I was going to ask if you were doing your shaping by hand or if you have a lathe etcSilver wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:42 pmThanks! I did a kit block in March-ish of 2021 that was a Christmas gift in 2020 from my daughter and son-in-law. Then I got interested in doing another in January of this year. Got a few more pre-drilled blocks and better files. As they started to look more like real pipes, I started buying blocks (and tools) and doing the whole thing on my own (probably around April this year).Big Iron wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:56 pmThat is really something else @Silver , an absolutely gorgeous pipe. How long have you been making pipes?Silver wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:40 pm Spent some time in the workshop last week and finished this one on Saturday. It's a little, rusticated pot with smooth rim, bowl edge and shank end. Similar to the Christmas pipes I made recently. This one's stain russet (more brown with a touch of red) and and natural rim, bowl edge and shank end. This one will get a mating 1/4 bent billiard with sloped rim. Hope to get that one finished tomorrow.
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I don't have a lathe. Drill press for the bowl and airway and mortise, and tenon on the stem. Scroll saw for cutting the rough form. Shaping with a sanding disc on a right angle grinder mounted to my work bench. Files, sandpaper, and bad language for finishing. The first few pipes I made were shaped with just file and sandpaper. Took a long time.
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That's how urquiza started pipe carving too. All hand tools. And in my opinion he's become one of the best out thereSilver wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:18 pm I don't have a lathe. Drill press for the bowl and airway and mortise, and tenon on the stem. Scroll saw for cutting the rough form. Shaping with a sanding disc on a right angle grinder mounted to my work bench. Files, sandpaper, and bad language for finishing. The first few pipes I made were shaped with just file and sandpaper. Took a long time.
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That is all you really need but i would suggest a dremel and a few different bits for rusticating as an added fun factorSilver wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:18 pm I don't have a lathe. Drill press for the bowl and airway and mortise, and tenon on the stem. Scroll saw for cutting the rough form. Shaping with a sanding disc on a right angle grinder mounted to my work bench. Files, sandpaper, and bad language for finishing. The first few pipes I made were shaped with just file and sandpaper. Took a long time.
Oops! Forgot about my Dremel. That's how I do my rusticating.rekamepip wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:06 amThat is all you really need but i would suggest a dremel and a few different bits for rusticating as an added fun factorSilver wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:18 pm I don't have a lathe. Drill press for the bowl and airway and mortise, and tenon on the stem. Scroll saw for cutting the rough form. Shaping with a sanding disc on a right angle grinder mounted to my work bench. Files, sandpaper, and bad language for finishing. The first few pipes I made were shaped with just file and sandpaper. Took a long time.
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Not a Purchase. Did a Secret Santa and my Secret Santa was J. Everett. He sent me some great tobacco’s to try but he also made me a pipe. I couldn’t be more happier and thankful. He said the band is suppose to represent a Blue Spruce. So with all that, i’m declaring this my J. Everett Christmas Pipe. 4 Christmas Pipes in one year. And I only wanted 1.
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That's awesome. He makes a great looking pipe and that's right up there with his bestPiping Abe wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:30 pm Not a Purchase. Did a Secret Santa and my Secret Santa was J. Everett. He sent me some great tobacco’s to try but he also made me a pipe. I couldn’t be more happier and thankful. He said the band is suppose to represent a Blue Spruce. So with all that, i’m declaring this my J. Everett Christmas Pipe. 4 Christmas Pipes in one year. And I only wanted 1.
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That's awesome!Piping Abe wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:30 pm Not a Purchase. Did a Secret Santa and my Secret Santa was J. Everett. He sent me some great tobacco’s to try but he also made me a pipe. I couldn’t be more happier and thankful. He said the band is suppose to represent a Blue Spruce. So with all that, i’m declaring this my J. Everett Christmas Pipe. 4 Christmas Pipes in one year. And I only wanted 1.
Just WOW!Piping Abe wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:30 pm Not a Purchase. Did a Secret Santa and my Secret Santa was J. Everett. He sent me some great tobacco’s to try but he also made me a pipe. I couldn’t be more happier and thankful. He said the band is suppose to represent a Blue Spruce. So with all that, i’m declaring this my J. Everett Christmas Pipe. 4 Christmas Pipes in one year. And I only wanted 1.