Turning stems and the shank together
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:13 pm
Hey guys, I have started using Derlin recently and I must say that I'm very impressed with the ease of getting perfect tenon mortise fit. I finally had a chance to start another pipe yesterday and decided to put the stem blank into the mortise and turn the shank and stem together. I was unable to do this before Derlin because I would need to turn down the tenon and test fit it to the pipe after the mortise was drilled.
I do not recall reading about this being done and I had some concerns that the force might break the shank. However, this method worked wonderfully! This gave me a perfect shank/stem junction that I was able to sand to 400 on the lathe.
This seem to have really shaved some time of my pipe making. Have any of you guys tried this? Or is there some unforeseen reason why this is not done often?
Thanks
-Chris
I do not recall reading about this being done and I had some concerns that the force might break the shank. However, this method worked wonderfully! This gave me a perfect shank/stem junction that I was able to sand to 400 on the lathe.
This seem to have really shaved some time of my pipe making. Have any of you guys tried this? Or is there some unforeseen reason why this is not done often?
Thanks
-Chris