No. 10 -- straight Billiard.
No. 10 -- straight Billiard.
I think this is my best pipe yet. I still have some beginner mistakes going on... the bowl/shank junction is off center, the button isn't the best... but over all I'm pretty happy with it. Tell me what else you guys see, and feel free to offer any tricks that might help me on the stem junction... it's been my one lingering problem...
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Re: No. 10 -- straight Billiard.
It's getting there.
The stem is a little short and the shank a little long to be a proper billiard. Bowl height should equal shank length and stummel and stem length should be the same.
For the stem junction, if you center your mortise in the shank and center your tenon on the stem and turn the shank and stem to the same OD, there should be only minimal off-centeredness. You eliminate what remains by rotating the stem in the shank as you sand through the grits.
Definitely clean up that slot. Fold up some sandpaper and sand down the inside of the slot until it's shiny inside.
And sand out that chamber.
The stem is a little short and the shank a little long to be a proper billiard. Bowl height should equal shank length and stummel and stem length should be the same.
For the stem junction, if you center your mortise in the shank and center your tenon on the stem and turn the shank and stem to the same OD, there should be only minimal off-centeredness. You eliminate what remains by rotating the stem in the shank as you sand through the grits.
Definitely clean up that slot. Fold up some sandpaper and sand down the inside of the slot until it's shiny inside.
And sand out that chamber.