Bottom Of Chamber In Cobs

[Chasing Embers]

The mouthpieces have teeth marks, alright, but no structural damage.

Prior to giving up cobs, I found their stems more comfortable and less maintenance than even vulcanite.

 

[Smoktrel]

I used self-leveling polyurethane, made for filling cracks in concrete. Weeks later it's still glossy - as pristine as the day it went in.

Anybody have a 5/32" drill bit I can borrow?

LikeDadDid:

polyurethane contains Hydrogen Cyanide. This is a very dangerous compound. I am not an expert, so i can't explain exactly how it works (although i am just beginning to study chemistry and may try to make a job out of it) but the polyurethane molecule "contains" HCN (hydrogen cyanide).

 

[mikebjrtx]

I just stop when I taste the shank start to burn. When it finally burns the shank completely I raise the bottom with pipe mud to match up with the bottom of the drought hole.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

LikeDadDid:

polyurethane contains Hydrogen Cyanide. This is a very dangerous compound. I am not an expert, so i can't explain exactly how it works (although i am just beginning to study chemistry and may try to make a job out of it) but the polyurethane molecule "contains" HCN (hydrogen cyanide).

It doesn’t actually contain any HCN, but it can react to produce HCN when combusted. But yeah, I wouldn’t put it in a pipe either.

 

[ClenchedBilliard]

As you smoke it the wood will burn away a little at a time. After a few smokes the wood will have burned down and may look more even. It usually takes me 4-5 smokes in a cob before I consider it “broken in”.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

The one on the top is a new MM Stubby and the other a well used Carolina Gent.

 

[LikeDadDid]

LikeDadDid:

polyurethane contains Hydrogen Cyanide. This is a very dangerous compound. I am not an expert, so i can't explain exactly how it works (although i am just beginning to study chemistry and may try to make a job out of it) but the polyurethane molecule "contains" HCN (hydrogen cyanide).

Okay, I really need to wet down my humor. I didn't know all that, and I thank you for bringing it to the conversation, but I've never used self leveling poly in a pipe. I thought that was an obvious over-the-top joke. Reading it now, a month later, it sounds like I was actually that stupid. And I am, but not in that specific manner.

I did once tell an airport security agent that my friend, who was at that moment headed for the metal detector, was carrying a gun. Yes I'm that stupid. Yes I got in trouble, if a stiff reprimand counts as being in trouble. In my defense, 9/11 was still decades away, so I thought the agent was way too sensitive.

 

[didimauw]

Prior to giving up cobs, I found their stems more comfortable and less maintenance than even vulcanite.

Did you boycott cobs, because of the Cornabis?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Did you boycott cobs, because of the Cornabis?

Yep. Their site once has a disclaimer that their products were not intended for marijuana use then they market weed pipes and remove the disclaimer.

 

[Chasing Embers]

@didimauw

Now I mainly smoke Turkish corn cobs.?