Cracked My Paykoc

[JackofNone]

Probably by next week. I don't intend to use it unless this pipe is a total failure. This new mend should work much better. Silly to think the first would last. Since I wiped the pipe clean with ever clear, the epoxy may have had a reaction and dyed the white into pink. It's very unique now lol.

 

[JackofNone]

Yeah no yeah. JB Weld ain't it. It says an hour cure time but maybe I should have waited longer. Might be done with this project until the summer...

 

[peteguy]

Inner tube as stated previously. If Dibos would post here you would get the pros take.

 

[AroEnglish]

Yeah no yeah. JB Weld ain't it. It says an hour cure time but maybe I should have waited longer. Might be done with this project until the summer...View attachment 290238

What do you have in mind next?

 

[JackofNone]

I feel like I'm about done since this type is so gross but it would be a great work pipe that I wouldnt care about getting greasy or dusty

 

[JackofNone]

the replacement smokes great. The old pipe has been mended with a steel rod (3mm OD 2mm ID) and heat shrink tubing. No issues so far nor any foreseeable problems. Cheers all.

 

[woodrow]

Sorry about the breakage. That type of Meer is susceptible to temp extremes. The block meers I smoke in colder weather with no problems.
As mentioned an inner tube is the fix. Meer absorbs a lot, but actually a white glue with the inner tube would be my fix. Also any kind of clear ca. the chunks will bind to the tube, and the material itself.

 

[AroEnglish]

View attachment 291467the replacement smokes great. The old pipe has been mended with a steel rod (3mm OD 2mm ID) and heat shrink tubing. No issues so far nor any foreseeable problems. Cheers all.View attachment 291468

Love the band on the new one. What’s up with the shank wrinkles?

 

[kcghost]

You should have sent it to a competent repair man.

 

[JackofNone]

You should have sent it to a competent repair man.

shoulda coulda woulda

 

[JackofNone]

Love the band on the new one. What’s up with the shank wrinkles?

it looks like a really bad attempt at rustication. The band is sweet thought it doesn't have any stampage on it like "925" or anything like that. I don't doubt that it's silver. Either way it doesn't really matter to me. If I were to post a picture of the new pipe's shank, we'd all have a good laugh at it. For the record, neither pipe is pressed meer, just lower quality block. My tekin is probably a quarter of the weight of these pipes while being comparable in size.

 

[jhowell]

Send it off and have the heat shrink replaced with a proper band...