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A suprisingly loose stem
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<blockquote data-quote="RDPipes" data-source="post: 426688" data-attributes="member: 2155"><p>I've ran into this quite often awhile back and usually it's an older pipe that I cleaned up using alcohol in the draft and mortise. I have found after changing the alcohol I was using 70% to a better quality 99% (we're talking ISO alcohol) that it happen much less because the 99% evaporates quicker (almost instantly). But, on the occasion when it does happen now it's not as drastic shrinkage and can either be remedied with a few smokes or just expanding the integral tenon using a bit of heat and the opposite end of a drill bit a size larger. Sometimes just heating the tenon and cooling it in water will do the trick or a little dab of beeswax on the tenon. But, if it's falling out probably your only recourse is to enlarge the tenon with heat and a drill bit as I described earlier. </p><p>Or send it to me and I'll see what can be done without restoring to duck-tape and bailing wire methods. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDPipes, post: 426688, member: 2155"] I've ran into this quite often awhile back and usually it's an older pipe that I cleaned up using alcohol in the draft and mortise. I have found after changing the alcohol I was using 70% to a better quality 99% (we're talking ISO alcohol) that it happen much less because the 99% evaporates quicker (almost instantly). But, on the occasion when it does happen now it's not as drastic shrinkage and can either be remedied with a few smokes or just expanding the integral tenon using a bit of heat and the opposite end of a drill bit a size larger. Sometimes just heating the tenon and cooling it in water will do the trick or a little dab of beeswax on the tenon. But, if it's falling out probably your only recourse is to enlarge the tenon with heat and a drill bit as I described earlier. Or send it to me and I'll see what can be done without restoring to duck-tape and bailing wire methods. ;) [/QUOTE]
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