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bi-level tenons - good? bad?
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<blockquote data-quote="Zeno Marx" data-source="post: 524750" data-attributes="member: 1211"><p><img src="https://rebornpipes.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/bank25.jpg?w=625" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://rebornpipes.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/bank25.jpg?w=625" target="_blank">https://rebornpipes.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/bank25.jpg?w=625</a></p><p></p><p>I hope everyone can see that. If not, click the link. I don't know what you'd call this type of tenon, so I'll call it a <em>bi-level</em>. On some level, these seem like they'd be a good idea. They'd have to be fit well, and of course, there's the added difficulty of doing so. On the other hand, maybe this added surface screws with the fluid dynamics too much? Over-complicating what should be a relatively simple idea? I've only had a couple pipes with tenons like this, and I believe they were both low- to mid-grade English pipes from the 70s and maybe 80s. Maybe that should tell me all I need to know? Then again, I also remember these pipes smoking really well, like many of those old English buckets and seconds do. I knew a guy who used to clip off that second surface with wire cutters. He wasn't exactly the most discerning smoker I've ever met, so I don't know why he did it. Just did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zeno Marx, post: 524750, member: 1211"] [IMG]https://rebornpipes.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/bank25.jpg?w=625[/IMG] [url=https://rebornpipes.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/bank25.jpg?w=625]https://rebornpipes.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/bank25.jpg?w=625[/url] I hope everyone can see that. If not, click the link. I don't know what you'd call this type of tenon, so I'll call it a [i]bi-level[/i]. On some level, these seem like they'd be a good idea. They'd have to be fit well, and of course, there's the added difficulty of doing so. On the other hand, maybe this added surface screws with the fluid dynamics too much? Over-complicating what should be a relatively simple idea? I've only had a couple pipes with tenons like this, and I believe they were both low- to mid-grade English pipes from the 70s and maybe 80s. Maybe that should tell me all I need to know? Then again, I also remember these pipes smoking really well, like many of those old English buckets and seconds do. I knew a guy who used to clip off that second surface with wire cutters. He wasn't exactly the most discerning smoker I've ever met, so I don't know why he did it. Just did. [/QUOTE]
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