Replacement Stem for Broken Tenon

[cigarmaverick]

Hello all!
Beginner question. I was setting out to clean my pipe tonight. It had been a couple weeks since I had used the pipe. I apparently was not easy enough when removing the stem and separated the stem from the tenon. It looked to me like it was glued together to begin with, so I have attempted to glue it back in place. That having been said, I'm thinking I should order a replacement one as a preemptive strike so to speak.

My question is this. Is there a "standard" size of tenon? below are the pictures I took. Or am I OK to order any generic stem?









The top picture shows after I reattached the tenon with glue.

I just want a simple curved black stem. Also, do I stick with my metal filter?

Thanks,
Russ

 

[mrenglish]

The metal filter is to collect moisture to keep it from going up the stem, so it is not always needed. If you smoke tobacco on the dry side then there is little need for the filter.

Generally, pre-made stems come as blanks, so you will be in for a lot of sanding to get it looking like a normal stem. Vermont Freehand sells stems that you can use. Contact them and let them know your measurements and they should be able to help you.

As for the tenon, you could also send that for repair. They will drill it out and replace the tenon and you would not have to worry about a whole new stem.

Hope this helps.

 

[craig61a]

I’m unclear as to what was separated. It appears that the tenon is intact. The metal piece that separated might just be part of a stinger that was cut from what I can see.

Put some graphite on the body of the tenon. That will help with inserting/removing it.

So if you can refit the stem, and there are no breaks in it, you should be OK.

 

[diamondback]

I’m in the market for new stems myself as I’ve got several old stummels with no accompanying stems.

 

[craig61a]

Well I wrote some more on fitting a new stem, but the editor timed out... and I don’t feel like rewriting it right now.

 

[mrenglish]

Another place you can check is Raw Crafted, Premal should have what you are looking for.

 

[craig61a]

I’m in the market for new stems myself as I’ve got several old stummels with no accompanying stems.

Not that hard to do yourself. Get the tooling and turn some practice stems. Save yourself some $.

 

[craig61a]

I’ll write up a little tutorial on fitting a new blank later. Past my bedtime now.

 

[diamondback]

Not that hard to do yourself. Get the tooling and turn some practice stems. Save yourself some $.

This reminds me of an opportunity I bungled. A buddy of mine was moving and was looking to get rid of his Jet mini lathe back in ‘06. He was willing to sell it to me along with a few turning tools for ~$225. It was practically brand new. I’ve kicked myself many times for not buying it. Couldn’t tell ya for the life of me what made me pass it up.

/facepalm

 

[diamondback]

I’ll write up a little tutorial on fitting a new blank later. Past my bedtime now.

Please do! That would be greatly appreciated! Thank you

 

[craig61a]

This reminds me of an opportunity I bungled. A buddy of mine was moving and was looking to get rid of his Jet mini lathe back in ‘06. He was willing to sell it to me along with a few turning tools for ~$225. It was practically brand new. I’ve kicked myself many times for not buying it. Couldn’t tell ya for the life of me what made me pass it up.

/facepalm

Good price, but tooling adds up in $. Handy thing to have.

 

[cigarmaverick]

I’m unclear as to what was separated. It appears that the tenon is intact. The metal piece that separated might just be part of a stinger that was cut from what I can see.

Put some graphite on the body of the tenon. That will help with inserting/removing it.

So if you can refit the stem, and there are no breaks in it, you should be OK.

Sorry for the confusion!

The top picture shows after I reattached the tenon with glue.

If the glue holds I'll try graphite.

Thanks!