Why does Rad...

[Cory]

...put ball bearings in his bowls when he takes top down pictures?

Government secrets lie in the bottoms of his bowls?

[Massis]

because it keeps the pipe balanced and upright?

[caskwith]

Its a magnet and attracts to a magnet on the base. Helps hold the pipe in any position for photography. Many pipe makers use one.

[Massis]

Its a magnet and attracts to a magnet on the base. Helps hold the pipe in any position for photography. Many pipe makers use one.

I'm actually in the middle of building a cabinet this way. Each shelf has 5 20mm diameter magnetic discs, 2mm thick, sunk into the wood. They have a pulling force of well over 1kg each.

And I have a bunch of 8mm magnetic spheres to put into the chamber, so I can store my pipes in a nice display kind of way.

[Cory]

Gotcha. Makes sense - thanks!

[Sasquatch]

I just assumed it was to hide the bad drilling....