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Drill bits have arrived. First impression is that the quality is very high with large, thick carbide blades that should last a long time even with sharpening. Looking at the construction method I would guess they were made by a company making router bits, they have a milled and ground tool steel co...

Guys, I hate to do this, but I've got to pull out. My "play" time in the shop is down to nothing and there's no way I will be able to make a pipe to even Turd standard before the deadline.

I haven't even ordered rod for the stem.

It's a mess.

When I voted for live edge, I was imagining making an old school yachtsman, dublin or something similar.

... That makes me nervous. It's one thing to patch a hole in a cheap pipe so it can continue to function. It is completely another to conceal an issue with, let's say for the sake of argument, a Bo Nordh, and then try and sell the pipe as original and pristine... Repairs should be disclosed when se...

I'm in. It's been a long friggin time coming but it's finally time too step up my game.

Bend your stem. You don't want to have a hot bowl of tobacco that close to your eye when you clench

Charl wrote:Where you from, btw?

Burlington, VT, USA.

Some of my pipe turds so far: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UNXVLAw24lI/VQzVqQSWEmI/AAAAAAAADw4/cbJj6-KGn1s/w1153-h865-no/20150319_200322.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bnFUiWFxjs8/U6rMJk5R0cI/AAAAAAAACs4/wOzruJQVSWs/w1153-h865-no/20140624_123655.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...

Tyler wrote:Yes, but can you make them under water?

Naw, never did make it through college...

Sweetgrass baskets are taking up more of my time since the lathe is dead. I'm in year 2 of a 3 year apprenticeship with a master Abenaki basketmaker who's a cousin. Keeping the family tradition going and all that jazz. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EBor9D4TxMM/U10m6tvzWGI/AAAAAAAAB-s/pyLHcG5jfp...

Real name: Aaron Wood
Age: 25
Location: Burlington, VT
Years a pipe smoker: 2
How you got into pipe making: Hobby budget was maxed out so I started drilling holes in blocks of wood.
Other interesting facts: I make my money in inpatient psychiatry as a "tech". I weave baskets.

Drill your draught hole with a pump drill and you will have my respect forever.

I appreciate the culture here. Bring your best, and the members tell you how you might improve. It's the next step for new makers that have gone as far as their own eyes and perspective can take them. My pipes so far aren't worth putting up here for critique. I need to up my game and solve the glari...

Best you're going to get is Federal Cigar down in Epping.

If it wasn't grown in the US, it's not river cane.

Steve, let me know the next time you throw a party. Next time I won't let work get in the way

I was looking forward to a kilt...

Have to work that day, unfortunately. Might be able to get it off but no promises

Damn, I work on the 17th.