Crack in Shank

rekamepip · Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:44 am

Kevin Keith wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:48 am
MikeDennison wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:37 am Yeah...I've been thinkin' that maybe @Fr_Tom's ziptie Grabow is a shank repair, but I can't remember.
He might just be doing it for the look. All the cool kids are doing it. Actually, I’m thinking of taking it up myself.

I might have to find a couple broken pipes and try me hand at this zip tie repair too
Just to keep up with the fashion

But then you have @Tsal who buys Insanus pipes like that

Mr Beardsley · Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:56 am

I luckily only have one zip fix in the collection so far

Sat Sep 17, 2022 12:03 pm

MikeDennison wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:37 am Yeah...I've been thinkin' that maybe @Fr_Tom's ziptie Grabow is a shank repair, but I can't remember.

It was a cracked shank. The friction was not enough after the crack to unthread the bit. It would just spin. I had to do something.

MikeDennison · Sat Sep 17, 2022 12:15 pm

Fr_Tom wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 12:03 pm
MikeDennison wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:37 am Yeah...I've been thinkin' that maybe @Fr_Tom's ziptie Grabow is a shank repair, but I can't remember.
It was a cracked shank. The friction was not enough after the crack to unthread the bit. It would just spin. I had to do something.

The bit is very loose in this pipe, too. And now I know why.

Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:43 pm

Traditionally , bands are the fix but it seems as though a zip tie works .... and youll get that grumpy codger diy ascetic

rekamepip · Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:40 pm

I guess it is time to make a zip tie thread

Puff nstuff · Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:07 pm

Has anyone ever used a hose clamp? That would be pretty thrifty and codgerly, I think, with the added benefit of having to dick with it every once in awhile to keep the tension correct. Ugly, too!

Mr Beardsley · Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:18 pm

Puff nstuff wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:07 pm Has anyone ever used a hose clamp? That would be pretty thrifty and codgerly, I think, with the added benefit of having to dick with it every once in awhile to keep the tension correct. Ugly, too!

I prefer a lighter weight clamping mechanism

plus you can pretty easily crush a shank if you hulk up on a hose clamp

Puff nstuff · Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:41 pm

Mr Beardsley wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:18 pm
Puff nstuff wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:07 pm Has anyone ever used a hose clamp? That would be pretty thrifty and codgerly, I think, with the added benefit of having to dick with it every once in awhile to keep the tension correct. Ugly, too!
I prefer a lighter weight clamping mechanism plus you can pretty easily crush a shank if you hulk up on a hose clamp

But I'm thinking it would look pretty awesome, in all the wrong ways! Maybe a nice antique brass one, for example.

Wildcat · Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:03 pm

Super glue mixed with briar dust saved from a previous rehab. Pack the crack using an exacto blade or some such. Sand and oil or wax the entirety of the briar and put beeswax on the tenon for a tighter fit.

Only if you don't have a zip tie of course.