Here is a band repair that I finished up last night for a fellow forum member. I will let him name himself, in case he doesn't like the repair. :wink: But, this was for a cracking shank, which needed a compression band. I mixed an ancient recipe for an alloy of copper and tin to make a nice bronze that will darken to a classy look. Used a mill to make it into a strip and then soldered it into a band. And, hand carved the rustication with burs.
I carved a dado for the band to slide onto and coated it with a nice layer of hard carnauba wax. Then froze the pipe in the freezer to shrink it, so the band would just slip on.
I think the rustication and color works well with this classy Canadian, IMO. For just tad more money than having a pre-made ultra thin band slid on, I think it classes up a nice pipe.
What do you think?
If you should want a band, I can make almost any metal and any pattern, or make something really wild.
I carved a dado for the band to slide onto and coated it with a nice layer of hard carnauba wax. Then froze the pipe in the freezer to shrink it, so the band would just slip on.
I think the rustication and color works well with this classy Canadian, IMO. For just tad more money than having a pre-made ultra thin band slid on, I think it classes up a nice pipe.
What do you think?
If you should want a band, I can make almost any metal and any pattern, or make something really wild.
I'll definitely keep you in mind if I get a nice pipe that needs that kind of repair.
