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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 17:39:35 GMT -5
Jason, your craft is transforming right before our eyes. From the first pipe you posted to your last. That last pipe is a beauty and shows your talent, of form, design and shape. Your a very gifted craftsman. Hopefully one day when your ready I’ll finally purchase one of your pipes!!! Your ready now to start making some beauties to sell👍👍👍👍👍 PS
Heck, I’d gladly purchase pipe #7!!!my new live center should be here tomorrow, so if you're truly interested, I've got just the right piece of wood picked out for you. The bowl should be about 2.25" deep. Does that work? I'll make it, and you can decide what it's worth. Your wood, your design, it will work. Also, you come up with a price, I’m in no rush, so take your time. It will be a looker I’m sure👌👍👍 |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Nov 8, 2018 17:40:48 GMT -5
What should I do with this? I think one of the obvious choices would be a freehand Dublin style. I COULD do a weird poker/cherrywood with CRAZY plateau. Who knows, I'll probably mess it up, but community involvement is fun!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 17:43:10 GMT -5
Jason ^^^^^^^^ real nice plateau ....let your mind run wild. A Dublin or Canted Dublin with an outrageous plateau 👍
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Post by Legend Lover on Nov 8, 2018 17:54:58 GMT -5
A spoon
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 17:58:12 GMT -5
Paddy, it’s not ice cream....lol |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Nov 8, 2018 18:06:35 GMT -5
Jason ^^^^^^^^ real nice plateau ....let your mind run wild. A Dublin or Canted Dublin with an outrageous plateau 👍 A Dublin would be easiest. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 18:16:07 GMT -5
Jason ^^^^^^^^ real nice plateau ....let your mind run wild. A Dublin or Canted Dublin with an outrageous plateau 👍 A Dublin would be easiest. That’s the perfect piece for a Dublin, the plateau would look awesome. |
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Post by haveldad on Nov 8, 2018 18:17:11 GMT -5
I take it you have machining tools? I'd love to try hand carving a pipe, but I have none of the hand tools and certainly can't afford anything electric lol I didn't have machining tools, but my wife told me I could get a shed for my bday/Xmas present (which I'd been wanting for man shed purposes). Then, I said, "I want a metal lathe instead." Believe it or not, 95% of the work is between a disk sanding setup, and files/hand sanding. The lathe is just for drilling and roughing in stuff like Billiards, etc. You could probably just as easily stick a good variable speed drill press on it's side and drill the Danish way (watch your hands though!) I do have a drill press. And different size bits. Hmmmmmmm. Maybe i could give it a shot if i got some hand tools. Would need to look into what all the tools would cost. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Nov 8, 2018 18:20:35 GMT -5
They all look great on 'film' haha
Looks like you're really making progress though. Once you've mastered the technical side, you're going to be dangerous. You've definitely got the creative side down.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 18:22:47 GMT -5
I made this pipe a few years ago using no power tools. Every thing is hand drilled, cut, sanded and finished. Including the Cumberland stem. An excellent smoker👌👍👍  |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Nov 8, 2018 18:31:26 GMT -5
I didn't have machining tools, but my wife told me I could get a shed for my bday/Xmas present (which I'd been wanting for man shed purposes). Then, I said, "I want a metal lathe instead." Believe it or not, 95% of the work is between a disk sanding setup, and files/hand sanding. The lathe is just for drilling and roughing in stuff like Billiards, etc. You could probably just as easily stick a good variable speed drill press on it's side and drill the Danish way (watch your hands though!) I do have a drill press. And different size bits. Hmmmmmmm. Maybe i could give it a shot if i got some hand tools. Would need to look into what all the tools would cost. my disk sander setup consists of a $30 variable speed buffer/grinder from Harbor Freight, bolted to the side of my workbench with big arse u-bolts. I have to loosen it to change the speed, but it sure beats hundreds for some kind of 3 phase motor and a 220 line. For now, at least. |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Nov 8, 2018 18:32:23 GMT -5
I made this pipe a few years ago using no power tools. Every thing is hand drilled, cut, sanded and finished. Including the Cumberland stem. An excellent smoker👌👍👍 good on you for those shank extension/accent pieces. That's not an easy thing to do. At all. Facing and mating pieces is the worst. |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Nov 8, 2018 18:34:55 GMT -5
They all look great on 'film' haha Looks like you're really making progress though. Once you've mastered the technical side, you're going to be dangerous. You've definitely got the creative side down. Actually, the "film" brings out the worst! For some reason, it brings out more flaws than you see with the naked eye. The drilling/mechanics is the easy part. It's making every line flow correctly, without flat spots, that's the hardest. And, unfortunately, you don't see a lot of that stuff until it's all shined up. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 18:40:08 GMT -5
I used Gorilla Wood glue and clamped over night. One piece is a small cross cut piece of black wood....looks interesting. The Spanish Ebauchon I carved with one of my pocket knives. All holes were drilled with a Fiskar hand drill. A lot of hand filing and sanding. It’s not symmetrical, but pretty darn good for no machining.
Appreciate your comments 👍👍👍
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Post by Legend Lover on Nov 8, 2018 18:48:43 GMT -5
I used Gorilla Wood glue and clamped over night. One piece is a small cross cut piece of black wood....looks interesting. The Spanish Ebauchon I carved with one of my pocket knives. All holes were drilled with a Fiskar hand drill. A lot of hand filing and sanding. It’s not symmetrical, but pretty darn good for no machining. Appreciate your comments 👍👍👍 it's impressive. If I was doing something like that I think I'd rusticate it to hide the flaws and asymmetry. Although, you didn't need to. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 18:53:40 GMT -5
I used Gorilla Wood glue and clamped over night. One piece is a small cross cut piece of black wood....looks interesting. The Spanish Ebauchon I carved with one of my pocket knives. All holes were drilled with a Fiskar hand drill. A lot of hand filing and sanding. It’s not symmetrical, but pretty darn good for no machining. Appreciate your comments 👍👍👍 it's impressive. If I was doing something like that I think I'd rusticate it to hide the flaws and asymmetry. Although, you didn't need to. Thanks Paddy👌👍👍 No flaws and all is a tight fit. The Spanish Ebauchon was flawless with a nice grain. Definitely no need to rusticate. Not even a tiny sand pit. AJ held the pipe and stated “ it looks great as is “. |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Nov 8, 2018 18:56:39 GMT -5
I used Gorilla Wood glue and clamped over night. One piece is a small cross cut piece of black wood....looks interesting. The Spanish Ebauchon I carved with one of my pocket knives. All holes were drilled with a Fiskar hand drill. A lot of hand filing and sanding. It’s not symmetrical, but pretty darn good for no machining. Appreciate your comments 👍👍👍 it's impressive. If I was doing something like that I think I'd rusticate it to hide the flaws and asymmetry. Although, you didn't need to. Now THAT'S something I haven't delved into yet - rustication. I'm not a huge fan, but when done right, it can be fantastic. Robert Perkins leather style rustication is one of the most unique and visually appealing styles of rustication I've ever seen. I would never try to reproduce it, since I feel it belongs to him. But, if I could come up with something as unique, but different, I'd be a happy guy. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 19:12:31 GMT -5
Cramp, all beautiful. That second from the top is similar to one of my fave Ukranian Pipes, called a Saturn.
They all look beautifully holdable. Wish I had practical talent like that.
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Nov 8, 2018 21:23:39 GMT -5
I like them all in fact I'll take #1
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Post by antb on Nov 9, 2018 3:24:16 GMT -5
Nice thread! And a good way to keep track of your progress. Should you persist, you will look back at this thread in 10 years and smile. You may also consider starting a blog.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2018 3:29:26 GMT -5
I made this pipe a few years ago using no power tools. Every thing is hand drilled, cut, sanded and finished. Including the Cumberland stem. An excellent smoker👌👍👍 Nice work, Ted. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2018 3:32:41 GMT -5
Thanks Don ^^^^^^^^^^ it’s an excellent smoker and much lighter than it looks.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Nov 9, 2018 7:43:22 GMT -5
Should you persist, you will look back at this thread in 10 years and smile. You may also consider starting a blog. This is true. Someone warned me not to post my early pipes, because I'd probably be embarrassed in a year's time. I threw caution to the wind, like usual. I thought about starting a blog yesterday, but I'll never keep up with it. I'll just post stuff here as I go along, a la, "Pipe #15: What in the world did I do here..." |
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Post by Robert Perkins on Nov 9, 2018 9:24:00 GMT -5
it's impressive. If I was doing something like that I think I'd rusticate it to hide the flaws and asymmetry. Although, you didn't need to. Now THAT'S something I haven't delved into yet - rustication. I'm not a huge fan, but when done right, it can be fantastic. Robert Perkins leather style rustication is one of the most unique and visually appealing styles of rustication I've ever seen. I would never try to reproduce it, since I feel it belongs to him. But, if I could come up with something as unique, but different, I'd be a happy guy. Thanks so much, and feel free to copy anything I've done. Heck, I pretty much copied it all from somebody else, myself.  |
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Post by Scott W on Nov 10, 2018 15:21:43 GMT -5
These all look great to me man, nice work!!
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Post by Cramptholomew on Nov 17, 2018 21:06:33 GMT -5
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Post by LSUTigersFan on Nov 17, 2018 21:32:59 GMT -5
Paddy, it’s not ice cream....lol It is ALWAYS time for ice cream! |
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Post by Quintsrevenge on Nov 17, 2018 21:33:19 GMT -5
Really nice looking love the top and shape of the bowl |
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Post by LSUTigersFan on Nov 17, 2018 21:37:59 GMT -5
That's a thing of beauty! |
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Post by kxg on Nov 17, 2018 22:14:23 GMT -5
Very nice pipe! You have quite a knack for carving! |
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