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DocAitch wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:26 pm

JMG wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 1:04 am Walt...I want to see a cartoon movie of your thought process. Like one of those old school, black and white, fantasia'esque style cartoons. And, while I've never done drugs, I think this will be best viewed while consuming drugs.

John Michael, I am not clear on your thought process. Did you read the whole sequence?
I wanted to make a bulldog family pipe and have a 8x12” HF lathe with the stock 3 jaw chuck and a 13” HF drill press -total cost <$1000 for major machinery.
This is how I did it and the pipe came out pretty well.
It’s not perfect (lost the line a bit at the top of the shank at the transition and the stem is a little wavy in front of the button), but I think it is a pretty good pipe, which combines the shape first process (for briar figure and avoidance of flaws) and the precision of lathe work for the top and accent cuts.
I will admit that the first drive dowel attachment was a little cumbersome, but I presented a better way in the follow up sequence.
I published the sequence to show some of the guys who are using small lathes that this is possible.
Please tell me how any of this is bizarre.
DocAitch