If You Are/Have Been A Pipe Maker Or Owned A Pipe Shop

[sasquatch]

You could get a used lathe for a few hundred bucks. It doesn't have to be a monster sized machine to turn stems.

 

[photoman13]

eh if it cost that much I would probably just pay someone to do it.

 

[sasquatch]

Ahhh.... but pretty soon.... pretty soon "they" will pay YOU to do it, if you get any good at it. Then the big money. The women. The lifestyle. You know.

 

[piperl12]

Pimo has a tenon cutter that i started out with I think i paid $20 back in the mid-nineties. If I can find it, you can have it but a lathe is faster and a bit more accurate. Check out www.leevalleytools.com for their taig lathe its a mini machine lathe often used for turning custom pens. You could conceivably turn a small pipe bowl on this as well with a 4 way chuck.

 

[photoman13]

Ha ha sasquatch.
piperl12, 20 bucks would be nice!

 

[piperl12]

http://www.pimopipecraft.com/tools.html this is the tenon tool i was talking about

 

[photoman13]

That is pretty cool.

 

[photoman13]

Glad you posted.

 

[fnord]

@Kris - LMFAO.
@Sasquatch - Light or no, I can see well enough to know that you've made one beautiful burner. Well done, friend.

 

[smokindawg]

Photoman13, sorient don't know that your comments are deserved but I appreciate them just the same.
I actually got some shop time yesterday and worked up a pipe. I was trying for a devil anse type pipe but ended up with a billiard nose warmer instead. LOL

 

[bentmike]

A Pipe I Carved.

 

[photoman13]

smokindawg post it up!
That's a great little pipe mike.

 

[captainprophesy]

Mike thats an awesome pipe!

 

[bentmike]

Thanks guys for the compliments! I just made a couple pipes for myself to prove I could do it. I was happy with the one in that post so I never tried making another.... But it kind of gets in your blood and I was recently given a nice block of briar so I'll soon be starting on a new one. Don't hold your breath for pictures though because I'm a slooowww worker. I like to take my time and enjoy the journey.
There is alot of fine craftsmen on this forum. One of the many reasons I like it so much.

 

[ejames]

I make a few tampers and now and then a pipe.

 

[photoman13]

Yes you make beautiful tampers ejames.

 

[ghost]

I think it's clear to me know, I need to make a pipe. This is the same feeling I had when I got into guitar repairs and mods. I'm already handy with estates, this is the logical next step. Lol...
Time to start studying!