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Re: Ideas for a Meer Lined Grabow
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:57 pm
by Wildcat
Piping Abe wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 11:54 am
I think the consesus is that anything over and inch and a quarter is too big for burn characteristics. Under that, your good.
I think this is why I don't recall my dad smoking the KW mentioned. Some evidence, but no cake. I never did smoke it. As I said it was a dust collector.
Re: Ideas for a Meer Lined Grabow
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:57 pm
by Wildcat
Ronv69 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:10 pm
JB Weld is an epoxy, great for fixing engine blocks, but I would not like to smoke it. I would really hate trying to remove it from the pipe too. It's a decorative piece now.
+1
Re: Ideas for a Meer Lined Grabow
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:23 pm
by Tsal
Woodrow1953 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 11:03 am
How do you think I could reduce the size of the bowl. I’ve already added a thin layer of JB Weld. I’m just concerned how a bowl this big would actually smoke.
JB Weld is toxic if your planning on smoking it. Perhaps take it out. People on the internet have claimed that large diameter bowls are great for English blends.
Re: Ideas for a Meer Lined Grabow
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2022 11:59 pm
by Thelonious monkfish
Wildcat wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:37 am
I believe @Thelonious monkfish has a KW Meer lined with missing meer my dad smoked for a very short while. I believe it was a hand-me-down to my dad from my Papa Jim. I reamed it down to wood and it was a dust collecting piece of my childhood but with no real sentimental value so I moved it on.
All that said, maybe Alex has plans for it, he's quite the
pipe restorer!!
I recall somebody using plaster of paris, maybe Troy on the Grabow site years ago. Vermont Freehand sells pressed meer plugs for inserts, pretty cheap but they'd need drilled.
Regarding the stain left on the recessed areas, did you try acetone?
Re: Ideas for a Meer Lined Grabow
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2022 1:25 pm
by Woodrow1953
Some pro restorers have used JB Weld for cracks inside the bowl. Finishing up with a coating of sour cream and charcoal. I think I may try it. I’m going for a smooth look. Here’s the latest on the journey thus far.
Re: Ideas for a Meer Lined Grabow
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2022 2:28 pm
by Ronv69
Your pipe makes me think of the revolver I inherited from my father. I was once tempted to shoot it. It was originally nickel plated, a 1950s German made copy of a Colt, but double action. It's in 32 Colt. I would shoot it except that the timing is so far off that the cartridge doesn't line the primer up with the firing pin. Instead, I stripped the rust off, gave it a quick rub with steel wool and a cold blue and put it in a shadow box. Some things aren't worth fixing, regardless of the sentimental value.
Re: Ideas for a Meer Lined Grabow
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2022 5:35 pm
by Mr Beardsley
Ronv69 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 2:28 pm
Your pipe makes me think of the revolver I inherited from my father. I was once tempted to shoot it. It was originally nickel plated, a 1950s German made copy of a Colt, but double action. It's in 32 Colt. I would shoot it except that the timing is so far off that the cartridge doesn't line the primer up with the firing pin. Instead, I stripped the rust off, gave it a quick rub with steel wool and a cold blue and put it in a shadow box. Some things aren't worth fixing, regardless of the sentimental value.
Rock solid wisdom
Re: Ideas for a Meer Lined Grabow
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:36 pm
by Woodrow1953
Re: Ideas for a Meer Lined Grabow
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:34 pm
by Silver
The old Doctor has some nice grain!
