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btw big casino, you can go to home depot and get a bit with a countersink attached, and just take the counter sink off rev Thanks Rev, is this the Bit which you were speaking of? http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100531905/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=counter+...

Bobostro61 wrote: I really like the look of the tortoise shell type.

FWIW, and you probably know PME sells tortoise shell premade acrylics with out tennons

Since I am planning on using it in the crevice on the outside is there a way I can or should be coloring it? I remember when I worked with wood years ago we would save the sanding dust and mix it with wood glue and fill holes with it to help blend it in and hopefully it would catch some of the stain...

Thank you, actually itis for my own use, I made my first pipe the other day, a poker style, I noticed a knot(?) In the briar as I was almost done, it looked as though it would sand out but got much bigger, and then I noticed a dark spot inside the bowl same area as outside since it was my first go a...

Is the preferred sodium silicate in a powdered or soultion form when purchased?
I would think a solution would be easiest ?

Could you use a tighter buff so your button doesn't sink so far in to it?

So stain, then white diamond, then caranuba? Does anyone use a clean wheel for the final buff? Or would that be taking it off?

where does one acquire a tapered bit for the airway in the stem?

Thanks in advance!

would a sharper profile make it easier to get the draft hole at the very bottom of the chamber? you know the direct center of the bottom? or is it acceptable for the draft hole to be centered but more on the stummel side of the chamber