Adjusting a screw in tenon.

[coty]

I'm still curious why a select few tenons cant be turned after heating. I wonder if these stubborn tenons have wings of flanges that prevent them from turning.
Here is the Brewster when I started. It is on the right. The pipe on the left is another basket pipe marked "Beulay Standard". http://i.imgur.com/BmrFfeW.jpg
I've got the Brewster reamed as well as stripped and scoured with 0000 steel wool and alcohol. Now I'm just waiting on some sanding pads in the mail so I can bring everything back up to a glossy finish. I'm probably just going to use olive oil for the final finishing. I'm partial to the ease of maintenance in oil finishes.

 

[mso489]

Embarrassed to admit this, but I have been brooding over how to address my undercocked screw-in Kaywoodie

stem, though it doesn't bother me much for smoking. But now that I know that many Kaywoodie pipes have

this problem, it doesn't seem like much of a problem at all. Complain not of that which all men suffer alike,

to paraphrase (I think) one of the ancient Greeks. You have "corrected" the problem by making it seem like

the general condition with Kaywoodie pipes. Kaywoodie really ought to fix this in the manufacturing, but

I may not struggle to correct mine. Kaywoodie may not be selling me a second Kaywoodie pipe.

 

[ssjones]

I agree, estate issues are caused by abuse or just wear. If you have a new Kaywoodie and it is over-clocked, I guarantee Kaywoodie will fix or replace it.

 

[blackbeard]

A Dr. Grabow pipe I've been fixing up was really off. I looked into it, noticed people heating where the screw in part of the stem or stinger and then turning it with a pliers. I didn't have any handy....and decided I had to fix it while it bugged me. I took the time to heat it simply with a bic lighter. Avoiding the stem itself and trying not to hold flame to the metal. Once it was hot, I screwed in the stem....and kept going. It took a bit of pressure but when it broke loose it spun easily. When you get to this point....straighten it up and leave it alone. After a while when it's cooled it should unscrew, if hasn't cooled, you'll throw it off again. Give the stem another good clean and it's good as new! It was easy to get scared of breaking it when turning, but, worked out just fine.

 

[ejames]

A Dr. Grabow pipe I've been fixing up was really off. I looked into it, noticed people heating where the screw in part of the stem or stinger and then turning it with a pliers. I didn't have any handy....and decided I had to fix it while it bugged me. I took the time to heat it simply with a bic lighter. Avoiding the stem itself and trying not to hold flame to the metal. Once it was hot, I screwed in the stem....and kept going. It took a bit of pressure but when it broke loose it spun easily. When you get to this point....straighten it up and leave it alone. After a while when it's cooled it should unscrew, if hasn't cooled, you'll throw it off again. Give the stem another good clean and it's good as new! It was easy to get scared of breaking it when turning, but, worked out just fine.

Bingo! That's how you fix a Grabow ( and a Willard)-- AS LONG as it is an AJUSTOMATIC. Can't use that procedure on an old Linkmans.
Sometimes the tenon will have to be heated a couple of times to get the Ajusto to break loose and work as it should. When an Ajusto is working properly it can turned clockwise at any time to correct over or under turning--they are made to do that. If it's off just screw it in and keep cranking it around till it lines up--hot or cold.
99.99% of Grabows, Willards and Adventurers and a few oddballs, made since about 1955 with a screw in stem have the Ajustomatic feature--even if the pipe does not have the Ajustomatic stamping.

 

[blackbeard]

Interesting, so there is a possibility that with a little more pressure I could have done this without heating? Because I had to clean it up well after, had a little...burn taste left in. Luckily wasn't too bad to get rid of.

 

[ejames]

Interesting, so there is a possibility that with a little more pressure I could have done this without heating? Because I had to clean it up well after, had a little...burn taste left in. Luckily wasn't too bad to get rid of.

Yes. If is quite possible. If an Ajustomatic is working like it should you can screw the stem in and just keep cranking it around 360 degrees until it lines up again. They should not turn easily,but they should turn.

 

[blackbeard]

Just wanted to update. It's worked on two without heat. Still feel like it's going to break when I do it but works. Thanks again for the tip. Going to come in handy

 

[newbroom]

I had a pipe with a screw in stem that was 'overclocked' slightly. I took it to a repair specialist who placed a very thin piece of material in the shape of a doughnut over the shank end. It was self sticking. That paper thin spacer resulted in my stem tightening at the correct placement. Simple. Non invasive, and effective.

(I would describe the spacer he used as similar to a reinforcement circle that used to be used on ring binder paper when the holes got torn.)

 

[mso489]

I did the heating of the shank with a hair dryer and turned the stem to the correct position. Quick and easy. I think that was sablebrush's suggestion. It took less than ten minutes. The pipe is a Kaywoodie Drinkless author Ruff-Tone, and now it is much more a pleasure to smoke.

 

[blackbeard]

Just removed the piece from the stem of an adjustomatic and put it in another stem, was shocked when the adjustomatic aspect still works.....figured it would lock in.