Brand New Pipe. Cracks/Voids in Chamber Wall. What Would You Do?

[toobfreak]

I hate the post-edit time-limit. What is the point of that?

As previous mentioned, it limits the time resources are tied up. As to your pipe, I agree that it should not have gone out that way. that said, if I liked the pipe as you obviously do, I would have just done the same, put a little mud in there to fill the voids and smoke it. I think it will be fine. After a few bowls you will never tell the difference.

 

[balkisobrains]

toobfreak

As previous mentioned, it limits the time resources are tied up. As to your pipe, I agree that it should not have gone out that way. that said, if I liked the pipe as you obviously do, I would have just done the same, put a little mud in there to fill the voids and smoke it. I think it will be fine. After a few bowls you will never tell the difference.

I checked into the editing time limit after posting that, and really why it is now set up that way is because users were starting static with or bashing each-other, and then deleting the evidence. Not sure why everyone else has to pay for that, but OK.
I feel pretty good about the bowl of the pipe, I think that it will be all right as well. ::

 

[jpmcwjr]

I'd say you get an A for good work and perseverance! Smashing pipe!

 

[toobfreak]

As to the editing time, I think it is currently 18 minutes. That bashing thing was a factor at one time but as of last mention as per Cosmic and I think Kevin a couple months ago, they settled on 18 minutes as being reasonable for editing as it holds up resources. I have only missed the time out once doing a very long post and being aware of it, when writing really long posts, I just break them up into smaller ones.

 

[balkisobrains]

jpmcwjr
I'd say you get an A for good work and perseverance! Smashing pipe!

Thanks, man. I'm going to post a little more about my plans for it in one of my other rambling threads.
I probably won't update this for a while, until after a successful reaming, or if something happens in the meantime.
toobfreak, here is the thread that I found (and posted in) a while back about the editing times.
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/what-is-the-window-of-opportunity-for-editing-a-post
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[toobfreak]

here is the thread that I found (and posted in) a while back about the editing times

I remember that. Says it is 45 minutes. I thought it was more like 18. They took it down to 10 minutes because of some old wars. I'll have to time it when I get a chance. If it really is 45 minutes, I don't know why anyone would complain!

 

[daveinlax]

It's to bad that you had to go through this but I can guarantee you there are much bigger fills lurking under bowl coatings in treasured pipes that cost many times the price and smoking just fine. 8O

 

[balkisobrains]

daveinlax

It's to bad that you had to go through this but I can guarantee you there are much bigger fills lurking under bowl coatings in treasured pipes that cost many times the price and smoking just fine. 8O

=O
I don't really mind, I learned some stuff.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Dave- I am not doubting you, but what is the basis of your experience in this?

 

[obidonkenobi]

I've got a brand new, pre-carbonized churchwarden that I've smoked only a handful of times that seems to be developing burn fissures on the inside. I've read about "pipe mud," but was wondering: why not just smear a bit of bake-able clay over them, and let the heat of the burning tobacco bake the clay, thereby repairing the fissures? (Not sure if the image I'm trying to add will work, but, here goes...)

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[obidonkenobi]

Okay, I guess that didn't work. Sorry - I'm a newbie: how do I upload pictures into a post?

 

[obidonkenobi]

Try, try again...
These are the "burn fissures" I've been yabbering about:

 

[cossackjack]

obidonkenobi:

That looks like the heat fissures vs chamber burnout. Perhaps, you have been puffing too hard & fast?

Also, there is significant rim charring, & draft hole charring in a pipe "smoked only a handful of times".

Have you been using a torch lighter? That would over-fire the rim & chamber.

 

[kirkland]

Normally it would require a very thick cake to cause such a failure. But with this pipe who knows. I'd also be concerned about what other problems are lying just below the chamber wall surfaces. The best is to get it replaced. Brebbia should never have let it out of the factory. You'd think they were Peterson!hahaha

 

[balkisobrains]

obidon, it looks like it's been smoked juuuuust a little hot and the precarb (or whatever was in the bowl) has begun to flake away. I don't mind you posting up in this thread about it, but you might get better response by making a thread of your own with more information about what is going on there.
So far, my pipe smokes nicely and I'm happy with the repairs that I have made. Most recently it's been sitting as for now it is a VA/Ori pipe, and I have been mostly smoking Latakia-based blends, but ultimately I think I will use it for certain shag-cut Latakia-based blends. ::

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

Is that pipe Briar?

 

[obidonkenobi]

cossackjack: Oh, sorry about posting to this thread - I thought it would be appropriate, being as it was a similar-sounding problem.
Yeah, I think I *have* been (puffing too hard/fast). The rim charring is probably due to my inept use of a Bic lighter to try lighting up. I got the idea that if I put a long pipe cleaner inside the stem while I'm smoking, it would act to catch some of the tar and moisture from the tobacco, but it also makes the draw too weak, which allows the flame to wander to the rim instead of getting properly sucked down into the bowl. I'll stop doing that from now on.
Any thoughts about using clay to repair the fissures? I haven't found any instances via web searches where this was tried.
kirkland: Not sure who "Brebbia" is. This is a "Lord of the Rings" Dark Wizard model pipe I bought from Danny Boy Pipes - the manufacturer is Macqueen Pipes.
balkisobrains: Yes, I think that's the consensus here (I smoked this pipe too hot). I am a newbie, and am dealing with all kinds of problems (tongue bite, charred rim and bowl, cheap tobacco, bad ideas/practices). Who knew pipe smoking was quite so complicated? Any thoughts about using clay to repair the bowl's heat fissures? Or should I just stick with pipe mud? I spoke to the proprietor at The Piedmont Tobacconist, and she mentioned a recipe of ash, sugar and water for pipe mud.
theloniousmonkfish: The Dark Wizard pipe is cherrywood.

 

[obidonkenobi]

Kirkland: Ah! I figured out who Brebbia is. Please ignore my prior question.

 

[balkisobrains]

obidonkenobi:
My fireplace ash "pipe mud" did not cure properly when I tried to fill the voids in my pipe. I ultimately removed it and used un-sanded un-modified white grout for that. Much better results.
In your case, I doubt that you need to use it at all.
I then coated the bowl with the activated carbon/sour cream/buttermilk slurry.
I don't know much about fixing pipes, but in your case I'm thinking that you want to ream out the charred material until you get to bare un-burnt wood, and then evaluate and decide if you want to coat the inside of the bowl with the carbon slurry, or leave it bare wood. I would not simply coat over the charred material in any case.
Your draught hole looks like it started to char around the edges, so that might end up looking rough or getting bigger at the opening after you remove the burnt wood, but not much you can do at this point.
You really should post your own thread about your pipe issues and repair process. Your issues are slightly different than mine, and you're kind of all over the place with your responses in this one. I think that you will get a better overall response in your own thread, and you won't be hijacking my thread. ::

 

[obidonkenobi]

balkisobrains: Thanks for your comments, and I'll do as you suggested (posting my own thread). Keep it lit, my friend!