Cutting the V slot

[Sasquatch]

I'll be nicer: you guys try to be smarter.

Deal?

[Tyler]

I'll be nicer: you guys try to be smarter.

Deal?

No can do.

[Sasquatch]

PHEW!

thought for a little while that I was gonna hafta be nicer.

[hutchpipes]

Hey Sasquatch, which X-acto saw blades do you use? The keyhole or the square ones? I imagine if you use the square you have to grind them.

[Sasquatch]

Uh, at that time, yeah the tiny little keyhole ones.

I switched to a scroll-saw blade (actually 2 at once cuz they are SUPER thin) and then started using the Kemper zig-zag saw. Now I use the kemper and follow with a file.

[Charl]

I like Steve's (Vermont freehand) slot file.
Easy to use and no bloodletting (unless you're getting very creative).

[sandahlpipe]

Steve's slot file is the Kemper zig-zag saw. They work better for longer if you get a pin vise to secure it in.

[Sasquatch]

That's a good idea. I have had to glue them together, and I've bent a few - if I had a handle for them that I could adjust..... yes.... YES! Muhhaahahaha

[Sasquatch]

[pipedreamer]

X-acto saws are great and for larger stems, I use a modified jig saw that cuts on the backstroke!!! files and rolled sandpaper do the rest! The pin vise thing sounds good and I may start using them again. I quit using them due to easy breakage and cost!!!

[Charl]

You guys are way too rough! Didn't you know pipes are all about finesse?

[Sasquatch]

Sorry, I'm surprised a South African even knows the word "finesse" let alone makes a claim on it. Shouldn't you be driving around bonking Boers on the head or something?

[caskwith]

He is Boer!

[LatakiaLover]

Inderdaad. Dom Kanadese. Slegs Boere is sterk genoeg om pipemakers wees!

[Sasquatch]

He is Boer!

Is he? I can never remember who's who in these things.

Also there has to be a boer/boar/bore joke in here somewhere.

[Charl]

See, even a Pommie knows about Boere!
(Impressed with the translation, LL)

[caskwith]

Course we know, we celebrate our great victory............ yeah right.