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Tyler wrote:For this reason, I recommend turning THEN drilling.

Yes, always! If necessary, you can always go in with a boring bar and adjust the chamber that way.

TJ

I think TJ is a big meany who picks on newbies because he is insecure, but has powerful biceps, lovely hair and dreamy eyes... oh wait that is ernie rev Yeah, you must have me confused with Gracik, Adam Davidson, Ernie, or one of the other members of the MPNA (Metrosexual Pipemakers of North Americ...

Dude, that's AWESOME! Talk about do-it-yourself!

TJ

A very nice pipe, and while I would not quibble with calling it a "billiard," I think it could benefit from more taper (as it moves upward), a larger radius at the front of the bowl, and a couple of degrees of forward cant on the top if you're shooting for a more "archetypal" bil...

jogilli wrote:looking forward to seeing it... the site looks awesome in firefox... but like bull caca in IE.. i thing you're going to loose a lot of potential viewers if it itsn't built for IE users

James

Looks great in Safari.

TJ

This is really innovative, and while you're going the "long way around," this is what I spoke of when I mentioned "working your way up" with respect to tooling. If you can figure out how to do something like this with what you have, you will be ahead of the curve when you get the...

It does if you put cotton in your ears. Rad Rad, you're a douche, and I don't even understand what you're trying to say here. Hope this helps, TJ P.S. "Look out mawma there's a white boat comin' up tha river . . . " P.P.S. For putting the song in your head . . . ahem, you're welcome !

I've never used a pipe template. My good friend Jody, however, has never made a pipe without a template, I don't think. It depends a great deal on how you work. If you're just starting out, I think using templates is probably a good idea. When you encounter flaws, don't chase them. Make the pipe tha...

The Smoking Yeti wrote:I'm just thankful Kurt didn't follow through on his threat to lock the thread at page 3... all the good stuff came after it!

Wait, isn't this page 2? I'm confused. Where is page 3, and how did I get here? Is that you Pa? I see a light . . . a very smelly white light! Mike . . .

TJ

WCannoy wrote:Just read the "smelly ebonite" thread for the first time...

There's two hours of my life I'll never get back!

Damn, you're a slow reader!

TJ

These words have new meaning for me after experiencing the "Stinky Ebonite" thread. My ebonite smells like flowers and sleeping puppies. I assumed that was normal. Which varietal is it, a Burgundy, or a Pinot? I find that ebodust from the Champagne region smells the sweetest, but it's cel...

Sometimes, it's nice to see PURE CRAZY spill out in front of you, if only to help you realize you're less CRAZY than some. In this way, Mike has served a purpose in the lives of others. In another way, he's made us all dumber. That said, I wish Mike "Crazy Town" Messer all the best in sell...

Todd, I have to say your original post is right on. I'm a newbie. I wouldn't even regard myself as a pipe maker yet. I have shaped a total of four predrilled blocks with prefabricated stems. After watching a ton of youtube I did what a lot of newbies do. I thought my pipes were amazing and I plaste...

LathamPipes wrote:How do I get rid of that sulfur smell from a new stem????

I believe what you're looking for is the "stinky ebonite thread." It should provide you with all the information you could possibly want, and then some.

TJ

Jonathan, I've had great experiences with Precision Matthews. This is an imported lathe that's made in a factory with German engineers and engineering standards. You can get the same lathe, branded as a Knuth for several thousand dollars more. I have owned two 12x36's and an 1127VF. All of them are ...

Is there a specific kind of respirator you need? I imagine my ten year old not-so-amazing one wouldn't work. You can just get a standard 3M cartridge style painter's respirator. It will filter out even the smallest airborne particles, and the filter pads are inexpensive. The charcoal cartridges tha...

I think what is meant by "outgrow" is simply that you may find the lathe won't actually do everything you need to do somewhere down the road. Fir instance, if you're trying to turn the dome for a calabash, the jaws will not open wide enough to hold the material. You can spin the jaws aroun...

You'll definitely need a good dust extractor for the cabinet and clean its filters often. When the glass beads break down they will turn to a very fine flour. Chas. Just gonna repeat this. I suck all the air out of my blasting cabinet all the time with a hepa-type filtered vacuum. This is dust that...

There's a photo of my cutting tools on here somewhere, but I just wanted to say this. Even if you're using german tool steel--which I am--you will need to sharpen your cutting tools for about every two or three stems. Don't spend a bunch of money on pre-profiled cutting tools because they're good fo...

For the record, if you're using a siphon feed blasting setup, the air requirements are much higher than if you're working with a pressure pot. You'll pay a couple thousand dollars+ for a pressure pot rig, but you can go with a comparatively small compressor--5 hp., 60 gal, single stage, single phase...