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by Mats.B
Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:26 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: First pipe: Billiard, criticism wanted!
Replies: 14
Views: 1457

Re: First pipe: Billiard, criticism wanted!

Approx 30h of wich almost 10 h on the inside of the steam. I have made a fixture to drill the transition between the round and flat section. I hope this will reduce the time spent on the smoke canal to around 30 min instead... Hope it will work!
by Mats.B
Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:58 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: First pipe: Billiard, criticism wanted!
Replies: 14
Views: 1457

Re: First pipe: Billiard, criticism wanted!

It's really hard to critique this knowing it's your first pipe, because it's a really great first pipe. So, let's pretend you've been making pipes a while and this is your 15th pipe or so. With the button thickness already mentioned, I'd add that you don't typically want to stain the inside of the ...
by Mats.B
Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:38 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: First pipe: Billiard, criticism wanted!
Replies: 14
Views: 1457

Re: First pipe: Billiard, criticism wanted!

I would recommend you read the following study. Best regards. Félix Me permito recomendarte la lectura del siguiente estudio. Saludos. Félix http://www.fumeursdepipe.net/arttuyauxroan.htm Thanks for the link. I seems realy interesting and i will read it with a little help from google translate..
by Mats.B
Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:30 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: First pipe: Billiard, criticism wanted!
Replies: 14
Views: 1457

Re: First pipe: Billiard, criticism wanted!

Thank you for all the nice comments! And also for the advice! I will try to start the taper in line with the steam on my next pipe . Hopefully that will make it easier to do the bit thinner aswell. This was a problem for me. It was hard to go thinner on the bit without destroying the sweeping line o...
by Mats.B
Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:30 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: First pipe: Billiard, criticism wanted!
Replies: 14
Views: 1457

First pipe: Billiard, criticism wanted!

Hi all! My interest in pipes is rather new, infact it started this cristmas when i thougth about making a pipe for my father. The briar/ebonite/gear shippingtime took a month due to errors made by the mail, so i got time to do reserch during this time and i found myself more and more interesting in ...