Glue or Not Glue the Stem That's the Question?

[eduardovieira]

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2005Pipe

Hello my friends let me know what's your opinion as smokers. The bambo stem shoud be glue to the pipe or not? The ebonit stem are free as normal?

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I’ll let those that have made or own that style pipe answer your question, but the stummel is beautifully carved. ?

 

[anotherbob]

2005Pipe

Hello my friends let me know what's your opinion as smokers. The bambo stem shoud be glue to the pipe or not? The ebonit stem are free as normal?

I say no. Something just seem neater about no on that one.

 

[eduardovieira]

My friends thanks for the opinion.
I decided to glue them... I read several opinions, but oneopinion was decisive to me.
As Sabina Santos says, bamboo is sensitive to variations of temperature.
If I don't want problems in the future it should be glued...

Thanks

 

[eduardovieira]

 

[sablebrush52]

As Sabina Santos says, bamboo is sensitive to variations of temperature.
If I don't want problems in the future it should be glued...

That's a shame. The fact of dimensional instability can be used as an argument AGAINST gluing, since allowing for some freedom of expansion and contraction in the design of the joinery will diminish the likelihood of cracking or shearing over time. Plus, the way that your pipe could be disassembled made cleaning and polishing really easy.
Nice job of carving BTW.

 

[mso489]

Since bamboo shanks are usually glued, that was my idea, until I read sable's post. I had wondered about the unique design here, and the need to get into the briar for thorough cleaning, and sable' supports that view. If you have already glued it, I guess go with that until you have further process, or lack thereof. You don't want to have to undo a glue job unless it undoes itself or presents some other problem.

 

[kcghost]

I agree with Sable. I think if you ever need to get into the pipe for repair or cleaning you will want it to come apart.

 

[eduardovieira]

Thanks for the comments.
With the heat of the smoke this probably was going to be loose. The inserted section on the stummel is to short about half centimeter, not like a tenon 1.5cm, I agree 100% with Sabina.
If over the years if necessary to replace the air duct, that is very easy, Just drill the old one and insert a new one, you don't need to remove the bamboo.

But I appreciated your point of view, thanks

 

[eduardovieira]

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It would make cleaning easier to not glue, but to have it fall off while smoking would kill the magic for me. But, it’s not my pipe.
Beautiful work!