mejoshee
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This was one of those start/stop projects, so about 5-6 hrs of real time. Lots of that was just resetting my setup. :roll:DireWolf":xs1g49bv said:Nice!
How many hours on the cherrywood?
Closer to the top, near the plateau, the stain took a little darker, with what I figured was endgrain.Brewdude":xs1g49bv said:Sweet! Looks like you've got this well in hand. Can't say I notice any uneven stain, and the pits give it character. Well done!
Yes, I had thought about removing more material. Since I didn't get to choose the drill angles, I figured I'd try the stem out first. I forgot to mention the stem was premolded for kits. I'm not married to it really, but it was the shortest one I had. So, this was more a practice than anything else. Still trying to hone the junction in my "mind's eye" visualization of the carving process. Definitely will take your comments into consideration, though I'm sure you'll sympathize that I've got a lot of other things to work on right now...Richard Burley":xs1g49bv said:I would take more material off the top of the shank where it meets the bowl, thus extending that side of the bowl also. The stem doesn't flow or align with the shank as it is now. Imagine where the draft hole of both is, to see what I mean. I like the stain and don't object to pits in otherwise good wood, which this appears to be. Not crazy about short shanks.
(Hey, you asked. I made one similar, with similar results. The "transition" is the most difficult part of pipe shaping, I've been told.)
Not counting a couple of absolute failures (sand throughs & poorly chucked blocks), this is the 3rd finished one. It was, as with the previous 2, all freehand sanded. Once the rest of the kits are done, I'll do everything on the lathe.Dottleman":xs1g49bv said:Very nice work! How many pipes have you made so far?
Argh, now it's all I can think of. I was sanding the bamboo one last night and I kept thinking, "I wonder if I should do this or that to it..."Richard Burley":4ke0ipi8 said:(Hey, you asked. I made one similar, with similar results. The "transition" is the most difficult part of pipe shaping, I've been told.)
Thanks! It's looking pretty good right now, though you're right, it'll need a bit more sanding and of course it still needs a stain and a stem. But I'm happy with the fact that there's no glue line! :cheers:Blackhorse":4ke0ipi8 said:Very nice indeed! Although you've got a way to go on the bamboo it certainly looks like it will turn out to be a winner. Good good!
That one is almost done! I've just been particularly busy and not too strongly motivated to do the button on the handcut stem. I'll hopefully have it up sometime this weekend.eklektos44":shkwlydl said:Very nice! Although I'm partial to the one in progress! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
@BS, there's no bark. I removed all of it. I did stain it brown for contrast, leaving the plateaux portion still dark brown. The peaks that are looks less stained are the ones that were hit first with the buffing wheel, but I assure you, no bark at all!Briar Spirit":shkwlydl said:Both are very nice indeed, love the Plateaux on the Cherrywood, I would recommend removing all of the bark 'skin' from the Plateaux with future pipes Buddy, in time it will come away from the Plateaux and will look pretty bad. That Bamboo shank is fabulous, you have a calling here chap, BRAVO. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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