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- Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:45 am
- Forum: Buy, Sell, or Trade
- Topic: Looking for cracked blocks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2534
Re: Looking for cracked blocks
Yup! You'll definately get plenty of cracked ones from Juan. I drilled number 5 of 10 last night. Four have been cracked or heavily pitted.
- Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:31 am
- Forum: Stummels
- Topic: What to do with this block of wood
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2876
Re: What to do with this block of wood
When I look at that block, I see a big dublin.
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: getting slightly impatient
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1271
Re: getting slightly impatient
Well, that's whatchya get for getting married!
Re: Ballerina
Over all I like it. The only thing that is sticking out to me is the curves from shank to stem don't seem to match. Maybe too much angle on the mortise?
Everything else is beautiful to me.
Everything else is beautiful to me.
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:53 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Just finished
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1951
Re: Just finished
Uhm, I don't know what your previous work looks like (I'm new around here), but that is beautiful!
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:40 am
- Forum: Pipes
- Topic: Any ideas on the maker
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3024
Re: Any ideas on the maker
I agree, it is a POS. That's part of the reason of why I'm asking. The pipe belongs to one of my uncles. My current mission pipe-wise is to make him a good pipe to replace it.
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:33 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Are we allowed to say "damnit" in here?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1389
Re: Are we allowed to say "damnit" in here?
hey, no wait, capital, Hey wait. @jeremyV imsorrry you gotabum briar block, that sucks! i cant say much bes=cause im really "f"d up right now, but i got some blocks like that myself. not sure where im going with is....did i type this corectly?? Well, in this case "correctly" is ...
- Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:19 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Are we allowed to say "damnit" in here?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1389
Re: Are we allowed to say "damnit" in here?
JeremyV: Have you tried a pothole patch? That pit is big! I feel bad for you. My first piece of briar had a big pit inside the bowl and a bunch of small pits around the outside of the bowl, but that blows all my pits away! :( Nah, I put a stem from another pipe on it and smoked it a couple times, b...
- Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:03 am
- Forum: Tools and Tooling
- Topic: Your block preparation suggestions...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2965
Re: Your block preparation suggestions...
I don't have my briar chuck finished yet, so I've been drilling on a press. I square up on a table saw and then chuck it up in one of these little chingaderas. http://www.harborfreight.com/5-inch-drill-press-milling-vise-94276.html I mark my block up on all sides and then make sure I chuck it square...
- Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:46 am
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Third Pipe - Criticism Appreciated
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1226
Re: Third Pipe - Criticism Appreciated
Looks pretty good, but I will offer a couple of points of critique. I too have been making the few pipes I've made so far by hand. In order to get the rim of the bowl as even as possible, I've been marking them with a compass, grind/sand to that line, then work from the top down. I think it may have...
- Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:40 pm
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Question on polishing stem on an estate pipe
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7270
Re: Question on polishing stem on an estate pipe
True, but with a little finesse on an 1800 rpm baldor, I had no trouble.
- Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:27 am
- Forum: Stem Work
- Topic: Question on polishing stem on an estate pipe
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7270
Re: Question on polishing stem on an estate pipe
Why not just give it a bump on the buffing wheel with some 1200 compound?
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:22 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: damn its hot!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1132
Re: damn its hot!
I spent last week moving. There was one afternoon when I started getting light headed and tunnel visioned. And I'm not talkin' about drinkin' whiskey or focusing on my work. I HAD to take a break. I'm starting to think that the earth is falling off of it's axis. Our summers and winters are starting ...
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:11 am
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: My Egg Pipe
- Replies: 9
- Views: 956
Re: My Egg Pipe
Very nice! I agree with Kurt's comment about the curve though. I'd consider heating closer to the stummel first and get a longer, but more gentle bend going vs all of it being on the rear 1/3.
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:06 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: damn its hot!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1132
Re: damn its hot!
Damn you Boekweg! My wife and kids just got there yesterday afternoon (Green River) and called just to say it was 79 degrees. It was still 105 on my front porch at 8:30 last night.Boekweg wrote:Its actually very nice here in Wyoming. I'm lovin it.
Where in Wyoming are ya?
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:00 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Hand Fatigue
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2027
Re: Hand Fatigue
If it's so bad that you're having to stop for prolonged periods of time, it may be just your general health. You don't have to be old to get arthritis, you just have to be missing the nutrients that allow it to set in. You may consider taking calcium, potassium (not more than 100mg/day) and B vitami...
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:21 am
- Forum: Raw Materials
- Topic: Group Ebonite buy
- Replies: 167
- Views: 22398
Re: Group Ebonite buy
I'd like to hear the details. I just ordered my first ebonite rod last night. That shit is expensive!
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:10 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: damn its hot!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1132
damn its hot!
109 here yesterday. I saw the devil panting in the shade!
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:46 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: A Squashed Tomato squashed my...errr....tomatoes!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1393
Re: A Squashed Tomato squashed my...errr....tomatoes!
Too bad you weren't recording a "how to" video when that happened. You could have gotten rich on youtube with that one.
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:17 am
- Forum: Finishing Techniques
- Topic: Blast!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3114
Re: Blast!
Thanks for clearing that up. Now post the pics already!Tyler wrote:One of my buddies uses that phrase as a euphemism for going to the bathroom, but I really went to the pool.