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Very cool. Thanks for posting this.

There was a good bit of interest in these on the reddit cigar forum http://www.reddit.com/r/cigars . I'm sure you could get your hubby some really nice cigars in trade for these if you were up for such a thing. The guys on the pipe tobacco forum http://www.reddit.com/r/PipeTobacco were even more int...

I smoked one last night and it was fantastic. The draw was smooth and cool like a calabash and that really allowed the flavors to stand out more than loose leaf in a bowl. It was strong, and made me dizzy at about bowl level, which generally doesn't happen to me. I was likely smoking too fast since ...

Congratulations!

Some two year old Cumberland in a shop pipe Poker, some homebrew pale ale, and Led Zeppelin III. I haven't listened to this in a loooong time.

Thanks Jeremiah. I think I'm going to spend some more time on the grinder and learn to grind some tools this weekend. I need to get more practice sharpening too.

Can anyone offer some advice on how best to make ornamentation on a stem with a metal lathe? Maybe which tool, how fast to spin, and how to make smooth curves? I'm destroying a bunch of stock trying to make any kind of a smooth curved angle. Is there a video of fancy stem technique anywhere? I haven...

Thank you for posting this Walt! I really learn a ton by watching how you pros work. Sometimes I feel like I'm reinventing the wheel way too much.

Congratulations Bruce!

I thought my wife was the only one that knew that dance.

Some Gaslight in a Missouri Meerschaum, accompanied by a little Jefferson Ocean. They pair quite well.

Fantastic work!

The worst part is that after I sold a Pappy 20 and 23, and bought a lower end wood lathe and a Taig, there are suddenly some nice old metal lathes listed on craigslist.

As you can tell from some of my posts I've had bad TAD Tool Acquisition Disorder. I sacrificed a chunk of my bourbon collection to tool up. I think I must surely have reached the end...right?

As a beginner with very similar goals I went with a 1/2hp Enclosed Grizzly motor, the Beall setup, and an arbor from Kurt that I can use to mount normal sanding disks (the Beall won't do that). It's working fantastic in my limited experience. I have a duct in the front I can attach to my Shop-vac, a...

WCannoy wrote:I had a setup like this many years ago. It's great for a guy who just wants a bunch of different wheels for no apparent reason!

The Cannoy Buffing Command Center!

Ah so. I went back and read your first query. I had mini metal lathe in my head. I'll stand by my recommendation to not put that chuck or anything similar to it on that small of a lathe. You might get away with it on a midi size but you would definitely want the Morse taper mount to reduce the exte...

oklahoma red wrote:12" inch swing with only a 16" bed is a bid of an oddity. What is it? Got a pic?

Rikon 70-100, this critter here: http://www.rikontools.com/productpage_70-100.htm It's a fairly popular "starter" lathe.

I don't know how "mini" your lathe is but I would not recommend trying to use it on a small lathe especially if you are holding it in a three jaw. Holding it that way increases the overhang to a point where you won't have much in the way of tailstock travel. My lathe is a 12" x 16&qu...

Thank you Bill, those are great points. Has anyone seen the monster chuck that Tony Warner posted on instagram? Here's one of his posts showing it: http://instagram.com/p/nv2kjVCB-O/ Any opinions on that beast? It weighs 12lbs and is a little scary, but I may have a unique opportunity to get one. It...