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On a smooth pipe this is achieved by sanding till your hands cramp
Switching to a finer grit and repeat step one

I had several from Demitri, fine quality for the price they work better than the J Alan bits
Imo spend the money

Has anyone have any experience wit laser engraver? Last time I saw one they were as much as 11 thousand For a desktop model.The I saw one on eBay while looking at pipes and it was like $200- can this be right have they come down that much?I know the is vast difference in quality but wow if this woul...

Happy Veterans Day to all who served
Henery got it why can't others
https://youtu.be/A-yZNMWFqvM

If that's the case then I consider Gubbels' machine a bit more "handmade" than these, they at least require 1 completed stummel as an example, which is still made by hand if I'm not mistaken. The completed stummel is usually made of molded steel so it doesn't wear down over hundred of use...

Spot on Chris, they have 2 or 3 of them that do 10 at a time as well as traditional machinery
As seen in the Chacom factory There's only a few ways to accomplish commercially it's not that big a secret.

Doc you would be supprised just how easy it is reletevly speaking
basic metal working for someone with the right tools.

Bjorn Thurmann was one of the greats sadly he passed a year ago in order to do it like that he told me that you have to set your compound a little fast and loose some people may not like the compound that loose due to play and run out. truly a gentleman who was well loved in the danish pipemaking co...

Think we got it

Had to pull the trigger on this one. South bend mod.C 9" with all the fixins $250-American ready to work http:/wwwi900.photobucket.com/albums/ac207/pipemaker02/IMG_1071_zpsqdvkjz87.jpg http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac207/pipemaker02/IMG_1070_zps56dyfwn6.jpg http://i900.photobucket.com/albu...

OK so you you went gangsta

George, have you gone gangsta on us??

Thanks Sas, that's what I thought,
I just didn't know if th shoulder was
Cut out and the acrylic notched so to speak
Maybe George would know

It looks pretty straight forward its just the shoulder that gets me

Sas are those tooling marks I see or blotches????

Hi all I was looking through some 40s/50s vintage popular mechanics and looked at some of the old classifieds advertising pipes repair,tobacco etc. Just like George did before the advent of the internet. Anyway I digress there was a corp. Called Briar Hill corp. Out of Ohio when I looked it up the n...

Great deal probably won't last long

https://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/tls/d ... 42318.html

No critique on the first pipe listen to the others and understand what they are saying
Before you attempt the next one. Nice attempt

You can build it to fit on top of your lathe line it up with your head stock
(Bada Bing Bada boom promote that man)

very reminesent of what the have used in saint claude for 100 years
https://youtu.be/QtZl7f0lJ3E at 7:58