How does everyone find that the walls of the mortise holds up to the metal tubing as a tenon? Now that I write this out I'm not sure why I would think that the metal would do more to loosen the tenon/mortise joint... While the metal is obviously harder would it really come into play with no wiggle room inside the tenon/mortise connection?
Thoughts?
brass/steal tubing tenons... use them?
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Hey Ben,
The one time that I have used stainless tubing, I did kind of a reverse tenon/mortise. I had the metal tubing epoxied into the shank and a tenon in the stem. So the tenon stuck out of the shank and the stem just slipped right over it, it was very tight and remains so.
The one time that I have used stainless tubing, I did kind of a reverse tenon/mortise. I had the metal tubing epoxied into the shank and a tenon in the stem. So the tenon stuck out of the shank and the stem just slipped right over it, it was very tight and remains so.
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What I've thought of doing recently is something similar to what Random does. Cutting a tenon with no stem, epoxying that into the mortise and having the brass tube inserted into the ebonite mortise. I had thought what you mentioned but my only problem with that is that I have trouble getting a decent fit for my tubing in the stem to begin with... which means that I'm going to have a hard time putting in a new mortise wall too... hmmm...
The only time that I have used a metal tube for a tenon was with a bamboo I made. The metal tube was inserted into a mortise provided by a delrin sleeve that I insteted had into the bamboo. The fit was smooth and snug. I would not use a metal tenon for a non-bamboo pipe.
If you want a nice fit without turning a tenon, try going with a 5/16" mortise and a piece of 5/16" delrin as the tenon.
If you want a nice fit without turning a tenon, try going with a 5/16" mortise and a piece of 5/16" delrin as the tenon.
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Hey Ben,
After reading John's post I realized that I failed to mention that the reverse tenon/mortise that I used previously was on a bamboo shank pipe.
I would have to agree with John on using Delrin. The pipe I am working on right now, I just used Delrin for the tenon. I drilled a 5/16" mortise in the stem itself and epoxied a piece of 5/16" Delrin into it.
After reading John's post I realized that I failed to mention that the reverse tenon/mortise that I used previously was on a bamboo shank pipe.
I would have to agree with John on using Delrin. The pipe I am working on right now, I just used Delrin for the tenon. I drilled a 5/16" mortise in the stem itself and epoxied a piece of 5/16" Delrin into it.
-Bryan
"You should never fight, but if you have to fight...fight dirty. Kick 'em in the groin, throw a rock at 'em"
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"You should never fight, but if you have to fight...fight dirty. Kick 'em in the groin, throw a rock at 'em"
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