My 1st Hack-a-bowl

[pentangle]

That peterson has not so short shank and it has a flock insert and that make some differences.To have condences pipe must have only few millimeters from bowl bore and the end of the bore for the tenon, as smoke needs to change temperature lightly and as slow as possible

 

[pentangle]

"I agree with OTD, I would band that nub"

Really you think whould be possible? Look at the pic .Personally i could not make a decent work, probably no work at all.Could be maybe possible insert a little screwed tube between this amputated shank and a new briar insert.But before it's necesary to get a plane surface with another loss of briar material.Whould be like an acrobatics with a poor result.Much better forgive the problem and go ahed making another.Sad but true

 

[thesmokindragon]

Thanks all, some time since I mess'ed with this one, it went to the briar Gods ;-)

 

[pentangle]

It happens Dragon but when you start turning a bowl you must have in mind how much thik must be the bowl and if it will remain briar enough for the shank.Buying a briar block the measures are very important as well as the quality of the briar.The block must be large eight and long enough to be carved safely.small blocks are cheap but the reason of the price appears clearly soon

 

[olderthandirt]

it went to the briar Gods

Well shoot.

Perty well makes this discussion moot (-:

 

[ejames]

I just couldn't let this one go! Had to see for myself if a piece could be attached to a bowl with almost no shank. I believe it can,although it's not something I would want to do very often and only to save a favorite pipe or a really nice chunk of briar.

I started with a bowl from an old Grabow Color Duke that I had chopped the bowl off of in order to make a tamper from the stem and shank. As you can see there's not much shank left.

I put the bowl in the vise on my drill press and used a 3/4" forstner bit to face it. This is the most important and the hardest to do because if you don't face it right the stem will be at an angle to the bowl. I got lucky and got it pretty close. I then used a 3/8" forstner bit to drill a hole 1/4" deep,believe I could have gone a little deeper.

For my "shank" i used a piece of cherry that I had started to make a tamper from and turned a tenon on it.

It is smaller than what would be needed if I was going to permanently attach it.I think I would use JB Weld to attach this close to the bowl,it's good for 600 degrees,other epoxies would I think soften from the heat--those I have anyway. I didn't drill the airway or mortise in this piece.

New shank in place! As I said a larger diameter piece would be needed so it could be sanded to blend in with the bowl and what little shank it has.

Maybe now I can save a few of those bowls that I chopped off to make tampers! :roll:

 

[unclearthur]

Sometimes you can have a lot of fun saving a busted pipe. This one had a shank flaw that caused it to break off short. So I went nuts on it.

 

[ejames]

Yeah! That's what I'm talking about!

 

[group4]

shank extension is entirely doable for op's pipe, but I would just move on and try another. If in the future you're looking for a project revisit your nubby early effort.

 

[pentangle]

Honestely i think it is a waste of time due tue the result.A stem will cost like an estate Grabow and the pipe obtained is for my taste orrible.Go for a Grabow instead and save time if not money

 

[kennerth]

Pentangle, It is not about the economy of the decision, its about the challenge. Now, I would not recommend spending $40 on fixing it up, but a hardwood extension, or simply a $5 churchwarden stem would not only make his otherwise attractive and functional pipe a smoking memory instead of a paperweight. We take on such projects as carving and repair because we want to prove that we are smarter and more resourceful than a piece of wood. And because the spirit of McGiver lives on in us!
Personally, Dragon, I would take the idea I have seen on these pages and use some sort of screw attachment( ala Dr Grabow or Earl of Essex) and screw on an extension. Take that pipe bowl down to the local hardware store and look at the brass or other nontoxic widgits that could be used to add an extension to that puppy. You can do it!

 

[baronsamedi]

I couldn't do it, but even my tampers look weird.

 

[ejames]

Pentangle, It is not about the economy of the decision, its about the challenge.

Exactly! I can do this type of repair for a few dollars in parts and a few hours of my time( I'm slow)!!

If done correctly you end end up with a nice looking,good smoking pipe.

 

[pentangle]

At finally what it counts is to get satisfaction in your work.So if you like that do that.But rember under 0,2 inch of thickness of briar betwen chamber hole and the start of the new shank the pipe first or last will burn,and glue so near the bowl in a few will start to give problems.These are without a doubt technical problems.About the aesthetic aspect everybody will have his own opinion