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It varies from country to country. There's usually a certain value over which the recipient will have to pay import fees. For example, when shipping to Switzerland, if the total value including shipping costs is over $55, then the recipient has to pay import fees. I guess it all depends on how much ...

Not much info on him: http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Cook,_Tom

Zeeborn wrote:The link doesn't work. At least not for me.

Yep, strange - it was working earlier. I checked the site http://www.qualitybriar.com/pipes - his name was listed with the pipemakers on the left, but now it's gone.

Thank you! Am I right in assuming that the tiny tenon is basically the shape of the oval. No, it's a circle within a circle. You're using the two circles to establish a symmetery around your centre point. The larger circle is your side-to-side diameter, the smaller (tenon) circle is your top-to-bot...

Trying to read between the lines of their statement - what they seem to be saying is that instead of the usual "pressed meerschaum" made from meerschaum dust produced from carving/sanding, they've pressed small chunks together. I haven't carved the stuff from scratch, but working with it i...

Interesting variation on that particular shape. Nice use of the grain - flowing into the stem. I like the choice of stain colours - nice contrast.

Ya know that Jamaican weed isn’t the only “controlled substance” you can put in your pipe. Even the legal stuff you smoked last night is getting more tightly controlled every day. It too will be available only on the black market in a few years. Ironically, Cannabis is actually becoming easier to l...

From "Stones" Thread Y'know, I've seen lots of these without stems used to smoke certain non-tobacco substances, to the extent where posessing one around here could result in being charged with possession of paraphernalia... :lol: Not usually made out of briar, I must admit. :wink: I can't...

Sasquatch wrote:Well yeah. All the subscribers from 60 years ago are dead.

Man you say a lotta stupid stuff, Kurt.

Oh man, are you ever in for a serious oil bath. Not going to be a pretty sight after you're flattened by a Crazed Oversized Ostrogoth covered in Olive Oil.

An alternative to DIY is to send the wood to a business that specialises in stabilizing wood, etc. Shop around - cost and quality vary considerably.

caskwith wrote:Am i forgiven,

No sweat. I feel for you, losing 2 stummels.

Sasquatch wrote:I've been using a lot of really bright lights cuz I'm too stupid to get something clear to work with.

I got some flak when I posted this a few years back, but since age has trashed my near vision I find mine invaluable for peering into mortises, stems, assorted orifi ( ),etc.: Otoscope

I've got a set of Popular Science "Home Handyman" books, there are a couple of articles on pipe making and repair. One of the great things about that time is how it's taken as given that everyone has a lathe. : ) Are you serious? They assumed that most "Home Handymen" owned a la...

caskwith wrote:Why cant you use a larger swing lathe for stem work? A large lathe will do just as good a job on stems as it will on stummels.

See the little laughy guy rolling around on the floor? It's tongue in cheek, mate.

Scale this sucker down for pipemaking and you'd have a larger swing for stummels and a smaller swing for stems all-in-one machine: http://shopswarf.orconhosting.net.nz/mcl.html

Charl, apologies for highjacking your thread.

Looks pretty good for a first pipe, but it's hard to see some of the detail against the black background. Perhaps a lighter background in future?

As Jack said, the problem with hardening most steels is that they want to warp during quench - as you know. Yep, even as I was typing that I was thinking of the warpage factor, but hoped there might be a way around it, like case hardening. Wishful thinking on my part. :lol: BTW - I've seen hundreds...

That's an interesting possibility, but the adapter ought to be hardened so that you can't machine it. Anything that holds the collet has to be hardened or you'll never get the collet out. Perhaps if I ask nicely enough (and throw in a bottle of olive oil :twisted: ) I could persuade Kurt to harden ...

That's an interesting possibility, but the adapter ought to be hardened so that you can't machine it. Anything that holds the collet has to be hardened or you'll never get the collet out. Perhaps if I ask nicely enough (and throw in a bottle of olive oil :twisted: ) I could persuade Kurt to harden ...