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For starters.... 30 blocks Mimmo briar (recv'd summer 2016). Mimmo 30 block package on https://www.romeobriar.com/briarshop/us.html. $550 Trent Rudat briar chuck (w/ mounting plate for SB 9A - 1 1/2") $350 2- 4" J. Allen French wheels with extra sanding disks (7-120Gr, 6-220Gr. and 3-400Gr...

Been a while since I've been on here but getting ready to get rid of most of my stuff. Among other things, retirement is approaching and I'm getting ready to put my house on the market and move to FL. This is a serious downsize for me so will make everything from briar and ebonite to a SB Model 9A l...

I'm glad I'm a pipemaker, a repair guy needs way too many buffs.

And, they've got to be way cleaner than I'm even capable of.

-Pat

For me, the light sanding between coats and even of the final coat followed by buffing evens out any imperfections and provides the deep shine.

-Pat

Until you pointed out it was supposed to be the dot, I thought it was bird shit.

-Pat

If your head and tail stocks are lined up and the jacobs chuck in in line with all that, I'd think it should work OK. I'd check for something simple like a bent drill bit.

-Pat

Good to see another New Englander in the group. Welcome.

-Pat

As I'm sure you'll hear, it's tough to critique a freehand as there are no standards. Your finish looks decent but need to go back and work on the bit. Still looks squared and can't imagine that would be very comfortable for the smoker.

-Pat

Congrats to you and family!

-Pat

but found it difficult and tedious to sand off the base layer of stain with 1500 grit sandpaper I've found that wiping/rubbing down the base stain layer with a DNA saturated cloth makes the sanding part go a lot easier - if needed at all. If nothing else, you get that top layer off that clogs the s...

Thanks Emmanuel. Found the youtube demos.

-Pat

I gave the CA a try and then fitted a tenon. Unfortunately, the pipe got away from me on the shaping wheel and the delrin tenon broke between the main stem and the first ring with that glued joint breaking apart. Seems with pipe making, I need to screw up everything new at least once before I arrive...

Thanks Andrew. I just don't have the experience with CA on an application like this and was concerned about stability of the end product. I'll do that and face each ring as I go and applying the tenon last. Appreciate the input.

-Pat

I'm hoping that someone here can provide some solution to an issue I'm having both turning and integrating a wood embellishment ring to a stem. Can't believe that this hadn't been run into by others and solved. I'm using a wood lathe to true up the face of my stem and I can insert a delrin tenon. Th...

Real name: Pat Higgins Age: 56 Location: Gardner, MA Years a pipe smoker: Back at it for about a year How you got into pipe making: Smoked a pipe years ago and never threw out my favorite pipe - a 1984 Tinsky Bulldog. After smoking cigars the last 8 years or so, ran into a guy at the local cigar lou...

Best of all to you and your family. Looking forward to your updates.

-Pat

Thank you both for comments. I have read that you really need to have an idea about what the finished product will look like before you get into - hence the value of sketching something out beforehand. That point was driven home on this pipe as I really had no idea what the transition from bowl area...

Everyone of these I do turns into quite a learning experience. This one felt like a lot more work than others - especially trying to get a respectably straight line where the bottom of the pipe transitions to the convex top portion while still maintaining overall symmetry. Don't know if I didn't get...

Thanks Jeremiah. Regardless of whether a prince bowl does slip below the shank or not, my intent was not to have that happen. In fact, previous pipe critiques have mentioned the 'chin' but in looking at the pics, there is a definite kink and dip. Must be some mental block or something. Thanks for yo...

Never owned this style much less tried to make one. It's #8 for me and am trying to target areas that get mentioned from previous feedback. Stem length is one of the the things I keep looking at on this one - don't know if it works on this or not. Your critique is much appreciated. Thanks, Pat https...