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First system pipe and some notes on a P-lip modification
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<blockquote data-quote="Puffer Mark" data-source="post: 403424" data-attributes="member: 3593"><p>Exquisite pipe, Andrew. Mine's a bit more beat up. Whoever did that stem for you did a very good approximation of the original.</p><p></p><p>Kyle,</p><p></p><p>I did my best to describe the process in my initial post. Basically insert a small drill bit into the vertical smoke hole and while twisting with downward and rearward pressure (Steady, Speedypete) and twisting by hand remove some material to make the angle more obtuse. Naturally one has to be very careful not to let the tip of the bit go through the top of the stem 5) , hence sustained downward/rearward pressure. </p><p></p><p>As the angle becomes more obtuse (or flattened) one can start using an in-out motion (Easy, Pete). Then its just a matter of finding your own 'sweet spot' (No, Pete) as it were. I know they are not precisely 90 degrees to start with, but for illustration's sake, essentially you go from here l to here / to as close to here -- as you want to.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally I picked up a small round, tapered file yesterday, and used it to smooth the whole thing out a bit more last night. I am rather proud of the outcome, given that I am seriously mechanically challenged.</p><p></p><p>Smoked some MB roll cake in it last night, and yeah, that's my sweet spot. (Now, now, Pete. . . .). It also takes a cleaner no problem at all, and again, the beauty of the thing is that it makes hardly any change to the look of the stem. The only external difference is that the smoke hole is now more oval as apposed to round.</p><p></p><p>I will try to post at least some links to a couple of pics on the week-end. I think my mind is pretty much made up that I am going to do the same to my pre-rep, especially now that I have the file which gives much more control.</p><p></p><p>Your thoughts?</p><p></p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Puffer Mark, post: 403424, member: 3593"] Exquisite pipe, Andrew. Mine's a bit more beat up. Whoever did that stem for you did a very good approximation of the original. Kyle, I did my best to describe the process in my initial post. Basically insert a small drill bit into the vertical smoke hole and while twisting with downward and rearward pressure (Steady, Speedypete) and twisting by hand remove some material to make the angle more obtuse. Naturally one has to be very careful not to let the tip of the bit go through the top of the stem 5) , hence sustained downward/rearward pressure. As the angle becomes more obtuse (or flattened) one can start using an in-out motion (Easy, Pete). Then its just a matter of finding your own 'sweet spot' (No, Pete) as it were. I know they are not precisely 90 degrees to start with, but for illustration's sake, essentially you go from here l to here / to as close to here -- as you want to. Hope this helps. Incidentally I picked up a small round, tapered file yesterday, and used it to smooth the whole thing out a bit more last night. I am rather proud of the outcome, given that I am seriously mechanically challenged. Smoked some MB roll cake in it last night, and yeah, that's my sweet spot. (Now, now, Pete. . . .). It also takes a cleaner no problem at all, and again, the beauty of the thing is that it makes hardly any change to the look of the stem. The only external difference is that the smoke hole is now more oval as apposed to round. I will try to post at least some links to a couple of pics on the week-end. I think my mind is pretty much made up that I am going to do the same to my pre-rep, especially now that I have the file which gives much more control. Your thoughts? Mark [/QUOTE]
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