Busted Shank
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:09 am
Good morning all.
Saturday I received a couple of pipe making kits along with delrin, vulcanite and some shank extension material (zebrawood, purple heart, olivewood) and dove into making my first pipe Sunday at 4:00am.
I couldn't wait to make chips! All was going well on a poker and was finish sanding when tragedy struck! I noticed a very small ridge on the bowl to shank transition and used a dremel to clear it and the dremel dug too deep. I then adjusted the rest of the transition to match the gouge depth and sacrificed the strength of the shank. As I was sanding the button on the stem, too much pressure caused the shank to snap.
<img src="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd87 ... 488049.jpg">
Can I salvage this baby with a shank extension? Should I use the briar left sticking out of the bowl as a tenon of sorts for an extension? This was going WAY to well. Man, did it bug me when I snapped it. I couldn't get over it until I dove into pipe #2 shown below in rough form.
Thanks for your input!
<img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd87 ... 457160.jpg">
Saturday I received a couple of pipe making kits along with delrin, vulcanite and some shank extension material (zebrawood, purple heart, olivewood) and dove into making my first pipe Sunday at 4:00am.
I couldn't wait to make chips! All was going well on a poker and was finish sanding when tragedy struck! I noticed a very small ridge on the bowl to shank transition and used a dremel to clear it and the dremel dug too deep. I then adjusted the rest of the transition to match the gouge depth and sacrificed the strength of the shank. As I was sanding the button on the stem, too much pressure caused the shank to snap.
<img src="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd87 ... 488049.jpg">
Can I salvage this baby with a shank extension? Should I use the briar left sticking out of the bowl as a tenon of sorts for an extension? This was going WAY to well. Man, did it bug me when I snapped it. I couldn't get over it until I dove into pipe #2 shown below in rough form.
Thanks for your input!
<img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd87 ... 457160.jpg">