Here Goes Nothing??

[fullbent]

I got my (Carve Your Own Pipe Blocks)in ,from pipes and cigars today.I bought a straight,and a bent.I hope I dont make an ass out of them,but I have a feeling I will :roll: Will post pics....Wish me luck, :lol:

 

[baronsamedi]

Good Luck, Fullbent!

 

[ace57]

Good luck, The only bad self made pipe is the one You don't make so have fun. :clap:

 

[hobie1dog]

:laughat: oh, you haven't posted a picture of it yet. :crazy:

 

[jasongone]

ah man just go for it. worse thing that happens is you learn a bunch of lessons for next time.

 

[smokindawg]

Good luck on your pipe making and have fun with it. I look forward to seeing just what you come up with.

 

[pstlpkr]

Let's see some before, during, and after pics.

 

[seanz]

good luck man and cant wait to see the end product

 

[docrx]

Be sure to be smoking your pipe when carving!

 

[thesmokindragon]

good luck brother, you will do fine, like others have said...make sure you have fun and enjoy it, don't worry too much about cuts/shape just enjoy and learn from the experience...it is great you got some pipe-kits and are taking on making some pipes

 

[pawpaw]

best of luck measure twice cut once

 

[unclearthur]

First time may lack some aesthetics but, what the hell you did it yourself.

 

[fullbent]

I now realize why some pipes go for big money!!! :|

 

[igloo]

I keep eyeballin them there kits . I wish you the best of luck and may you have as many fingers when you finish as when you started .

 

[unclearthur]

Interesting , ain't it?

 

[smokindawg]

With even a worst attempt, using a pipe kit, you'll still have a pipe that will smoke and the best part, you made it yourself.
Igloo, go for it, I'm sure you'll enjoy a pipe you made yourself,
I have to say to anyone that wants to give making themselves a pipe, the first pipe I made was ugly, but I was still proud of it and as far as I'm concerned, it smoked like a dream for a pipe made with my own hands.
I'm not an expert by any means, but if you have any questions, I'd be more than happy to help you out if I can.

 

[unclearthur]

You never know what you can do until you try.

 

[fullbent]

Update....There will no longer be a Straight pipe! It got trashed!I dont like the idea of the holes already in place,and stem fitted...Went a bit deep...ok a lot deep,on the bottom of what would have been a sitter...Swish,there's the tenon....I'm wishing I had bought the blocks and shaped,so I could have drilled after rough shaping..One more to go,I think I will put it on the lathe tomorrow eve.If I ass it up...I will buy stems,blocks,ect... And try it all from scratch...Dammit! :lol:

 

[fullbent]

Ok guys and gals ...... I give you the Potato Egg....Not really the shape I wanted,but with the shaft coming pre shaped I was a bit scared to take another go at it.As usual,I was not patiant enough to find leather dye,so I went with the natural finish of carnuba wax.I started out with 80 grit paper and worked my way to 1500 grit.I still believe that doing it from scratch from a plane block would be better but here is what I ended up with.

Sorry for all the pics,but I wanted you to tell me what was right,and what was wrong...Thanks

 

[papipeguy]

Wow, that's your first attempt at carving? Incredible work. Congrats.