feel free to criticize as harshly as you want, I want to get better
rev
#14 blue tomato (finished last week)
#14 blue tomato (finished last week)
"but rev, isn't smoking a sin?"
well I suppose if one were to smoke to excess it would be a sin
"but what would be smoking to excess?"
Why smoking two pipes at once of course
well I suppose if one were to smoke to excess it would be a sin
"but what would be smoking to excess?"
Why smoking two pipes at once of course
Re: #14 blue tomato (finished last week)
Could have done a few more things ...
* Taken a bit more off the top of the shank where it intersects the bowl
* Defined the shank/bowl intersection a little better on the bottom (@ 5 & 7 o'clock)
* Spent more time with the tripoli getting some more stain off to show off the grain better
* The stem.... well, it looks too long,
and the internals are lacking. Should open the airway and flare the slot.
* Taken a bit more off the top of the shank where it intersects the bowl
* Defined the shank/bowl intersection a little better on the bottom (@ 5 & 7 o'clock)
* Spent more time with the tripoli getting some more stain off to show off the grain better
* The stem.... well, it looks too long,
and the internals are lacking. Should open the airway and flare the slot.
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Re: #14 blue tomato (finished last week)
so the preformed stems internals aren't opened up enough? Great to know thanks. After I put the shellac on the color doesn't change much if at all. should I be using tripoli before the shellac? Thanks
rev
rev
"but rev, isn't smoking a sin?"
well I suppose if one were to smoke to excess it would be a sin
"but what would be smoking to excess?"
Why smoking two pipes at once of course
well I suppose if one were to smoke to excess it would be a sin
"but what would be smoking to excess?"
Why smoking two pipes at once of course
Re: #14 blue tomato (finished last week)
btw, hope you are well brother, was great meeting you
rev
rev
"but rev, isn't smoking a sin?"
well I suppose if one were to smoke to excess it would be a sin
"but what would be smoking to excess?"
Why smoking two pipes at once of course
well I suppose if one were to smoke to excess it would be a sin
"but what would be smoking to excess?"
Why smoking two pipes at once of course
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Re: #14 blue tomato (finished last week)
Oh rev, try using a scroll saw blade to open your airway- break off one end, then sand it down so it tapers to a point. Then you can slowly but surely work the slot wider, cutting bit by bit till you cut through the tapered section of drilling. Then you can easily widen from there.
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Re: #14 blue tomato (finished last week)
Great advice from Yeti. Works really well.
Re: #14 blue tomato (finished last week)
Hi Rev,
Enjoyed meeting you in Vegas.
The only problem I see is that it's BLUE! Making a spherical bowl is tough, and your lines lose their curve a bit - not bad though. The stem shank transition and the bowl shank transition are tough, but you need to focus a bit on those. Keep at it!
Enjoyed meeting you in Vegas.
The only problem I see is that it's BLUE! Making a spherical bowl is tough, and your lines lose their curve a bit - not bad though. The stem shank transition and the bowl shank transition are tough, but you need to focus a bit on those. Keep at it!
Re: #14 blue tomato (finished last week)
thanks guys
Ernie, I only regret that I did not have big pipes to throw at you.
I am planning on seeing y'all in Chicago, maybe by then I will have some nicer pipes for you to critique
rev
Ernie, I only regret that I did not have big pipes to throw at you.
I am planning on seeing y'all in Chicago, maybe by then I will have some nicer pipes for you to critique
rev
"but rev, isn't smoking a sin?"
well I suppose if one were to smoke to excess it would be a sin
"but what would be smoking to excess?"
Why smoking two pipes at once of course
well I suppose if one were to smoke to excess it would be a sin
"but what would be smoking to excess?"
Why smoking two pipes at once of course
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Re: #14 blue tomato (finished last week)
Very nice, Rev. I love that stain, and the amber stem goes perfectly. Very distinctive. Nice.
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