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Canberra here mate.
If you're ever around these parts, do let me know!

An old thread, but I really enjoyed the post, Tyler, great stuff, sir. Thanks so much for posting it.
As a new enthusiast to the craft, I am trying to avoid the avoidable mistakes that you guys have have seen 100's of time before!! I found myself already making a few of them!

Thankyou Gentlemen, both for taking the time to respond, and also for your thoughts and recommendations. Very much appreciated.

I will absolutely be keeping fundamental advice like this at the forefront, and looking forward to getting my hands dirty and my dustcoat dusty!

There’s no such thing as wasting time when you’re making pipes. Time spent planning out your work will save frustration later when the ideas don’t pan out the way you planned. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That makes sence....and I agree 100%. Measure twice....cut once! I guess rather than was...

Welcome from Baltimore. I expect that your experience as a machinist will stand you in good stead for pipe making. As an almost total noob to lathes and drill presses when I started, I am sure there are still huge gaps in my knowledge of such things. You will find that you will be making tools, bit...

Hello folks! Real name: Rob Age: mid 40's Location: Australia Years a pipe smoker: 5, 20 years into cigars and tobacco How you got into pipe making: I love to make things, and fell in love with pipes and pipe culture Other interesting facts: i travel to the US and Cuba regularly with the mission of ...