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mightysmurf8201 wrote:What thickness of plexiglass/acrylic does everyone recommend?

I believe I used 1/4" and I've never had a problem yet with them.

This is what RD Powell used, or something similar to it. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Buffing-Wheel-Adapter-for-Drill-1-2-Arbor-to-1-4-Shank-Buffer-Polisher-Drill-/291837501833?hash=item43f2dee189:g:k80AAOSwnQhXo73L This is what I used, got it on eBay http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z390/AHermit/Arb...

Nope! I loose enough money stay'en at home.

Japanese--that's your problem. Yeah, I know but, when it's all you can afford at the time......... And when I bought it I really didn't think I was going to use much of it but, the Black Acrylic has really been getting on my nerves as of late and Ebonite machines and sands so much nicer. It's times...

W.Pastuch wrote:

RDPowell wrote:Still aint cutting a new stem though, I'm fix'en this one even if it kills him.

That's phrase which is regretted almost as often as it's uttered... Good luck though, hope you can save it.

That's why I said "HIM" and not me.
Thank you sir

Considering you're using inlays, I'm assuming there's epoxy being used as well. Bleach is corrosive and you're taking a big risk in a possible joint failure with your inlays. I've only used the bleach treatment on restorations which I keep for myself, and even then, there's ways to keep the bleach ...

How much smaller in diameter was your stem than the rod? If the answer is "just barely" or "only a little", that's probably the problem. Most experienced pipe makers buy rod that's one size up from what they could get away with, then cut it down. Sometimes that unpredictable out...

I was in the finishing stages of hand cutting a BLACK Ebonite stem and had polished it to see any flaws I might have missed. As I'm looking closely at it I see green (at least it looks green to me) along both sides of the stem before it tappers. I though that's odd see'en it was never in direct sunl...

Personally, I would NOT try and widen a chamber on a perfectly good pipe of this caliber, just buy another with the chamber size you want.
If you don't wish to smoke this one, sell it and the funds from it will aid you in purchasing one that you want. That's just my opinion.

I cut all mine as you can see in the photo, not really hard and only takes me maybe 5 minutes to do and it lays pretty smooth except on the edges
which as far as I'm concerned doesn't matter.

DocAitch wrote:Nice work. I use a keyed chuck on a motor for my rough cutting wheel, didn't bother with turning the shank of the bolt smooth.
DocAitch

Thank you and Neither did I, that's an arbor.

I've made two of'em and they work pretty good but, I don't use the Beall system, instead I use a keyed 1/2" chuck on a 1750 rpm motor mounted on a stand in stead of bench. I cut two pieces (one smaller then the other) Plexiglass on a band-saw, drill it and counter sink one for an arbor and then...

What the hell is going on in the forums these days? Well, seems to me that folks are posting up their work on the other pipe forums and getting all the "oohs and aahs" and "that's the best thing since sliced bread" that is common and default for pretty much any pipe posted in th...

You should make pipes the way you want. If you wanna make pipes with backward cant and straight shanks, just know that it's not found in the Danish or English aesthetic. I think you should at least try it once to make a pipe with a bent shank. Then at least you can say with conviction that you made...

Pipe has been altered from it's original state and the point is no longer there. The gap you seen was only the stem not pushed all the way on, didn't notice it till after photos. I can see were back on this subject of bent shanks, as I explained before not ALL bent pipes have bent shanks some are ju...

photobucket isn't working and I accidentally deleted all my post.
So I reckon just never mind. If there's a Mod here they can delete the entire thread, I'm done.

Wheel or belt, I also use a little 3/16" rasp for that, and folded/rolled up sandpaper or better yet cloth-backed papers. That's exactly what I used today, I found some old Norton cloth backed 180 hidden in the bottom of my sandpaper box and a dowel after using the rat-tail. Also used a Dremel...

wdteipen wrote:I shape the cheeks with a 220 grit French wheel on a VFD. Works great. Very little if any hand filing required.

I'm going to have to make myself a French wheel, I'm sure it'll make my life a little easier when shaping.
Thank you Wayne

PremalChheda wrote:He looks like Lars Ivarsson

Just a shame he can't make a pipe lik'em.

I'm making my 10th pipe right now and not one before it was good enough to sell to anyone. We all must have standards to go by, mine might be a bit high but, when I do sell a pipe I'll not have to worry about the customer being pleased and it serving him well, unless he or she is just a nightmare to...