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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 9, 2022 18:32:08 GMT -5
Finished my second pipe today. Italian briar w/hand-cut ebonite stem. Spent a lot of time filing and sanding this one; the shank and stem, in particular.   |
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Post by Zach on Mar 9, 2022 18:36:02 GMT -5
Looks really nice.
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 9, 2022 18:42:19 GMT -5
Thanks. There's some things I'd do differently, but it came out pretty well. Free handed shaping the shank and stem, so the stem's orientation is a little crooked, but not so much as to be a hinderance. I should probably have done another coat of stain too, since I can see a spot along one edge where the buffer wore it down so it's lighter than the rest of the pipe. I might actually sand off the wax and re-stain it.
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Post by urbino on Mar 9, 2022 19:29:30 GMT -5
Finished my second pipe today. Italian briar w/hand-cut ebonite stem. Spent a lot of time filing and sanding this one; the shank and stem, in particular. Very nice. Kind of a low-slung bulldog. |
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Post by terrapinflyer on Mar 9, 2022 20:22:29 GMT -5
A brandog? Well done again.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Mar 9, 2022 20:26:09 GMT -5
You did good...congrats and keep up the fine work.
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Post by puffy on Mar 9, 2022 22:27:06 GMT -5
Good Work
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Post by Silver on Mar 9, 2022 22:35:37 GMT -5
Nicely done! Keep on going. Hoping for a little workshop time tomorrow.
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Post by Gypo on Mar 9, 2022 22:44:00 GMT -5
Very nice job.
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 9, 2022 23:09:09 GMT -5
Nicely done! Keep on going. Hoping for a little workshop time tomorrow. What are you working on? |
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Post by Silver on Mar 9, 2022 23:22:22 GMT -5
Nicely done! Keep on going. Hoping for a little workshop time tomorrow. What are you working on? Working on another freehand. This one's gonna have a longer shank than my others. Drilled the block today. Gonna tweak the layout of the shape and get it to the saw. |
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 9, 2022 23:31:10 GMT -5
Working on another freehand. This one's gonna have a longer shank than my others. Drilled the block today. Gonna tweak the layout of the shape and get it to the saw. Do you have a thread somewhere so I can see your work? I haven't had a lot of time to look through the whole site just yet. I'm not sure what my next one will be. Might make a paneled billiard, or maybe a zulu; haven't decided. |
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Post by Silver on Mar 9, 2022 23:54:05 GMT -5
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Post by Silver on Mar 10, 2022 0:54:15 GMT -5
Working on another freehand. This one's gonna have a longer shank than my others. Drilled the block today. Gonna tweak the layout of the shape and get it to the saw. Do you have a thread somewhere so I can see your work? I haven't had a lot of time to look through the whole site just yet. I'm not sure what my next one will be. Might make a paneled billiard, or maybe a zulu; haven't decided. A like the zulu shape a lot. Next time I try a traditional shape, that might be the one. |
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 10, 2022 12:30:37 GMT -5
Do you have a thread somewhere so I can see your work? I haven't had a lot of time to look through the whole site just yet. I'm not sure what my next one will be. Might make a paneled billiard, or maybe a zulu; haven't decided. A like the zulu shape a lot. Next time I try a traditional shape, that might be the one. Good looking pipes. I like those rusticated shanks--dremel? |
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Post by Silver on Mar 10, 2022 12:34:06 GMT -5
Thanks, and yes, a Dremel. My primary shaping tool, along with a couple rasps.
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 10, 2022 12:48:00 GMT -5
I haven't done much with a rotary tool yet. So far I've just use it to grind out a groove to start filing out the button, and cut the airway on the mouthpiece. But I might try some rustication on my next pipe. After I drill out the functional part of the pipe, I start the basic shape on the lathe, then switch to a hacksaw, rasps and sandpaper. For the brandog (thanks for that, Terrapin), everything but the top half of the bowl was done by hand. Although I partly shaped the stem with the top curve of a belt sander.
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Post by Silver on Mar 10, 2022 13:15:22 GMT -5
I haven't got a lathe, so I spend a LOT of time with my files and rotary tool.
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 10, 2022 21:51:47 GMT -5
I've found the lathe to be really helpful, but I'd say I spend at least as much time--probably more--at filing and sanding as I do turning.   |
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 10, 2022 22:02:20 GMT -5
I added a couple photos in progress to give you an idea of what I mean
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Post by Silver on Mar 10, 2022 22:08:20 GMT -5
Yup. That first photo is a situation I'm very familiar with. I've been using pre-made acrylic stems. I haven't made any from a blank.
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 10, 2022 22:16:17 GMT -5
Yup. That first photo is a situation I'm very familiar with. I've been using pre-made acrylic stems. I haven't made any from a blank. I haven't tried pre-made stems yet. I prefer ebonite to acrylic, and I didn't see any that I liked. I haven't found it to be difficult--just time consuming. The hardest part is drilling out the draft hole without burning it. The lathe helps for this, since I can get the speed down much lower than my table drill. I just work a little at a time and clear out the material frequently. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 11, 2022 8:20:08 GMT -5
Excellent work.
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 27, 2022 22:02:05 GMT -5
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Post by Silver on Mar 27, 2022 22:12:40 GMT -5
Very nice! Great touch leaving the plateau on the rim. Really like the overall flow. Something that I need to work on.
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 27, 2022 23:53:37 GMT -5
Very nice! Great touch leaving the plateau on the rim. Really like the overall flow. Something that I need to work on. I spent a couple of days at sanding on this one. Getting the stem and the shank shaped the way I wanted and flowing down to the button smoothly took some work. I also experimented with staining, though I'm not sure how much my effort was rewarded. I stained the whole pipe (minus the plateau) in black first, then sanded down and stained in dark brown; sanded and restained again, and stained the rim in dark brown. I'm pleased with the result, but as I say: not sure whether it's really apparent the work was worth the effort. |
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Post by Silver on Mar 28, 2022 0:22:48 GMT -5
The work is always worth the effort. I think its sharp.
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 28, 2022 4:44:15 GMT -5
New pipe finished. Grecian briar w/hand-cut ebonite stem. Overall bigger than the others, with a one-inch diameter chamber.    Looks like a nice wide bowl - I love it! |
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Post by justanotherpiper on Mar 28, 2022 10:13:05 GMT -5
New pipe finished. Grecian briar w/hand-cut ebonite stem. Overall bigger than the others, with a one-inch diameter chamber. Looks like a nice wide bowl - I love it! Thank you. And yes: it's a 1" bore and about an inch and a half deep. |
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Post by justanotherpiper on Apr 8, 2022 16:26:52 GMT -5
New pipe is coming along. Got everything shaped (more or less--might do a bit to the bottom of the bowl), and just need to decide what finish I wanna do. The grain is nicer than I initially thought it would be, and I can't bring myself to rusticate the whole thing--which was what I had planned on when I started. Might just do a ring of rustication around the top of the bowl, or maybe just the shank or shank/bottom of bowl. We'll see.  |
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