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Hopefully this is something easy to remedy. I have used 6mm ss tubing on a couple of pipes with bamboo shanks and for some reason the fit is just a little too loose. The pipe I am making now, I put a (what I thought was) little bit of super glue in the mortise to try and tighten things up. I let it sit for a couple minutes, picked up the pipe to find that the glue had travelled down the inside of the shank all the way to the chamber...

I am hoping one of you more enlightened gentleman could tell me if there are better ways to do this.

Also, if I sand the glue out, is the pipe still okay to smoke? I did read that super glue has some bad kind of stuffs in it, but it would be a shame to chuck this pipe.

Thanks,
Kiel

I have been making an ebonite sleeve with integral "cap" to line the mortise of a bamboo pipe. It is a much tighter and stable fit to the ss tubing.

To remove the super glue run the drill bit back down the air hole. In future if you want to put super glue in the mortise use a cotton bud (q-tip)

I do the same as Joe and turn a sleeve that includes the band/cap. Ebonite is much more stable than bamboo so you won't have to worry whether it will shrink or swell over time.

Solomon_pipes wrote:I have been making an ebonite sleeve with integral "cap" to line the mortise of a bamboo pipe. It is a much tighter and stable fit to the ss tubing.

wdteipen wrote:I do the same as Joe and turn a sleeve that includes the band/cap. Ebonite is much more stable than bamboo so you won't have to worry whether it will shrink or swell over time.

I will try playing around with that further down the line. Thanks for the idea.

caskwith wrote:To remove the super glue run the drill bit back down the air hole. In future if you want to put super glue in the mortise use a cotton bud (q-tip)

Thanks caskwith. I will work on getting it all out today. Q-tip is good. As soon as I noticed super glue in my chamber I knew it wasn't the smartest way to fix the problem.

Kiel

wdteipen wrote:I do the same as Joe and turn a sleeve that includes the band/cap. Ebonite is much more stable than bamboo so you won't have to worry whether it will shrink or swell over time.

FWIW, this method is introducing another problem. I have a pipe in my shop that I am repairing for a good customer because this little cap pulled out of the bamboo. Just a heads up. (It wasn't made by anyone in this thread.)

Tyler wrote:

wdteipen wrote:I do the same as Joe and turn a sleeve that includes the band/cap. Ebonite is much more stable than bamboo so you won't have to worry whether it will shrink or swell over time.

FWIW, this method is introducing another problem. I have a pipe in my shop that I am repairing for a good customer because this little cap pulled out of the bamboo. Just a heads up. (It wasn't made by anyone in this thread.)

I'm still going to focus on making stems, my transitions with the bamboo, and briar before I start playing with sleeves. It is good to know when I do start playing with sleeves Tyler can fix them for me

kamkiel wrote:

Tyler wrote:

wdteipen wrote:I do the same as Joe and turn a sleeve that includes the band/cap. Ebonite is much more stable than bamboo so you won't have to worry whether it will shrink or swell over time.

FWIW, this method is introducing another problem. I have a pipe in my shop that I am repairing for a good customer because this little cap pulled out of the bamboo. Just a heads up. (It wasn't made by anyone in this thread.)

I'm still going to focus on making stems, my transitions with the bamboo, and briar before I start playing with sleeves. It is good to know when I do start playing with sleeves Tyler can fix them for me

With George not posting someone has to be the resident repairman.