Smoking My Teaford Jet Air Pipe

[tbradsim1]

So far half way into bowl, bowl is not hot , air screw opened 1 turn as reccomendef, very light, seems to be crafted extremely well.

 

[andrew]

Right on, I think I'm going to order one. It seems like something I'll regret if I don't, definitely one of a kind piece and goes to a good cause. You're a great guy Brad.

 

[tbradsim1]

Bowl is held in place by a screw, thought it just screwed off. Metal tube underneath gets a little hot, letting it cool to break her down.

 

[papipeguy]

That looks like a fascinating pipe. I'm glad it seems to be working well for you. The price is certainly worth the gamble for something so different. Happy Smoke Rings with it.

 

[fishnbanjo]

Mine is on the way and might be here for the weekend, nice to se the report Braley.

banjo

 

[hawke]

I bought one too. Mine is at the PO Box waiting for me. :clap:

 

[mso489]

Great way to indulge the love of pipes and gadgets at the same time.

 

[thesmokingtexan]

What is up with that pipe?

 

[ejames]

Damn it Bradley,why did you have to post about those again?? !! I resisted buying one of those the last time they came up here- I have a thing about weird system pipes and have bought a few of them. Now one of those is headed here. :x :lol:

 

[andrew]

Good on you ejames, the money from them go to the guys widow

 

[misterlowercase]

Andrew started a thread a few days back...

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/split-level-jet-air-pipe-by-teaford-ernie
I think the response here has been great.

:clap:
And thanks Bradley for the update!

 

[ssjones]

I'm like ejames, I have a hard time resisting these oddball pipes!

 

[voorhees]

Very interesting to say the least.

 

[tbradsim1]

On the Air adjustment screw I took a dab of Nail polish and marked the side closed, now I know how many clicks to open. Sorry worked in a plant too long, need to know how open the valve is. LOL

 

[tbradsim1]

Another tip, if you screw bowl off, it is easy to cross thread back in, Bowl is notched at btm, screw thread all the way in letting it protrude at btm of bowl, then spin bowl on a couple threads, align notch of bowl then screw it down tight. Now I know there is no need to take bowl off, with end cap off pass a small pipe cleaner thru hole in bowl towards metal tube towards end cap and clean. I just wanted you to know if you take bowl off you could have an AW SHIT MOMENT.

 

[sablebrush52]

Neat looking pipe! Being an engineer, my father would have liked that gizmo. Maybe I'll pop for one if they come back up for sale.
One chicken down. Two to go.

 

[fishnbanjo]

Mine arrived today, if you think about it the idea is like a Falcon style bowl, over a Calabash air adjustable chamber (i.e. reverse Calabash that is) topped off with a Kaywoodie style stinger. I will wait on smoking it as I have too many conventional ones on the way that will be needing my immediate attention! They still have some listed on eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291198511414

 

[ejames]

I got mine in today,also in one of those padded envelopes.Luckily the plastic case wasn't damage. I doubt that I will smoke it. It will join my other dust collectors. Interesting pipe though. Was busy in the shop and didn't take the time to tear it apart and take a good look--yet.

 

[furthur73]

When I was in high school a gent I worked for smoked these. He had 4 or 5 in rotation, it was the only pipe he would smoke. He used to tell stories about Ernie, he was apparently quite the tinkerer, always working on the odd idea here and there. I may just have to pick one up for nostalgia's sake.

 

[ejames]

I played around with mine the other day. Took it apart just to see how it was built.Draw through stem seemed restricted.The tenon on these are a lot like a Grabow Ajustomatic and have the same thread pitch. A Grabow stem will screw right in. Anyway,pulled the stinger out,no inprovement,so I removed the tenon,which screws into the stem,unlike a Grabow. The tenon was not drilled completely through the size of the stinger,it was smaller at the end. Opened that up to 1/8",put the pipe back together and the draw was still tight. Removed the cap on the end of that aluminum section and could see that that hole wasn't drilled all the way through either. Opened it up with a 1/4" bit. Draw is better,but the hole in the screw that holds the bowl on needs to be opened also. It's to small to open up much though. Mine must have been made on a Monday or Friday!