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I'm coming. It was a close decision, but I'm coming.

Be there Friday night. See you all there.

My attendance is really up in the air right now. My shop time has been almost nil for the last few months.

I do have a table already, so theres that.

We shall see...

Most annoying thing with sodium silicate is that it can tend to leave a white residue when it finally dries. Almost looks like dried up saltwater. As long as your ratios are ok, that's unlikely to happen, but if there is even a little bit too much in your mix, bam. That, and what Ernie said. People ...

Sounds like ring grain to me...pretty normal

taharris wrote:I did this Celtic style Dublin for a customer in Ireland and sent it to Simeon Turner for sand blasting.

I think he did a tremendous job. Thanks Simeon.

Todd

Man, too blad that blast sucks. Otherwise I really like that pipe.

Am I missing something? The longest churchwarden stem available on the PME website is 9"

http://www.pipemakers.org/vulcanitestem ... _v2013.jpg

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AldenW wrote:Thanks for all the kind words! And pro tip 'squatch; don't smoke in a rabbit hole.

The stem is one long piece of vulcanite; it started as one of the pre-molded stems from PME. They're quite long. I spent a good deal of time getting that wavy bend right!

PME sells a stem that long? No way.

I love that stem. I'm assuming it's spliced, not one huge piece of ebonite?

My shellac, unfortunately, is not the flake kind; it's the hardware-store pre-mixed stuff. It's pretty new. I tried diluting it this time, with denatured alcohol, but when I went to wipe the shellac off it pulled up a lot of stain with it. It is much smoother than before though. I've spent waaaay t...

How much dilution have you done to it, Alden? My shellac is way more denatured alcohol than shellac.

Tyler, isn't Grant Batson rocking a French wheel? I thought for sure he had one.

Don,

Jeff and Ernie are hacks. Come see me at the West Coast show this year and ill point you in the right direction. Welcome to the boards.

UberHuberMan wrote:Oh, and is a raging prick.

This is even more true now that we know he's got the clap.

I use a lamb bit that is great. I set my lathe at about 450 rpms for it.

scotties22 wrote: The SEM girl, or his mom???

Yes.

I only use shark skin that I harvest from baby great white sharks. I find it exceeds everything else, and I can charge triple because I use exotic sandpaper.

I think you were distracted by her tongue in your ear. No, no. 'Twas Bruce Weaver who got an ear-full. Rad You say that as if there was no possibility of the love being spread around a little. Are you suggesting that Bruce has The Clap? I wasn't aware that could be spread through the ears. :shock:

Ernie, I've got a slightly used flux capacitor you can buy from me. Cheap. I'll bring it to Vegas with me.

As for bamboo and horn, I'd like 5 horn units and then black bamboo enough to bring my order up to $150. I can pay as soon as Ernie buys my junk...err...I mean flux capacitor.

Chris-

Who wrote this up for you? It's way too cogent, wise, and helpful to have come from you.