New custom soft bits/stem repair material?
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(disclaimer: I do not work for any of the sellers or manufacturers of below mentioned products.)
I'm one of those guys who are constantly building/modifying/inventing/hacking random objects, in doing so I keep a list of certain "can't live without" items. Last night while smoking some luxury bullseye flake and stocking up on supplies, I had a sudden flash of inspiration! I believe two of my favorite materials would be great for pipe repair/customizing.
Say you have chewed through the acrylic stem of your trusty driving pipe, or need to fix a broken tennon, instamorph might work! http://www.instamorph.com
And for making a custom "softy bit" you could try some Sugru http://www.sugru.com
And there's probably a million other uses for this stuff in the pipe world too.
Do you guys think these would be helpful to the pipe smoking community?
My current "grail" pipe:
A meerschaum cutty pipe mini churchwarden.
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Your links link back to the forums. But I looked at the products. Interesting stuff. What have you used them for?
For whereas men of an older school, like myself, smoke for the pleasure of smoking...
A.A. Milne
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Interesting - Sugru's not certified as food safe yet, but they're working on it. I've heard good things about the stuff, but haven't played with it yet.
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I use heat shrink tubing on some of my pipe bits.
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I use heat shrink tubing on some of my pipe bits.
Ditto.
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I usually use heat-shrink tubing myself.
After some testing I realized he sugru isn't good for softie stems, I managed to chew it off pretty quickly. The instamorph however makes a pretty good stem parching material. I'm thinking about making a pipe stand out of it too.
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