Repairing spots and flaws?
Repairing spots and flaws?
I'm just working on an customer giant billiard - my first customer pipe! The shape is nearly ready and looks like this:
Then happened what had to and I got this spot/hole at the bottom of the bowl:
My question is, if ther is any chance to repair it without grinding off too much material!? What would you do? Filling the hole with grinding dust, grinding it away or just take another plateau to begin again?
I would suggest to use grinding dust from this block, superglue and fill it into the hole... The problem is, that the customer wants to get a unstained, natural finish on this pipe!
Then happened what had to and I got this spot/hole at the bottom of the bowl:
My question is, if ther is any chance to repair it without grinding off too much material!? What would you do? Filling the hole with grinding dust, grinding it away or just take another plateau to begin again?
I would suggest to use grinding dust from this block, superglue and fill it into the hole... The problem is, that the customer wants to get a unstained, natural finish on this pipe!
- MikeStanley
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The first thing I would do is to find the bottom of the flaw and determine how close to the chamber it is. If it is too close to the chamber, making a very thin wall, you may risk a burnout on this pipe, no matter what you end up doing with it.
If you have an acceptable wall thickness, I second Kurt's recommendation. If your customer does not want a rusticated or sandblasted pipe, I recommend trying again. You can always sell this one to someone else, or enjoy it for yourself.
If you have an acceptable wall thickness, I second Kurt's recommendation. If your customer does not want a rusticated or sandblasted pipe, I recommend trying again. You can always sell this one to someone else, or enjoy it for yourself.
- LexKY_Pipe
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I've posted the 2nd attemp here: http://www.pipemakersforum.com/modules. ... pic&t=1996Smitty wrote:Unless I missed it posted elsewhere...how did it turn out? I would like to see a pic of your first sale.
The pipe was not really sold, but was given in exchange to another estate pipe I was searching for...
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