Holy Embers!! Chatter Removal [Pic Heavy]

Embers gave me a hint on how to get rid of chatter in another post of mine. I do a lot of research, but didn't know about this one. He showed me a video of using a heat gun (or heat source) to the stem to bring out the indentations. I immediately pulled my Mountbatten estate with two giant tooth marks, and a few smaller ones and took to the heat. The before, top and bottom...


This was my first stem repair using this method. I started first with my St. Dupont knockoff soft flame. I tried for maybe 20 minutes and not much happened except I broke my St. Dupoint knockoff. Only a month of use, but here nor there (the spinner keeps on spinning).
I then took a torch to it, started to scorch the tip of the stem, a little bubble. I took the micro mesh and it cleaned up quick, so said gotta keep going even if it happens. This one took a long time, maybe 2 hours. I even resorted to matches because all my lighters decided to crap out on me. If I end up doing this more, I may invest in a heat gun. I can imagine that makes it so much easier. Here is the result. There is still the smallest amount of indention, but I got a little tired towards the end. After this stem, I took to my new Scantic, those pics are in another thread.

Thanks Al, I thought there should have been another step to prevent the stem from getting out of shape. This stem was my first attempt at this. It is a pipe I dont smoke often since the bowl is so huge.
The stem did start to bend and I used a wet paper towel to cool and bend back. Next time I'll dip for a quick set.
I have a heat gun coming to the house, hoping it makes it easier than a flame.