Repaireriser…
I used to think it was easier to trim up a premolded stem and stick it on a pipe. I have come to find out that is definitely not the case. Cutting a stem from rod is actually easier that using a molded stem. I’m 100% in control of ALL the dimensions and not beholden to the jack legs making molded stems. I almost want to charge more to put a molded stem on a pipe than I do to cut one just to discourage people from asking for em… But then again I hate vulcanite and would rather work acrylic. I would also rather own acrylic.
Yup.
It's because when starting from rod, shaping is accomplished by "equal shrinkage" all over until arriving at the desired dimensions.
A premold requires cutting in some areas but absolutely not others, and keeping those areas separate from each other in realtime, with hand tools, requaires all manner of unnatural tool usage, inventing ways to mask/protect certain areas, and so on. It actually ADDS to the workload in most cases.
