Made this Meerschaum but Carnauba Wax Solution Cracked the Mortise.

[shikano53]

Sorry about the accident. Title abbreviated: Original:

"Made This Meerschaum But When I Plugged The Ends To Soak In My Carnauba Wax Solution I Cracked The Mortise"

Well here are a few pics with the last being the cracked Mortise. That's a border collie hair in the bottom pic.
Try again...

https://imgur.com/a/AvjP2MR

https://imgur.com/nySSTti

https://imgur.com/DagtAkE

 

[kcghost]

You night ask @RustiePyles CPG on how you fix this if it is possible.

 

[shikano53]

Thank you

 

[anotherbob]

I don't know if I am right but that shank looks fragile somehow. It gave me the same feeling pencil shanks always do, this sense of needing to be overly tender with it. Could just be me and have no bearing on the reality of the situation.

 

[AJL67]

I do dig the pipe, kind of a dark side of the moon thing going on there. At first i thought it cracked when you. put it in the solution, but it was when you were actually plugging the holes to soak it? Maybe it had a flaw in the stone? It's really hard to tell how thick that part of the pipe is without seeing the tenon.

 

[shikano53]

I don't know if I am right but that shank looks fragile somehow. It gave me the same feeling pencil shanks always do, this sense of needing to be overly tender with it. Could just be me and have no bearing on the reality of the situation.

You’re right. Normally I put a liner in the shank to strengthen it but this time I didn’t. Unfortunately you can see the result.

 

[brian64]

Sorry about the accident. Title abbreviated: Original:

"Made This Meerschaum But When I Plugged The Ends To Soak In My Carnauba Wax Solution I Cracked The Mortise"

Well here are a few pics with the last being the cracked Mortise. That's a border collie hair in the bottom pic.
Try again...

https://imgur.com/a/AvjP2MR

https://imgur.com/nySSTti

https://imgur.com/DagtAkE

Can't see the pics.

 

[woodsroad]

So...what caused the crack? The thread title seems to lay blame on the wax,

 

[condorlover1]

@shikano53 : This gentlemen has had a lot of success with meerschaum. He made a gorgeous 'cutty' for my late friend David Ward which I believe @simong has and he made a beautiful wooden 'cutty' that I gifted to another member on here several years ago. I must say the man is a genius and sometimes 'shit' just happens with meerschaum!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Can't see the pics.

They're on Imgur. Reload and try again!

(Safer to embed the images on our site.)

 

[didimauw]

Why did you use caranuba wax instead of bees wax?

 

[shikano53]

So...what caused the crack? The thread title seems to lay blame on the wax,

No not the wax but I usually insert a 5/32” delron liner and then use a 1/4” piece of delron for the tenon. To plug the shank, I turned down a piece of 5/32” delron then wrapped one layer of electrical tape around it to seal it. I forced it too far so operator error on my part.

 

[shikano53]

Well, my lack of knowledge i guess. I just assumed caranuba was the wax used. Next time I’ll try beeswax. I thought the caranuba would color a nice soft, golden brown after smoking it numerous times. Kind of like a well cooked marshmallow over a campfire.
live and learn.