I don't have the equipment needed to make a pipe from scratch, but I do a lot of restorations. I now have almost 60 pipes and only 6 were purchased new. The rest I have restored. It has been a labor of love for me and a very fulfilling...
I hear ya @KA9FFJ I have restored a few myself then I just figured why not just see what I can do with a hobby block that was pre drilled and before I knew it I was hooked and just started buying material. And slowly built up my tools.
@Corey562 Those stems give me visions of great looking pipes like the ones you make. Question: How does the mortise size/push stem size get determined. I have a stummel in need of a push stem, but how to go about figuring the needed stats is new to me...
@KA9FFJ if it is a restoration job I use a micrometer to check the hole the I make the tenon slightly larger and slowly size it down constantly checking till the fit is right.
@Corey562 Thanks for the response. I have a machinist friend that will probably have a micrometer that I can use. It's just that I have always restored pipes that may be beat up and almost beyond repair, but I have never dealt with a stemless pipe. I will at least have a starting point once I get an accurate mortise measurement... Thanks again...
@Corey562 It would be great if you could stop a few times along the way and post pics as you progress on your project. Do you already have the entire pipe plan in your head (stain color(s), etc.) or do you wait until the final shape is completed and then sit back and make your determinates?
@KA9FFJ I already know about how its gonna turn out I will start with the stem and work my way to the bowl. I will post pics along the way the ox horn ring is resest about a half inch in so that way a pipe cleaner will travel smoothly through the draft hole hit dead center right at the bottom of the hole and is a 1/8 hole so she will smoke like a train.
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I have to say that is one sharp churchwarden.