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How important is the pipe cleaner test?
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<blockquote data-quote="piperguckert" data-source="post: 64794" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>the pipe cleaner test is more about pasing a pipe cleaner past the tenon and mortise from stem into shank than any thing elce. This is to make shure that the holes line up so that there is no air turbulance. When u get down to the end were the bowl and shank meet the carbon cake narows the air hole and makes it dam near impisible to get the pipe cleaner to pass. they make what are caled shank reamers wich ream the shank and remove any carbon cake inside the shank that causes narowing of the air way. I just take someting that is long and thin and about the size of the air whole and punch out the carbon cake. that is for strate pipes at least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="piperguckert, post: 64794, member: 158"] the pipe cleaner test is more about pasing a pipe cleaner past the tenon and mortise from stem into shank than any thing elce. This is to make shure that the holes line up so that there is no air turbulance. When u get down to the end were the bowl and shank meet the carbon cake narows the air hole and makes it dam near impisible to get the pipe cleaner to pass. they make what are caled shank reamers wich ream the shank and remove any carbon cake inside the shank that causes narowing of the air way. I just take someting that is long and thin and about the size of the air whole and punch out the carbon cake. that is for strate pipes at least. [/QUOTE]
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