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Thanks for the welcomes. I’ve watched George’s vids on making high quality pipe stems over and over. Looks alot easier when you don’t see all the finesse going on between taping sessions. I had no idea the stem would be the hardest part for me. Not used to working within tolerances in the thousanths...

I have been reading the Forum for a few months and am very impressed with the content. Real name: Dallas Day Age: 77 Career: Retired from a lifetime of enterprises in the hardwood woodworking field, including stair parts manufacturing and hardwood floor refinishing. Hobby: Wood lathe projects. Locat...

Real name: Dallas Day Age: 77 Career: Retired from a lifetime of enterprises in the hardwood woodworking field, including stair parts manufacturing and hardwood floor refinishing. Hobby: Wood lathe projects. Location: Vancouver WA “The Couve” Pipe smoking history: not since I was about 25. Interest ...

I’ll add this because it might be surprising to some. I had an industrial wood lathe operation with heavy automatic lathes. Any vibration was visible right at the cutter, and just because the heavy machines were on concrete slabs, did not mean the slab didn’t vibrate. When installing a lathe, we lev...