Not New But Altered

WBill · Post by **WBill** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:24 pm

I haven't made a pipe from scratch yet but I'm just waiting on the wood to arrive. In the meantime I ordered several inexpensive Calabresi pipes of the same design because I liked the shape and they are great smokers. I decided to try some shank extensions with a few just for practice and this is what I ended up with. The first picture is the original pipe and the other two are the ones I put the extensions on. This is my first attempt and I'm not completely happy with the results, but not too bad.

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Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:49 pm

looks like you did a pretty nice job there

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:50 pm

Those are two very well made extension, IMO. How were they made?

WBill · Post by **WBill** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:45 pm

I made both extensions on my 7X12 metal lathe. The wood extension has a piece of 6061 aluminum that started off as a one inch diamiter rod I turned to fit in the shank and a little larger O.D. for the wood and turned the I.D. for the tenon on the stem. The metal extension, I just turned the large part of the stem down and glued the extension on.

I did all the work on the lathe, drilling, boring, turning, sanding and shaping of the extensions and stems.

Bill

Post by **Tyler** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:57 pm

Impressive. Well done.

marks · Post by **marks** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:05 pm

Tyler wrote:Impressive. Well done.

Ditto