My first attempt at a pipe.

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brownleafbeardsman
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My first attempt at a pipe.

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So, I had worked a little bit on making a stummel out of cherry, and it came out alright. I decided to try my hand at using briar on my jet wood lathe. This was grecian makis briar. I used a premade acrylic stem(which is too long, but is the only one I had lol). This pipe was kind of just a random sketch on the briar, that looked sort of billiard-like in the sketch, but came out looking a bit like a straight pot. I'm happy with it for my first attempt. :D

For future pipes, I will try to design a pipe and stick to the design.

Also, I tried buffing the pipe with carnauba, with a drill buffing wheel, for some reason the carnauba got built up on the wheel and I think the is what added those scratches. :/

Any input is very appreciated.
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Re: My first attempt at a pipe.

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I can't imagine those deep scratches being made by a waxing wheel, more likely they were there but not really visible until polishing (same happens when you stain).

So, make another, sand it like hell, try some stain and see if you find the same thing happening.

Stem fit looks good, now everything else is just practice.
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Re: My first attempt at a pipe.

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Thank you, Sasquatch. It appears that you are right, they were probably just there and not very noticeable until after, I just made a second today, completely with hours of hand sanding, and no scratches to be seen. Thank you!
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