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Dry tobacco
Solitude, you've said it all, I never liked Royal Yacht even when it was fresh. You can try rehydrating it gently, but likely some of the essential oils have been lost or changed or the drying changed the topping. My advice is to either throw it out or maybe try what I sometimes do--- work it...- tmb152
- Post #10
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
Right, it will work for truing or boring the leg of a chair, but pipe wood behaves different. I guess the real question is to ask if you have ever tried to do it with a mill or lathe? Of course not. But at least you are talking points now George, and not merely name calling anymore.- tmb152
- Post #87
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
Wow. You need a psychiatrist. I guess a group is only as good as its moderators, and if I moderated here, I'd throw you out of here for your vile, hateful attack.- tmb152
- Post #86
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
Well George, you need to HAVE a milling machine before you can use it, and I have two. But you most certainly CAN do some repairs with a mill, or a lathe, it depends, I would rather have the tool and not need it than to need it (or benefit from it) and not have it. In the instance I quoted...- tmb152
- Post #84
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
From post #42: If you work with pipes all of the time, you should have a set of wooden vee-blocks. You insert a transfer punch onto the draw hole; in most cases that will be synonymous with the axis of the stem. You insert the punch up into the collet of your machine and tighten. You then clamp...- tmb152
- Post #83
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
For once, you are 100% right, George, but I never said I did nor need to. All it takes is an understanding of wood and material science and a little bit of basic physics to fix anything with a pipe. It is still just a piece of wood. Pipe repair is child's play compared to machining some of...- tmb152
- Post #80
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
Then I guess you never read any of my short comments, didn't read my book review, and please do not read my topic on aging tobaccos. What you say Neil might be among the funniest things I've ever read, someone at once admitting they neither have the attention span to focus beyond a few puerile...- tmb152
- Post #79
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
Thank you Al, it most certainly is. None of these pictures have anything to do with pipes, but I posted them since they were some things that I HAVE well-documented in pictures for business reasons and can show all stages of making. I have uploaded a few additional pictures of that saddle if...- tmb152
- Post #78
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
Here is even a link to my album if that works! http://pipesmagazine.com/members/tmb152/album- tmb152
- Post #73
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
I just came back because I remembered I posted a few pipe pictures somewhere here when I first joined. After much searching, I actually found where "my album" is actually hidden. What a poorly laid out web-space! There ought to be a link to directions on using the various features here. All...- tmb152
- Post #72
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
Well, you've made my point George. I wouldn't touch that repair for anywhere near that amount. But then, I would not have cut the pipe short. But guys! Your dissonance is astounding! I am not the ass here, you are. I was the one that was attacked by your fanboy just for contributing ideas...- tmb152
- Post #66
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
You got that right, SS, but the market is just too limited and unfortunately the money is just not there--- the reason why so few do the work. And insults sure won't encourage me to join the fray. The work George did above is not what I would have chosen to do, even if the outcome looks nice...- tmb152
- Post #57
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Improving the draw on a meerschaum?
I'm a little confused, first Kane was the one needing the pipe fixed and now simong? No matter, not sure why meers would tend to have a more inferior inner tube, but I find it odd that folks think that some pipe place can fix it yet a private individual cannot? Some secret technique? It all...- tmb152
- Post #19
- Forum: Meerschaum Pipes
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Improving the draw on a meerschaum?
Really? Spooky? I cannot believe I am reading that clearing out the drawhole of a meer pipe is too spooky for a “pipe repair specialist,” on a forum that has represented itself to me as replete with pipe experts. Guys! Has anyone tried just sticking a wire down the thing just to see if it is...- tmb152
- Post #16
- Forum: Meerschaum Pipes
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How Would You Repair This Stem? (an ISPD Tragedy)
Why would it need a band at all then if the compound breaks were clean? Bands are more for cracks because you cannot get into a crack properly to fix them well. Assuming there was no missing bits of wood and a PVA glue was used (polyvinyl acetate), which is stronger than the wood itself, there...- tmb152
- Post #42
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion