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- Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:52 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Questions about the "twisted shank"
- Replies: 8
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Questions about the "twisted shank"
Hi everyone- For a long time now I have been trying to figure out how to create a "twisted shank" such as many Radice pipes tend to have. In case you aren't sure what the heck I'm talking about, here is a picture of the type of shank I'm referring to (found on google): http://www.thesmoker...
- Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:25 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, or Trade
- Topic: Pipe In The Hat - 2008/2009
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10548
- Sat Jan 17, 2009 3:54 am
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: Spade bits
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1701
- Sat Jan 17, 2009 3:52 am
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: A Couple Questions About Lathe Work
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1980
- Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:18 am
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: Spade bits
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1701
I picked up a tool at woodcraft that has made sharpeing my lathe tools and my chamber bits much easier. It's totally unnecessary if you have basically good skill with a standard grinder, but since I didn't have skill or confidence when I started pipemaking, I listened to the advice of some of the sa...
- Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:10 am
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: A Couple Questions About Lathe Work
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1980
I have not taken the plunge and bought a custom pipe turning chuck yet....but I hope to soon! :D In the meantime, I have had relatively good success with turning the bowl on my lathe using a simple jam chuck. Jam chucks are basically just scrap wood turned down to the necessary diameter to create a ...
- Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:05 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Drill Press Drilling Suggestion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4494
Re: Drill Press Drilling Suggestion
Not at all! I drill all the pipe kits I make on the drill press since I don't have to lathe shape any part of them. And most freehands as well. Sorry Kurt! Some of the threads I read made it sound like I was the only person left still drilling my holes on a press instead of on my lathe. It's good t...
- Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:20 pm
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: Drill Press Drilling Suggestion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4494
Drill Press Drilling Suggestion
Hi all- I've been devouring everything I can find on the forums for a couple of weeks now since stumbling upon them. Thanks for the amazing information everyone shares! This is a great community! I know now that drilling on the drill press is one step away from taboo around here, but I thought I wou...
- Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:34 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Greetings!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 54707
Greetings!
Hello all- My name is Simeon; I picked up pipe making a few years ago when I was teaching high school English and had access to the school wood shop. Now I don't teach anymore, but I have slowly built up the makings of a modest wood shop of my own (nothing close to the kind of tool access I had at t...