Rad Davis

[pipebow88]

I've been admiring some of the beautiful pipes in Rad's gallery, and I'm stuck. What is up with the metal in the bottom of the bowls?

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[bigvan]

It's just a metal ball bearing. The pipe is sitting on top of a magnetic stand, and the ball bearing allows the pipe to be arranged at any angle.

 

[troutface]

It's a magnet to help position the pipes for photos.

 

[pipebow88]

Well I'll be danged. I've looked through these for a week now trying to figure this out. I knew it looked like a ball bearing, but i never though about a ball bearing for a magnetic stand. This is one of the posts you wish you could take back... Lol.

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[juptierspipe]

Don't feel to bad I was wondering why the hell the ball bearing was there as well..... :crazy:

 

[sergemoat]

Vauen makes one: via Smokingpipes
I missed out on Ebay a few weeks ago when one of these sold for 20 bucks.

 

[zack24]

Thanks for the explanation! The most frustrating part of pipe making for me is producing the pictures and getting the pipe to hold still...

 

[peckinpahhombre]

I have a couple. They are really cool and work very well (as long as you're careful)