pipemakersforum.com

Thanks Guys, do you see a problem using Delrin as a tenon for the shank the same way you do for a stem? so that the extension and the shank would both have a mortise with a delrin tenon junction holding them together?

I made a pipe with an acrylic shank extension that I cut a tenon on one end and placed it inside the mortise and of course the extension had a mortise drilled into the other end to receive the stem , I then epoxied the extension into the shank. Is this the proper way to do this? and if not what is? ...

Thanks for looking!

thanks for sharing that info

Thanks for the advice guys, I am trying to get away from the preformed stems, and working a little more with acrylics, still kind of nevous about trashing a rod of ebonite....LOL

Thanks for the advice, about the stem, less curvy you mean more of a direct taper ?

Here is a couple shots of a billiard I made I had a few more angles but the pictures are either horribly dark or blurry, taking good pics is the hardest part I think http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/17/96/24/70/bleft10.jpg http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/17/96/24/70/bright10.jpg Had some other views but th...

does anyone use mortising bits? or regular drill bits? I have been using a standard bit for my mortise but I am curious to any advantage to one or the other

soo can I keep using it to darken the color of my beef gravy or not?

Nice work Sas ! that banter is what makes it all interesting if it werent fort that it would just be a bunch of guys makin pipes

awesome lookin pipes Walt, I am diggin those Ivory stems

Is till cant believe I read that whole thread , but now I'm damn sure glad I did, my vulcanite smells like roses

Have hada google+ account for a long time, but never seems to be anyone else using it...LOL

nice the rustication work looks nice and even

I have a 9x19 grizzly G4000 lathe, I would be interested in the chuck, can you give me more info please?

I went to wal mart and bought a bottle of the KY personal lubricant, the liquid type, for drilling acrylic, it seems to be working well

I like how the rustication is on the bowl only it kinda says "hey here is my shape", but it would have looked good had you have gone the whole way with it as well

does anyone know where I could find a backing plate like this other than grizzly? I can't find them anywhere other than Grizzly and compared to what I see of prices for other backing plates, grizzly seems way expensive, unless they are the only ones who makes them then I can understand why!

Yes it is a premold, Thanks for the advice I appreciate it

either my bit wandered or my block moved on me whilest drilling the mortise so my draft hole is a tad high! http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/17/96/24/70/applel10.jpg http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/17/96/24/70/applef10.jpg http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/17/96/24/70/appler10.jpg I didn't check stem alignment ...