Using a Slot Funneling Tool
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No skill whatsoever. No work at all, in fact. They're molded that way.
A "pseudo slot" to save labor.
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Well, I suppose there's some comfort in knowing that mine is no worse than the others.
I find that P-lips can be fantastic but a lot depends on pipe dynamics overall.
That’s exactly how it was on my BC Collection. I funneled it.
Ok. Tool came in, so I funneled that stem. Smoking it now. Seems to have done the trick.
Just finished a heaping bowl of Eddy G. It had given me some bite in that one spot on my tongue before, but no bite this time. Maybe I fixed it.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Castellos have hand cut stems, not molded ones. Hand cuts are cut from rod stock.
I just watched a few videos of castello. It looks like the start with acrylic rod , turn a tenon, then drill the draft hole. After that they make the " slot " on a lathe by drilling it out. Then it is paired with the briar and the rest of the shaping is done with files and sanding disks to get rid of the excess material. So hand cut, sorta. But Savinelli does the same shit based on what their stems look like.
Trying to wrap my head around that one. They cut the slot on a lathe or a mill?
Looked like a lathe but with some kind of swiveling tailstock. I’m not familiar with that, but now I want one ?
Still not understanding how that would create a square notch rather than an angled funnel.
Still not understanding how that would create a square notch rather than an angled funnel.
So one unintentional added benefit of funneling that stem is that it now passes a pipe cleaner much easier. I don’t even have to twist it in the curve anymore. ?
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