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Hey Jim: I have both a Mortise cutting tool and a Tenon tool from J. H. Lowe but I haven't used them very often. The way I see it is that I'm making pipes for fun and relaxation as a hobby so I don't need to be in a hurry. I have done away with the Fornster Bit step, I use the lathe cutting tool to ...

Hey Jim, I started using a Jet Mini lathe and a skew. I would spin the wood in a Lamb Chuck, place the chisel on the rest and then have at it. I have also used a self centering 4 jaw chuck, chucked up a wooden dowel the same diameter as my tobacco chamber, jammed the bowl on the dowel and shaped usi...

I believe that since I joined I should put up some of my stuff. Have a look and feel free to make any comments good of bad. http://members.cox.net/nolakrewe/celtic.jpg My son Mikey and I made this one http://members.cox.net/nolakrewe/MiniMe.jpg http://members.cox.net/nolakrewe/Nautilus.jpg http://me...

Hey Jim, Glad you liked the Pics. Barry has not had a staff of five for the last 17 years. He is like most pipe artisans, he works solo. We sat around the studio all day chatting the day I visited I guess it took him about 1.5 hours to complete the particular he was working on. He gave it to me afte...

Engraving work? I'm not exactly sure what you're asking for.

Mike

I love these pictures they always make for good conversation. Craig, I'm not the pipemaker pictured, I just visited him and took his pictures several years back. There is no belt sander, the belt attached to the lathe is a leather drive belt that turns the headstock. And yeah, he does hold the bits ...

Hey Frank: The pipemaker is Barry Jones. I had the pleasure of spending the day with him watching him make pipes. I had a bunch of questions about the tools and the techniques also. His answers we pretty straight forward. He told me that he was trained to do it like this since he was 15 and this was...

Greetings, My name is Mike Falba and I live in New Orleans. I've been making and repairing pipes for maybe five years now. I've been enjoying reading this forum for several weeks now and appreciate the opportunity to be a forum member. I enjoyed the free drilling pictures and thought I'd add a few o...