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Mike Messer wrote: ...and I was trying to be nice, Todd, but you just couldn't stop taking shots at me, so okay, you really should know that anyone who shovels as much bullshit as you do is wide open.
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Mike Messer wrote:
Mike Messer wrote: ...and I was trying to be nice, Todd, but you just couldn't stop taking shots at me, so okay, you really should know that anyone who shovels as much bullshit as you do is wide open.
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Like I said, but I'm not threatening you. You are your own worst enemy.
I would really like to respond, but this is incoherent and makes no sense. Also, it should be noted that cucumbers are my worst enemy. If you're writing a book you should note that.

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P.S. I also dislike zombies, but not more than cucumbers.
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Nice edit, Mikey.
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ToddJohnson wrote:Nice edit, Mikey.
Sorry, it's a habit I have. I'm not trying to trick you. I just tend to edit and rewrite. I don't hate you, Todd, if that's any consolation to you, but sometimes, I swear, you have a way of irritating, and I probably do get a bit irrational.
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ToddJohnson wrote:
Mike Messer wrote:
Mike Messer wrote: ...and I was trying to be nice, Todd, but you just couldn't stop taking shots at me, so okay, you really should know that anyone who shovels as much bullshit as you do is wide open.
M.M.
Like I said, but I'm not threatening you. You are your own worst enemy.
I would really like to respond, but this is incoherent and makes no sense. Also, it should be noted that cucumbers are my worst enemy. If you're writing a book you should note that.

TJ

P.S. I also dislike zombies, but not more than cucumbers.
Yaks scare the dickens out of me, love zombies, stinky ebonite gives me nightmares, marsupials are weird, as well as frightening and make me want to test glue.
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ToddJohnson wrote:Nice edit, Mikey.
He's done that to me and I consider him to be a stinky ebonite sniffer and glue tester.
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Speaking of glue, I slapped some epoxy on a new stem last night right before bed, and had to run out the door in a rush this morning so I have yet to even go down to the shop to make sure all went well in the curing process. My poor little stem...sitting there all alone in the dark with what is hopefully a well cured epoxy bond...*sniff*

Luckily, I used the "Messer Method" for my epoxying, so I should be good to go. At this rate, the pipe will be done by 2510, and it will be suhweeeeeet.
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SimeonTurner wrote:Speaking of glue, I slapped some epoxy on a new stem last night right before bed, and had to run out the door in a rush this morning so I have yet to even go down to the shop to make sure all went well in the curing process. My poor little stem...sitting there all alone in the dark with what is hopefully a well cured epoxy bond...*sniff*

Luckily, I used the "Messer Method" for my epoxying, so I should be good to go. At this rate, the pipe will be done by 2510, and it will be suhweeeeeet.
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SimeonTurner wrote:Speaking of glue, I slapped some epoxy on a new stem last night right before bed, and had to run out the door in a rush this morning so I have yet to even go down to the shop to make sure all went well in the curing process. My poor little stem...sitting there all alone in the dark with what is hopefully a well cured epoxy bond...*sniff*

Luckily, I used the "Messer Method" for my epoxying, so I should be good to go. At this rate, the pipe will be done by 2510, and it will be suhweeeeeet.
Amazing math. So, when you taught High School, Simeon, what was the subject. Let me guess, maybe Remedial Math.

How do you turn a 20 min heat test, to assure my batch is good, and then a 2 hour heat cure of the pipe, which otherwise would take 24 hours to cure, into 500 years.
Easy, I guess if you use the "Simple SimeonTurner Method"
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Oh, right, I neglected to mention that my first post was just phase 1 of the process. Phase 2 involves pressure testing the stem under a variety of conditions, including deep under water, at high altitude, and in deep space, so as to verify that the elasticity of the bonded molecules doesn't change more than the exacting tolerances of the MMM will allow.

Later, there is a whole sequence of complicated processes to test wind shear, proper airflow velocity, and moisture absorption rate within the stem airway. Each section of the stem must be tested separately (delrin tenon, ebonite ferule, acrylic extension, and vulcanite stem), so that will take some time. After that, some further diagnostics must be run to make sure that the previos diagnostic checks did not alter any of the previously tested tests.

Oh, and once all that is done, I will start to actually shape the stem down to the appropriate size. Of course, any minor imperfection in that process would lead to an abandonment of the entire project and a return to the start. Those imperfections have been calculated for in the calculations I posted previously, which is why my best mathematical calculations would suggest that the pipe will be done in 500 years, give or take.

I dunno though, that does seem a bit long....maybe I'll fudge it on the air viscosity tests and just hope for the best.
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I'm begining to think I'm back in the nut house or have you all been smoking pipes with small bowls?

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DMI wrote:I'm begining to think I'm back in the nut house or have you all been smoking pipes with small bowls?

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Simeon, ordinarily I would hesitate to criticize another pipesmith's methodology, but you didn't mention Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle explicitly, and I want to make sure you don't overlook that aspect of pipe design. I build my pipes intentionally fuzzy in terms of speed but I know exactly where they are because of it.

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sounds to me like someone has been working too closely with toxic woods, oh yea they really arent toxic I forgot. :twisted:
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BriarBrian wrote:sounds to me like someone has been working too closely with toxic woods, oh yea they really arent toxic I forgot. :twisted:
I edited that post about toxic wood, which I think is more accurate, now. I am concerned with accuracy, that's all, but we don't have any exact scientific data specifically related to pipes. I just read Kurt's description of a posion-ivy like effect from cocobolo. He also mentioned rosewood as being a problem. Seems like any woods which are naturally oily might be suspect.
I may have misidentified you post as one of those just trying to shoot-down meathod, and countered a bit heavy, sorry. It gets weird, here, sometimes.
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The idea is that a number of these woods, notably african in origin, contain high levels of oils which are "bug proofers" for the trees - they grow 'em tough in the dark heart of the sub tropics. When you heat these oils, volatile components are released, which makes both the dust and the heat of milling them very dangerous if you are a mammal. Take it to a pipe, where you are not only heating but containing and ingesting these oils, and hey, count me out.

I've had slivers from some of various species.... a big piece of Wenge got in me and I'll tell you it swelled up and literally was like a bee sting - allergic reaction, and I mean as soon as it was in my it hurt and my body went crazy.

So smoke what you like boys, but I'll stick to briar that has had the resins boiled out.
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I for one will definitely keep that in mind (sasquatch post above), esp. when working with exotic woods for shank extensions. I use some maple and walnut for test pipes for my own use, but, agree, pretty much with sasquatch, briar is the way to go for pipes.
But then abi pops up with those cool looking Olive wood pipes, and ...
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Toxicity data on olive oil aside, olive pipes taste and smoke fantastic in my limited experience - they are worth dying for.
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