Where do you buy materials?

josh_ford · Post by **josh_ford** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:06 pm

I'm looking to start to cut my own stems and to use delrin. I was wondering where everybody buys there stem material (vulcanite, Lucite, etc.), the delrin, and even briar. I see so many different places to buy different supplies and I was wondering what all of your experiences have taught you about where to buy these materials. Where do you buy it, how much does it cost, etc? I don't want to blow money when I can get it cheaper.

Josh

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:27 pm

http://www.pipemakers.org

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:21 pm

I'll second Jeff's suggestion. You can also try:
http://www.pimopipecraft.com
for some stuff. Ginny is great, and really aims to please.

For delrin, I get it all from:
http://www.onlinemetals.com

Acrylic rod stock, if you go that route, can be had from:
http://www.delviesplastics.com

I *really* need to get a materials sources section setup here.

Those are the best places unless your're willing to commit to rather large orders and spend several hundreds of dollars at a time for a single product.

josh_ford · Post by **josh_ford** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:08 pm

Thank you so much. Those are pretty much the sources I had. For cumberland and vulcanite do you guys go to pipmakers.org? Where does everyone get their briar?

Josh

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:50 pm

Pros typically go direct to the cutter for briar, and direct to the vulcanizer for vulcanite and cumberland. There are minimum orders, and some of them are rather rich....

StephenDownie · Post by **StephenDownie** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:32 am

Tim West also sells Delrin, either in rods or pre cut and pre drilled pieces. http://www.jhlowe.com/ Also he's got some pretty nice Bamboo at the moment.