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While I'm not a bow-tie guy, I will say this...contrary to popular belief I think every man should know how to sew. Well, at least mend. I know more of sewing than my girlfriend and probably grandmother combined! It has proven a very useful trade to know something of, saving me thousands of dollars...

Personally I would wait on the Warmoth or other higher-end kits until you get a feel for how everything fits together. I'm sure I will get poo-pooed on this suggestion, but Saga produces a very affordable kit that, if you pay attention and follow direction while assembling, is actually a rather dec...

SEXEH pipe indeed! I am going to brown nose on Sas here and agree that the line on the top of the shank is slightly off kilter.

Hopefully someone will post a sand blaster on craigslist soon.

As Rad points out, you dont need lots of speeds. If you only have one speed available then you soon learn to make that work for everything. Similarly even if you have a huge range of speeds available you will oftne find that after a while you tend to stick to one or two speeds. I have 9 speeds avai...

Just when a guy thinks he might learn something on this forum.... *poof* in an explosion of sarcasm. Perhaps we're running the wrong software? Thanks Sas. The point of the question was really less about what people's opinion of multiple speeds is, and more about since I want multiple speeds if anyo...

Why use only one speed when a setup like what I am talking about solves all your speeds.

Not to mention this is going to be specifically for sanding, I am going to use a modified bench grinder for the buffing setup.

The point was really less about time spent, and more about the most parts located in one tool that I could acquire relatively cheaply. I was planning to take out the shaft and use the available pulley setup alongside the motor, and pillow blocks was all I could see that would need to be purchased, u...

Anyone here use or know of someone who has used a drill press as a motor setup?

You know buying a drill press from craigslist and tearing it down and using its components, pulley setup included, as a variable speed sanding motor.

Any details or pictures or advice is welcomed.

If you were to search the internet for videos of pipe making or "first pipes" you might see just how far ahead your ingenuity has taken you. I have seen things as bizarre as people gluing sheets of plywood together and carving from them, very strange indeed for a very many reasons. Your pi...

The photoshopping of the pipes into similar surroundings is a perfect touch.

Your pipes have an amazing shape. It is always really nice to see some not so traditional work.

Screw the pipes, I am a man of hardware. That said I will show you my modest pipe shop where two of us work after we set it up, which is in early January. The funny thing is that most of these pictures have really compiled into the idea I settled on and have now drawn and mocked up. So expect to see...

It's beginning to look alot like a DANK christmas.

Think I will be getting a Leeson 1/2hp motor! I am really excited about setting that bad boy up for sanding.

Anyone else expecting some delicious Xmas goodies?

I am going to sell my girlfriend for this machinery. Any takers?

And here I am contemplating everything I can sell to grab a lathe. You ol' SOB. JK, but really that's incredible man.

Holy shit this is fantastic work. Your style is very unique, we would all be very interested to read about some of your methods. Particularly with the egg you have up there, how'd you core it like that? The style I am after with sort of feeling out these very flowy shapes is evident in your work, an...

They really are a great tool, but always seemed to be the one thing I would buy for someone else, and never myself. Which is why having them as a gift was awesome, because I could actually have them for me now.

Also did you get my pm?

Dude, fantastic pipe, the grain on the top and the finish you put on it makes it look like little gold leaf flake all under
a perfectly finished polish.

It is awesome and inspiring to keep on through my journey when I see work like this.

When you say boxes I assume you mean casing for the pipes. Like a package maybe. I really enjoy using our local humidor. They keep the empty cigar boxes(both the cardboard and very elaborate and nice wooden ones) and sell them for only $2 each. I take those and sand the logo out(if it is stamped in)...

My friend and I went shopping for some tools yesterday(a web client finally paid up after chasing them for 6 months) We purchased a Skil 9" Bandsaw some random doohickies to build a rotating mount for the motors, and a 5-Speed variable Skil Drill Press. The other beauty of the drill press is no...

Whatever you do, if it's battery powered, do your best to stay away. All kidding aside....

I really dig the Ryobi series, and Craftsman of course. Just because there is so much cheaply available for them.