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Okay, after looking over the exploded part detail of the tailstock I realized there was something amiss (I was looking for the gibs and something else just clicked). There was something out of line that was keeping the quill from going back in all the way, monkeyed around with it last night and got ...

Not sure if it's right or not, but in cleaning up estate blasts I use the Halcyon II http://www.finepipes.com/Halcyon/halcyon.htm with a little Dremel 403 brush (nylon 1") that seems to work pretty well. Of course I run it on the slowest speed my Dremel will go.

Pipesandcigars.com has the Hartwell tobaccos, at least the Signature Blend which I just purchased from them a few weeks ago. If you care for Virginias I'd suggest giving MacBaren's VA #1 a try, it's my go-to. Some think it bites hard, but I've never had a problem with it. Just keep trying new stuff,...

It only wobbles when I loosen the nut that holds it tight when I am attempting to slide it in further. I start with the bit just barely not touching the briar (and tailstock locked down) and power up the lathe then feed the bit as far as it goes with the wheel, loosen nut, slide up a bit (this is wh...

Okay, with my new lathe I think I'm ready to try my hand at Delrin, but which one do I use? I have copied and pasted the snippette below from http://www.professionalplastics.com/cgi-bin/pp.pl?pgm=co_disp&func=displ&prrfnbr=85304&strfnbr=3&prname=Delrin®-Acetal-Homopolymer Delrin Exhi...

I jsut purchased a used Jet BD-920N lathe and have spent the past few days playing with it. I have found one very serious drawback. Not sure if this is typical of the metal lathes, but the wood lathe I had before was a true piece of crap but I could turn the wheel on the tailstock and the thing woul...

Thanks Tyler. I follow it and there is nothing up yet for the coming year though, :cry: although it says the info will be up in the next month. I am trying to schedule my vacaton time for next year with work as it is harder to get the dates I want as it gets closer to them. Hopefully it'll be up soo...

Do you think it would be possible to have a list of all known pipe shows coming up somewhere on this forum? I think that would be very helpful. I am interested in getting to as many as possible (financially) just to get my name out there and to actually meet some of you in person. I have been to two...

In response to where to get an oil based stain, try Mohawk's 545 line wiping wood stains (but don't use the 530 wood tone wiping stains, as they contain resins as well as colors) . They don't penetrate briar, but work very well for contrast staining. Like mentioned above, they will not rewet the alc...

Wow, that looks kinda scary. I'd have to build a plexiglass or wood housing for the thing if it was mine.

Why not just get a bench grinder?

Aaron

Thanks to all! Tim West is superfast-he sent it all Express, Andrea is just as fast (got the cumberland, a few blocks of the expensive stuff, and some black rod), and McMaster Carr was also just as fast It all arrived Friday, but had to work at the part time job Friday night. Saturday morning the wi...

Yeah, I got a piece of the economy to practice with and then I got 1 each of the small, medium and large. Tim called me shortly after I put the order through and gave me some pointers. He suggested using CA glue instead of epoxy, I know I'm getting off topic, well, off forum topic since we're in the...

Thanks David, I just went and placed an order with Tim. I was a little emotional yesterday with my initial post, I am working on a piece for a gift and I really needed to get some bamboo for the extension. It is going to be a cavalier with the top 2/3 of the shank bamboo. If it comes out like I see ...

and Andrea is out . Can anyone spare a piece of at least 4 inches. Please email me or post on to this. I can pay you with PayPal or check or blood if you prefer.

I'd also be interested in any other sources if anyone knows of any.

Please help!

Aaron

I ran a search and can't seem to find what I want to know. I was watching the weather last night and saw it was going to rain today, so I decided to go all meer all day. I got to digging through my estate pipe bins and dug out the most smokeable. Over first break and lunch I have had two quite enjoy...

it will not be good for doing an entire pipe - unless you want to spend the entire day Kurt's exactly right. I have a cyclone cabinet and it takes FOREVER to blast an entire pipe. I run it somewhere between 90 and 100 psi (6.2 to 6.9 Bar or 6.33 to 7.03 kg/cm^2). Don't recall off the top of my head ...

If you have not already gone, I'd be interested in tagging along as well. At least maybe we could get together and share what we know (not much to be contributed from me, but it couldn't hurt). I live in Alexander county in Taylorsville, just one county over. Hey, we could start a pipemakers club lo...

spray bottle would have to carefully choosen, they may "spit" - if I may use a technical aerosol term - globs of stain instead of atomizing it well. It wouldn't hurt to try though. You can also purchase pressure units that are basically an aerosol filled with just propellant with a tube in...

Call me silly but I inhale too. I originally started on the briar to get off cigarettes. I still went through the weight gain, but haven't even considered going back to cigs. I inhale much less per bowl than I would from one cig, and the bowl lasts a lot longer! I thought I was the only one who inha...

:D Hi, my name is Aaron, and I'm new here. I've been lurking around here since first thing Monday morning thanks to Dan (bluesmk) turning me on to this sight this past weekend at the Richmond show. Thanks :thumb: ! This sight is great! I can't say that enough. I've learned more here in the past thre...