So a few years ago, the stem on my Stanwell became loose. Out of no where. I kept hearing stories about if you smoke it and leave the stem out afterwards, that it would become too tight. So I tried that many many times without any luck. Then I heard that you could heat up the end of the tenon, and smush it down, and kind of flare it out.
That sort of worked, for the first 3/4 of the way in, but it was still loose when it was fully inserted. And I managed to mess up the airway, pipe cleaners would get stuck, etc.
So I deleted with that for a long time untill I couldn't take it anymore. And googled, and googled and googled some more, untill I found this video. Not only did it work, but he goes into details about why it works.
Many people probably already knew this, but I thought this could be helpful to those who deal with loose stems.
It worked like a charm. My favorite pipe, is once again back to normal.
loose pipe stem
That sort of worked, for the first 3/4 of the way in, but it was still loose when it was fully inserted. And I managed to mess up the airway, pipe cleaners would get stuck, etc.
So I deleted with that for a long time untill I couldn't take it anymore. And googled, and googled and googled some more, untill I found this video. Not only did it work, but he goes into details about why it works.
Many people probably already knew this, but I thought this could be helpful to those who deal with loose stems.
It worked like a charm. My favorite pipe, is once again back to normal.
loose pipe stem
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