Another Dunhill Tanshell Project

[shanez]

Great work!
I need to learn to read though. I've been reading it as "sugar" glue which is used in food decorating. My mind thought "well, okay, maybe it crystallizes and hardens which is why he is using it". :crazy: Yeah, super glue, probably a much better choice. :rofl:

 

[didimauw]

Hahaha I thought you just maybe had a typo, then I went and re read my posts to make sure I wasn't putting "sugar glue"

 

[mso489]

I commend the heroic effort. It might result in a good old smoking pipe that you'll enjoy for years. At the least, you'll have quite a story to tell. It's true you don't want to get too many chemicals close to the heat and fire. Probably the carbon layer will wall them off, but really volatile materials will gas off just being warmed. Anyway, you'll usually know by nose. It's a riveting tale. The raising of Lazarus of the pipe world.

 

[shanez]

Probably the carbon layer will wall them off, but really volatile materials will gas off just being warmed.

See? "Sugar" glue would crystallize and then turn to carbon! I'm not crazy? :rofl:

 

[didimauw]

Ok finally back to it. Had some delays, due to family health.
So onto the stem. There was some deep dents in it, on the stem itself, and on the button.

I used super glue to fill them.

And then filed.

And sanded.

And then micromesh polished. And well, it turned out ok I guess. Better than it was.

And yes the pictures I took, I spent a while looking for the right angles so flaws wouldn't show...haha

 

[didimauw]

And working on the top of the bowl, the more I got it clean, the more charring and damage I found. So yeah, I topped it.
I should have named this the stupid ugly Dunhill Zombie thread....

So I tried my best to chamfer the inside of the bowl, to hide the huge char mark. First lightly with a Dremel...yeah that was dangerous, then hand sanded with 220 grit.

And kept going, and I think this is as good as I care to get it.

Soon it will be totally covered in cake and I won't be able to see it anyways.
I tried to take this "refurbishing/repair/demolishion" serious, and realized... This is hard stuff.
Or I could have named this thread, " How Georged DOESNT repair pipes" haha
Even my tamper is frowning at me...

 

[didimauw]

So, I still wasn't happy with the coating on the inside. Didn't seem to harden like I had hoped. So I used a tip from josephcross and mixed the activated charcoal, with....
Sour cream...

I don't have any exact measurements. Just mixed it together till it turned a dark grey color.

I'm told it hardens very well, and the scent will go away within a day or so. So we shall see.

 

[didimauw]

So after letting the new bowl coating sit, and harden I was finally happy with it. That method worked like a charm!

Then I had to deal with the stem. Couldn't for the life of me get it to fit inside the shank. Then I remembered reading about pencil graphite as a lube. So u sharpened a pencil, and lubed the tenon with it. AMAZING. Couldn't believe it. Slid in without any issue.
Then I loaded my Rossi up with some Carter Hall and headed to the garage to buff the pipe.
One good coat of caranauba wax, and here's the final pictures of the Dunhill Tanshell zombie.

Yes there's some smudges on the stem I hadn't cleaned up yet, but I'm done. IM DONE!!!
This project had me sweating, nervous, anxious, and down right angry at times honestly. I believe this will be the last project I work on.
This was much harder, and much more work that I anticipated.
I think I'll leave the rest to the professionals.
The end.

 

[jeffro]

I think you did a great job on the refurbishment on that old Dunny that has seen better days, now you have given this pipe a second life, just like Dr. Frankenstein did with his subject or "Monster"
If all else failed I suppose you could have made it into a real monster pipe like Ollie Sylvester of Monstrosity pipes does to his creations.

 

[headhunter]

I would stain ‘er black, no one will ever know it had problems.

 

[headhunter]

I would stain ‘er black, no one will ever know it had problems.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I am reopening because of interest in the project.
Pictures? Update, please!

@didimauw​

 

[rmpeeps]

Nice work.
Name it, “My CrackPipe”.

 

[kcghost]

I don't know about this. Have you done real serious refurb work before?? It seems like you took on a rather large task with not enough guidance. Well. if it came out well all is well.