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Here's my latest pipe (don't get too excited about it because I'm about to make you cringe with disgust.)

THOSE WITH WEAK STOMACHS BEWARE!







Wait for it.........




Wait for it.........









Was careless with stamping and didn't properly support the shank. Bummer! Have I mentioned that I hate stamping my pipes?

Oh my god.

Did you cry?


EDIT: My wife says the pipe looks like a toilet, so maybe you aren't out that much after all. There's always a silver lining with her.

Sasquatch wrote:Oh my god.

Did you cry?

Actually, it was a look of shock, then horror, then I laughed. What else can you do?

I did that a couple months ago, actually. Worked a real tough long acorn sorta thing, all fancy shit, sandblasted it, and then dropped it and broke it in half.

Yeah, it breaks your heart. No sense crying over spilt milk though, eh?

What we used to call a "Character Building Exercise" !

Check out all the stain in the brake. The wood was too soft there and would have broken whether you stamped it or not.
Still sucks though.

Skip wrote:Check out all the stain in the brake. The wood was too soft there and would have broken whether you stamped it or not.
Still sucks though.

Agree. This was a case of the maker finding a flaw instead of the customer finding it.

Or to put it another and more lyrically philosophical way: it was always broken, Wayne just made it manifestly so.

Wow, Wayne, that's terrible!!! Sorry to see such a waste...but I'll take it and fix it, promise I won't sell it!

<--- screams like a woman and throws computer out the window

Wayne, maybe stamp the pipe before you do any shaping next time?

Just a thought.

What a pity, Wayne ...

You could fix it by inserting a piece of metal tubing (e.g. a Dunhill "inner tube") and glue it together. Not good for sale, but still a nice piece to smoke for yourself ...

Regards, Jens

You can't see it, but this pipe has been repaired with JB Weld:



The guy I sold it to has never even noticed the repair.

Rad

Rad

That actaully sold? man one day when I have a actual name that sales pipes on a larger volume.

Jelously has raised her head...

james

RadDavis wrote:You can't see it, but this pipe has been repaired with JB Weld:



The guy I sold it to has never even noticed the repair.

Rad

I don't believe it.

Jos wrote:What a pity, Wayne ...

You could fix it by inserting a piece of metal tubing (e.g. a Dunhill "inner tube") and glue it together. Not good for sale, but still a nice piece to smoke for yourself ...

Regards, Jens

That's the plan. I'm going to drill it out to fit a bit of SS tube and epoxy it up and touch up the stain. Then it stays with me. If I could repair it as nice as Rad's repair job I wouldn't feel bad about selling it though.

Sasquatch wrote:Wayne, maybe stamp the pipe before you do any shaping next time?

Just a thought.

That's a great idea. I just have to stamp it really really deep.

RadDavis wrote:You can't see it, but this pipe has been repaired with JB Weld:



The guy I sold it to has never even noticed the repair.

Rad

Rod,
You kill me! You're absolutely hilarious!!!
Unfortunately, you associate with, or talk to, that ignoramus, eRmarkable..............what a putz he can be! Still you're funny! But..............look who's talking, I like Pohldancer and that Johnston feller!

jogilli wrote:Rad

That actaully sold?

Yes, I got $800 for it. You don't have to have integrity in this business. You just have to be able to make an invisible repair.

Rad

RadDavis wrote:

jogilli wrote:Rad

That actaully sold?

Yes, I got $800 for it. You don't have to have integrity in this business. You just have to be able to make an invisible repair.

Rad

I bought the pipe. Is there a problem? I think it's magnificent.