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"especially since the extruded delrin isn't always perfectly straight."
If your Delrin isn't perfectly straight, and of consistent diameter. . .look at other Delrin sellers (McMaster-Carr, for one).
Delrin should be crazy consistent.

ToddJohnson wrote:Will one of you guys that wants a set put together a separate "official" thread for sign-ups? Once we get to ten I'll have them made.

TJ

Done.
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Thread to gauge interest in ordering a set of spoon bits from Todd, per his earlier thread:

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10 buyers and he'll have a batch machined.

I'd like a set.
Are there 9 more buyers out there?

I'm in for a set of spoon bits, if enough people show interest next round.

Thanks for putting this together!

Very happy with my A&M stamps. . .bought per recommendation from these boards (thanks!). Yes, it was more money than I had any business spending as a beginning pipemaker. But thinking that in 50 years, someone may be looking at my stamp and thinking "Who the hell is that?" appeals to m...

A good alternative to bleach is Oxi-Clean.
You should still cover any stem markings with petroleum jelly.
But, generally, Oxi-Clean will be much gentler on the old Vulcanite. . .and won't eat away at the rubber if left soaking too long.

Good heavens man.... any epoxy will do if you score the thing and set up a mechanical bond. It's not like these have to withstand atmospheric re-entry. Yeah, that's what I used to think, too. Until I removed a stem early after smoking one of my pipes--the briar had expanded from the heat & mois...

LocTite sells this stuff: http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/13/7/epxy_plstc_s/overview/Loctite-Epoxy-Plastic-Bonder.htm It sets up in 7 minutes or so (longer for a full cure) and is designed for plastics. I stumbled on it by accident while looking for something else in the hardware store, and gave i...

Seriously though - hand pain is indicative of poor ergonomics with your tools or process. I suffer no hand pain, which I attribute to power sanding almost everything. Thanks to everyone for the advice. Definitely going to have to build some sort of bowl & stem holder to keep from doing all hand...

Hi, New to the boards (well, actually posting on them at least. . .been stealing advice from here for quite a while now!). I have a problem and a question that I haven't quite seen addressed before, hoping for some advice: Particularly during the finishing stages--sanding to progressively higher gri...