KA9FFJ Master
I'm not sure where you are in your pipe hobby journey, but next time you are near St. Charles, stop by John Dengler Tobacconist = 700 S. Main St., in Old St. Charles. He has a quaint little B&M there and is very knowledgeable. Also, there is a St. Louis Pipe Club. I have met a few of the guys at the annual St. Louis pipe show held every February. You can receive loads of hands-on learning from them. Because their meeting location is quite a distance from Granite City, I have never made their meetings, but you might want to check them out as well. Hope this helps...
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Re: Pipe refinishing
I then developed a pattern that I could live with, and did some rustication work... (View Post) -
Re: Pipe refinishing
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Re: Pipe refinishing
Next came sanding the stummel to get it ready to rework the pipe into something different. After all, with a crack like that, the pipe was going to no one except me in my garage... (View Post) -
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Since the crack didn't go all the way through, I decided to fill the crack with black gel epoxy. I knew I wasn't going to restore the pipe to original, so my objective was to simply fill and seal the… (View Post) -
Re: Pipe refinishing
Decided to see if the crack went all the way through the bowl, so I softened it up with a little rock salt and rum, then reamed it back to the wood... (View Post)
