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Oh well... the only thing sure in life is it's dynamicism... constant change is a necessary ingredient for growth, but nothing is ever really lost. Time may hide things from us, but nothing is lost. I think it is sort of like the conservation of mass/energy... things that seem to disappear may not b...

I had a similar problem... Yazid said he was redoing the website. I think that is all it is.

Matt

At least in my experience, stains don't affect flavor. My pumkin stain is just pumkin juice, boiled about to half it's original volume, mixed with Everclear.... it works great.

Matt

NvilleDave, Sorry... just got my ass before my head. I have made rifles, as I have made pipes, and find them both fascinating. Physical storefronts are continually disappearing, and this is not necessarily bad... just evolution. But the pipemakers art will follow quickly, or will find new life... wh...

LexKY Pipe,

It shoud be there this weekend.

Matt

LexKY Pipe,

It shoud be there this weekend.

Matt

Nvilledave,

Are you Greg? I have made a flinter myself, though amateurish, sould love a REAL opinion of it. I thank you in advance for your consideration.

Matt.

Alex, There is alot to be said for trusting your feelings on this. I think if you feel more comfortable using a certain tool as opposed to another, then you should. I even have a favorite chisel. It seems when you have a tool you prefer, you tend to use it more, and get further aquainted with its pa...

Alex, Hey... don't get me wrong... I love precision too. I used to machine metals to a ten-thousandth... and of course, the more precise you cut your pipes, the less likely you are to introduce errors. But I have never machined a stummel or stem to any more than a thousandth, I am sure. I also find ...

Alex, As Pipemanruss said, buy as large and as sturdy a model as you can afford and have room for. I don't think you will be dissappointed in choosing the press before a lathe. I am somewhat embarrassed to confess that I have turned a tennon on a pipe I repaired by chucking the tenon material in the...

Pipemanruss,

If you need some bees wax, let me know where to send it. I can send you some if you let me know your address. I guarantee it to be pure, since I harvest it myself.

Matt
trilithon1@netzero.net

Hey... if it is working to your satisfaction, problem solved. But wow... I sit here thinking about how you could run the entire shop with a motor of that size. Also, with a motor of that vintage, make sure you keep it lubricated, since they didn't make sealed bearings back then. Does it have cups fo...

Mr Talbert,

By the way, most of Europe os on 50 cycles instead of 60 here in the states, but the principles are the same... you should be fine controlling your motor speed with a variac.

Matt.

Mr. Talbert

It is an old motor... it will handle a variac... try running it for 15 minutes on normal power, and then hook it up to a variac.... I bet it will handle the half-wave very well. Let me know how it goes.

Matt

Lex,

I am a beekeeper Lex. How much do you need?

Matt.

Alex,

By the way, I have chucked barstock in a drill press. I think if you are conserned with money, go with a drill press, if you are concerned with money, make a jig to hold things in a drill press.

Matt

Alex, I would personnally, buy a drill press first. Just my prejudice, but I find a drill press as versitile and utilitarian. But you also have to look at things as they are... a lathe is nothing more than a horizontal drill press, and a drill press is nothing more than a vertical lathe. Consider ho...

Kurt,

Grain or extract?

Matt

In my humble opinion, why don't you step it down through a secondary shaft, mounted with several pulleys? Unless you are working with extraordinarily limited space, you could even drive a mainshaft with that which could run many tool simutaneously. As far as your capacitor-starters go, they ony need...

Hello group.... I had to get in on this one. Have you considered a natural stain? Pumkin actually has a strong orange juice, which can be extracted easily by squeezing. Once squoze, take the juice and boil it in a stainless-steel pan for a few minutes to boil off some of the water, and the mix it wi...