My Pipe Fell Apart (MM Hardwood)

reichenbach

Part of the Furniture Now

Jan 5, 2012

552

2

West Park, NY

• May 8, 2012

• #1

So I had just finished a bowl of Sextant in my MM Maple Hardwood and as I taped out out the ashes, the bowl fell off. I had noticed it had been loose but still got a decent seal as to be able to smoke without leakage but today it came apart. I put the pieces back and it is resting comfortably but is there anything easy to keep the pipe together? It has a typical MM construction (the bowl and shank are two joined pieces). It was an inexpensive purchase so I'm not gonna sweat it if there is nothing to be done (and I'll still use it) but I was just wondering if there was an easy fix to keep it happening again. Pipe mud maybe or something else?
Thanks.

 

colorduke

Part of the Furniture Now

Mar 5, 2011

775

1

• May 8, 2012

• #2

Sand or scuff the shank and around the hole in the bowl and reglue with elmers wood glue.

 

buzkirk

Part of the Furniture Now

Apr 14, 2009

656

752

61

Humboldt Tn.

• May 8, 2012

• #3

elmers wood glue

 

gwynclan

Can't Leave

Jan 18, 2012

357

0

• May 8, 2012

• #4

Let the glue dry till you can no longer make an impression in it with your thumbnail.

 

jchaplick

Lifer

May 8, 2011

1,702

9

• May 8, 2012

• #5

+1

 

baronsamedi

Lifer

May 4, 2011

5,688

5

Dallas

• May 9, 2012

• #6

Glue that sucker! It's a MM. They like that.

 

rcstan

Lifer

Mar 7, 2012

1,466

8

Sunset Beach NC

• May 9, 2012

• #7

Glue it back up. Let it dry good before smoking or it will taste funny.

 

nsfisher

Lifer

Nov 26, 2011

3,566

20

Nova Scotia, Canada

• May 9, 2012

• #8

Same thing happened to one of mine. I put it back together as it is supposed to be and ran a line of crazy glue around where bowl and shank meet. That was about 300 smokes ago. Still going strong

 

tiltjlp

Can't Leave

Apr 9, 2011

396

0

Cheviot Ohio

• May 9, 2012

• #9

I actually separate the shank from the bowl on my MM Hardwood pipes on purpose, for easier cleaning. I've always found that the shank still fits snuggly into the bowl.

 

bailey331

Starting to Get Obsessed

Jan 24, 2012

192

0

• May 9, 2012

• #10

Yep, Elmers all the way

 

jvandy77

Starting to Get Obsessed

Apr 1, 2012

184

0

• May 9, 2012

• #11

Wouldn't you run the risk of the Elmer's glue melting or burning when the pipe warms up?

 

reichenbach

Part of the Furniture Now

Jan 5, 2012

552

2

West Park, NY

• May 9, 2012

• #12

I'm still trying to smoke the smell of the lacquer out of it so adding glue to the mix won't really affect anything. Thanks for the input everyone I appreciate it.

 

jp12

Might Stick Around

Apr 10, 2012

56

0

• May 12, 2012

• #13

I'll just reiterate what everyone else said about the Elmer's glue. But I'll add that I had a similar issue with a cob and when I called MM customer service they specifically said to use Elmer's glue... so that's why there's a bottle of Elmer's glue in my tobacco cabinet now. Hope it works out well for you.

 

newbroom

Lifer

Jul 11, 2014

6,109

6,594

Florida

• Jul 11, 2014

• #14

make a paste of corn starch and super glue...or fine wood dust and super glue...put it on the stem rotate into place and viola...

Do those hardwoods smoke good?