and shove the stummel in. (wrap some masking tape to get a tight fit) Then take a flat file and smooth out the shank so it is about the same diameter as the stem. With the flat file - file in a rounded motion around the shank. Work on the stummel -shank junction with a rounded file. When you get the basic shape close switch to strips of sand paper (about 3/4 inch wide) Holding each end pull back and forth and work aroound the shank with the stem in. Don't try so hard as to snap the shank. Heinz just posted a small billiard that is a good example.

http://www.pipemakersforum.com/modules. ... pic&t=2049

Sgreasso,

at first im my mind every try to make a pipe is worth to love it! Improofement is the thing everyone of us is looking for as much as we can... So take a look at as much pipes as you can and try to imagine, how the pipemaker made any detail. Then try to do it by yourselfe!

It's more efficient to try a copy of a pipe you already own, if it's a simple shape. But simple is relative: A Billiard looks nice and simple, but it may be difficult to match the symmetry right. So try and try and have fun to smoke your selfmade pipes. I just finished 13 smokeable pipes and only 2 went to a customer - the first 6 pipes are unsmoked and only for my gallery, but the rest is in use by myselfe and they're great, because they are my work (and they 're tasting well)!

So find the philosophy for your needs and read the advices in this forum - it's the best I know for pipemakers, profi or hobby-pipemaker!

For the beginning you don't need too much tools, it's more important to get a feeling for the materials. Some files, some drillbits, a good working drilling machine, a fine saw and a lot of sanding paper in different grids (100, 240, 400 and 600 should be enough), or better abresive clothe. Learn something about the briar, like grain, as example. If ther is too much you can't do well at the beginning, use pre-drilled blocks - and then improofe step by step.

Later you can think over a band saw, a buffing-machine or even a lathe...

I think you'll have a lot of fun in the future making pipes better and better! Keep on going!

I like your pipes. I'm going to start on my first soon. I hope they come out like yours.

sgresso, where did you get the briar? did you use pre-drilled and fitted with a stem?

Um, dog - Don't be upset if you don't get a reply from sgreasso. He posted this 3 years ago.