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Thanks again Chris. I understand now. I do have a Nova Chuck and some small pen jaws that I use for Delrin and rod material. I have several jaw sets for it that I use for other various projects and hobbies. I only use Trent's chuck for my briar.
All good!

Thanks Chris! That makes sense. So which is the correct way? Stepped sides in or the other way?
I sure hope I haven't damaged anything.

OK, I'm still confused, I'm still thinking the jaws are reversible. I can't get the stepped side to go closer together and I can't get them to align properly. In the first picture on the left hand side you can see a small, inset ball-bearing. I only discovered today while trying to work the scroll t...

Let me try and rephrase this. Whatever difficulties I'm having are solely because of operator error or my lack of knowledge. My understanding is these are reversible jaws. One side with steps, the other side just for clamping. The clamping side closes just fine like in this picture below. https://i....

Hi All. I can't believe it's mid November and I haven't logged in since October. My priorities have shifted a bit: my wife has requested that I turn some candlestick sets for our daughters, daughter in Law and her. I have a chuck I bought from Trent Rudat with the special jaws, but it also has the 4...

Thanks David, yeah, the stem/stummel junction is still something I have trouble with no matter what I do. Sometimes I get it but a lot of times I don't. It's frustrating as heck. You wouldn't by chance have a few pictures of what you explained in the above? I find it a lot easier if I have a few pic...

Thank you, I will do so. That seems to be the common comment on the pipes magazine forum as well. Spur needs to move forward. I will do as you commented and have a careful look.
Thanks mate!

Oops, I meant to say Spur!

I'm attempting to make a Cutty and though I've viewed a ton of them on Smoking Pipes I'm not sure where the nub should be located.
Would someone please enlighten me as to where the correct location would be?
Thanks All

Hey thanks BrownLeaf, I looked at that over my lit 5x magnifying ring and sanded and sanded and sanded and no matter what I did those tiny claws remained. At times I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. Moving it into other lighting and I couldn't see anything. So I'm not quite sure why I'm no...

This is my second try at an egg. The stem/shank intersection isn't the best but I think after emailing back and forth a few time with a friendly artisan, that issue is in the past. Oh, and that's Franklin helping hold the pipe in position. https://i.imgur.com/4m67VS6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ipsfvyA....

Is this where I should take material off to correct the bowl sag?

I see exactly what you all have mentioned about the wavy stem.
Thank you for pointing that out and also the info on laminar flow. That goes into my checklist and build criteria.

Awesome! Thank you!

Hey thanks Sask, I have one question if I can include it here. Sask, you once mentioned in a post several months ago that's it's real easy to check for laminar flow and that pipe buyers have often come up to your table armed with a flashlight to check for laminar flow. How do I check to insure the p...

Thanks guys: blb; I will go back and revisit George's videos again. Sask, thanks for the comments. I'm working on another right now. The stem is bent because the gentleman from the pipes magazine forum who approached me about making him one, wanted the stem to have a slight bend in it. I sell them d...

Hi folks, I'm going to try explaining my thoughts on this egg and how I arrived at what I did. So, first off I went to Smoking Pipes and looked at a whole swack of eggs by a lot of different artisans. I took a bunch of screen captures, printed those and taped them to my shop wall. I then started ske...

This is my first attempt at an egg. I rusticated it because the briar wasn't the best for a smooth. I used the Walt Cannoy method with the nails epoxied into a 1" dowel. Think I need to get an old pool ball like he uses and build a new rustication tool out of that. My stamp isn't very good. It'...

Thanks guys, I really appreciated it.

Yeah, I struggled with the shank cap and I also struggled with the blimply-ness.
Now, looking at the pics again, I see exactly what you are referring too.
Thank you!