Draft Hole Too Large

[woodrow]

I’ve got a decent piece of briar that I fashioned into a nice bowl. The daft hole was already cut. It’s extremely large, just a shade below 1/4 inch.
Any idea how I can reduce the size of the hole on the pipe
Thanks everyone,
Bill

 

[georged]

I’ve got a decent piece of briar that I fashioned into a nice bowl. The daft hole was already cut. It’s extremely large, just a shade below 1/4 inch.
Any idea how I can reduce the size of the hole on the pipe
Thanks everyone,
Bill

Ream to the OD of a piece of stainless tubing that has the inside diameter you want, cut to length, texture the outer surface, and glue in place.

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[georged]

 

[woodrow]

That’s what I was thinking George. Thank You. I think there’s aluminum tubing on Amazon someplace.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Speaking of aluminium tubing.
One of my patent Dunnies Shell Briar lovat pipes had a little accident.
The seller did not have clue and forgot to mention the fractured shank.
The gluing was done so properly I could not detect it on the ad's photos .
Anyway; I was 100% refunded and the seller did not want me to return the pipe.
Bingo ! I worked a little on it and managed to improve the cosmetics even more.
Is it adviceable to insert an alu. tube ? The repair is close to the mortise, so gluing in should be easy.
The shank will never come apart, but juice might leak when smoking and there of course is the expanding and retracting of the wood because of the warmth.
Does this make sense

 

[woodrow]

@georged I went with 7mm. Might be a little on the wide side but I figure I can sand that a bit. 1mm walls. Now I have to figure out how to measure the hole to the tenon. I might have to go with 8mm. I think I can measure that draft hole with a drill bit to be sure.

 

[woodrow]

Speaking of aluminium tubing.
One of my patent Dunnies Shell Briar lovat pipes had a little accident.
The seller did not have clue and forgot to mention the fractured shank.
The gluing was done so properly I could not detect it on the ad's photos .
Anyway; I was 100% refunded and the seller did not want me to return the pipe.
Bingo ! I worked a little on it and managed to improve the cosmetics even more.
Is it adviceable to insert an alu. tube ? The repair is close to the mortise, so gluing in should be easy.
The shank will never come apart, but juice might leak when smoking and there of course is the expanding and retracting of the wood because of the warmth.
Does this make sense

George, I did some more research on the stainless steel tube fix. Another fixer on Reddit mentions making a dowel of briar, then gluing, then drilling the briar draft hole. This one is beyond my pay grade as I don’t have a dill press that accurate. Food for thought I guess.

 

[georged]

George, I did some more research on the stainless steel tube fix. Another fixer on Reddit mentions making a dowel of briar, then gluing, then drilling the briar draft hole. This one is beyond my pay grade as I don’t have a dill press that accurate. Food for thought I guess.

I can guarantee that the recommender is just brainstorming.

Such a procedure would be impossible to actually do 98% of the time, and the 2% would be luck. Too many reasons to list.

 

[tobakenist]

Ream the inside edges of the tubing or you will have a job passing a cleaner through it.

 

[woodrow]

I can guarantee that the recommender is just brainstorming.

Such a procedure would be impossible to actually do 98% of the time, and the 2% would be luck. Too many reasons to list.

Agree. Even if you made a dowel, then hollow the dowel without breaking or cracking, then resanding and gluing it’s a lot of work for a fix of 1 inch stainless steel.
The writer goes on to use food safe epoxy. I think he means white glue.
Same guy pieces together a shank in multi piece, uses white glue, and a rubber band till cured. That baby is going to break every time without a band.
Thanks George.

 

[woodrow]

Ream the inside edges of the tubing or you will have a job passing a cleaner through it.

Thanks Ken. It’ll be well sanded. I’m a little worried about weight because I didn’t use aluminum. I think if I have to repair a shank, or do this in the future I may use aluminum. Aluminum tubing in specific sizes is much harder to source than stainless steel.

 

[woodrow]

@georged - George the repair worked like a charm. I measured less than an inch, and used some epoxy. I’ve got a little low floor to repair a bit, but other than that it was my first shot at carving a defective piece of briar. Next time I’ll use aluminum tubing for many fixes including shattered shanks.