Pipe #5 First Hand Cut Stem
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:26 pm
Pipe #5. First "successful" hand cut stem. I was going for a billiard here.
This one was tough and I have to say I'm not ecstatic about the final product. I can see issues including the backwards cant, pinched look at bowl/shank, roughness inside the slot as well as a stem shank gap…I was dismayed to find that at the very end of sanding, a small gap at the bottom of the stem shank transition appeared. This was not present before and I'm not sure what caused it. Then when I was sanding off my first coat of stain with 400 and 600 grit I noticed there were now areas where the stem was proud. Perhaps I could have fixed this, but at that point in the process I wasn't sure how. Everything was perfectly flush and then it wasn't. Thoughts about what may have caused this and how to avoid it in the future are most welcome.
What else am I not seeing? Is it as bad as I think it is? Is the stem shank gap as bad to everyone else as it is to me? (It actually much easier to see it in photos than in person) Is it worse? …Pointers, critiques and tips about the pipe in general are most welcome (desired). The question about is it as bad as it looks is genuine. Sometimes I can't separate myself from a project and be objective. Please don't sugar coat, I want and can (probably) handle the honesty.
Hopefully #6 will get closer to the mark. Thanks everyone.
This one was tough and I have to say I'm not ecstatic about the final product. I can see issues including the backwards cant, pinched look at bowl/shank, roughness inside the slot as well as a stem shank gap…I was dismayed to find that at the very end of sanding, a small gap at the bottom of the stem shank transition appeared. This was not present before and I'm not sure what caused it. Then when I was sanding off my first coat of stain with 400 and 600 grit I noticed there were now areas where the stem was proud. Perhaps I could have fixed this, but at that point in the process I wasn't sure how. Everything was perfectly flush and then it wasn't. Thoughts about what may have caused this and how to avoid it in the future are most welcome.
What else am I not seeing? Is it as bad as I think it is? Is the stem shank gap as bad to everyone else as it is to me? (It actually much easier to see it in photos than in person) Is it worse? …Pointers, critiques and tips about the pipe in general are most welcome (desired). The question about is it as bad as it looks is genuine. Sometimes I can't separate myself from a project and be objective. Please don't sugar coat, I want and can (probably) handle the honesty.
Hopefully #6 will get closer to the mark. Thanks everyone.