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actually I thought the OP question was about shaping the tobacco chamber , thats why I was asking here.. but thanks for the suggestion, I'll search the forum on this subject when I get my lathe set up and ready to try to make a stummel

from the picture it looks like the tenon is being cut off center? or is that just an illusion of some sort?

I was wondering any of you fellas using wood lathes? and if so are you cutting the tobacco chamber with a gouge? or do you still chuck up a bit?

wow this pipe is fantastic! nice work

Thanks! round stencils is a great idea

I was smoking some ODF and realized it was like poking a bear with a stick, it's fun but man it can give you a wallop, so I thought I needed a smaller bowl for it, so I figured I try and make one I used a 5/8 chamber about 1 1/4 deep and one flake fill the bowl just below the top I didn't lock down ...

Thanks a bunch!

Thanks Sas I should have also mentioned that I meant for a partial rustication, sorry it was late last night when In posted...LOL

I tried searching the forum but I couldn't find anything my question is in what stage of the finish do you rusticate?

I was planning on doing most of the sanding except for the last two grits then I was going to do the rustication and then finish with the fine grits?

I don't know much about pipes yet but is it possible he could be taking the stem off and on when the pipe is warm?

I have never smoked a churchwarden are they clench-able? seems like it would be off balance... I like the looks of them but don't think I would enjoy smoking one

no once I clamp the briar or stem I don't unclamp it, but I have turned the whole vice, I only have a small 10" bench drill press, so I have been lining up the bit and briar/stem one way and then turning the vise 90 degrees to drill, I wonder if that is the culprit

Thanks Sas

this time I concentrated on the finish to try and get a better shine than I had the last time, the last one I used a small 4" wheels on a hand drill, this time I went and purchased some 6" wheels and used them on my drill press.. big difference, Also this time I used a new preformed stem b...

Oh ok I have never worked a metal lathe and I have little experience with a wood lathe, so I never saw one b4.

hope fully my experience level will change soon cause trying to drill stems on my bench top drill press was quite the chore today

pretty nice set up, what is that piece of equipment in the middle if you don't mind me asking?

Thank you.
I smoked it for the first time today, it smoked rather well

I seen a fellow on youtube using a pasta maker to shred his tobacco, seemed to work rather well

I thought about doing this with a benzomatic torch, my guess is the torch wouldn't have been hot enough and now after seeing this video I know it wouldnt be

yeah I know I would have found this item and tried it and wasted my time and money so thanks for asking!

This is my first ever attempt to make a pipe, I don't have all the fancy tools I used a bench top drill press, a delta 6inch/disk 4inch belt combo sander, and hand files, and buffing wheels on a hand drill, the stem is a recycled stem from an estate yelo-bole pipe that the stummel was cracked, I lik...