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How would you go about making a p-lip in the home shop?
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:10 pm
by Sickle
I've come up with 2 possibilities:
#1: Drill 2 holes, the main airway, then the second hole after you've finished the main shaping of the mouthpiece.
#2 Drill one hole, and bend the tip up before the final shaping steps.
What would you do? I'd love to see some attempts!
Re: How would you go about making a p-lip in the home shop?
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:54 pm
by LatakiaLover
Peterson doesn't carve them. They're molded. If you are shooting to make an exact copy, know that the airway is not parallel-sided but conical.
As for the turn up, definitely #2
Re: How would you go about making a p-lip in the home shop?
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:18 am
by Sickle
Good to know, thanks!
Re: How would you go about making a p-lip in the home shop?
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 3:59 pm
by Sasquatch
Bend the tip. A good P-lip is pretty tricky to make, but the process is something like this: make the stem as you ordinarily would, but leave the button both thicker and longer than you would, the p-lip is going to be some 5/16 or 3/8" long right? Get the end of this thick chunk hot and bend the tip up about 45 degrees, then carve the p lip around it. Once you muck a couple up, you'll see how to do it and it's certainly do-able, but the demand for them is low so it's not something a guy needs to have handy very often.
Re: How would you go about making a p-lip in the home shop?
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 4:02 pm
by Sickle
Thanks for the tips, sasquatch! I'll definitely give it a try.
Re: How would you go about making a p-lip in the home shop?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:23 pm
by Jetsam
I have tried a few p-lips with varying degrees of failure and came to the conclusion that there was some dark magic involved. That was until Christmas day, in fact, when Mark Irwin uploaded a video on his blog of Paddy Larrigan making a freehand, including the hand cut stem. I watched with equal measure of awe and dispair: no dark magic - he eyeballed it and freehand drilled. Fascinating video from 70s with Paddy doing a voice-over(stem is about 17 min in, but well worth watching in full). Enjoy.
https://petersonpipenotes.org/2021/12/2 ... -his-pipe/