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Pipes #1, #2, and #4

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:32 am
by Cory
Finally finished my first and second pipes and also started and finished the fourth (first is the billiard, second is the cutty/horn thing [drilling is off and shaping isn't right = shop pipe], fourth is the poker). I had a busy day needless to say.

Here are some pictures (still trying to figure out how to make my P&S take decent macro pictures - trying to perfect my light box technique).

Give me your critique on all please. Each of these have flaws that I know of. The time it would take to redo it isn't worth it considering they are my first pipes. I have learned a WHOLE lot from each of these. I expect pipe number five to be much, much better. My biggest problem is stem/shank fitment. The stem/delrin/mortise are all square with eachother, but I always managed to make them at an angle - have it partially figured out, so that should be alleviated on #5.

Number One:

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Number Two (already has a thread, but I made so many modifications, I figured I would just put it here):

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Number Four:

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Re: Pipes #1, #2, and #4

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:07 am
by Sasquatch
Wow you got a neat piece of wood on the third one!

That one needs to be tightened up to look right - the sides of the cylinder shape on the bowl bulge out at the shank. Gotta keep the lines of the bowl hard and straight or it looks like it's melting.

Re: Pipes #1, #2, and #4

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:55 pm
by Cory
Sasquatch wrote:Wow you got a neat piece of wood on the third one!

That one needs to be tightened up to look right - the sides of the cylinder shape on the bowl bulge out at the shank. Gotta keep the lines of the bowl hard and straight or it looks like it's melting.
I figured as much - I was hoping I could get away with it haha :roll:.

The plan was to rusticate the poker, but I liked the birdseye way to much once I started shaping (it is one of the pieces I got from Makis). Turned out much better than I initially had thought.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Re: Pipes #1, #2, and #4

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:46 am
by wdteipen
Yeah, I'm with Sas. That third one looks to be a really special piece of wood. Is the birdseye all the way around the bowl or are you hiding some cross-grain in the angle not shown?