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Posted: 10/16/2018 12:22:25 AM EDT
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The number duplication thing was driving me up the wall, so after I posted the photos I sanded down the trademark and serial number on the freehand fan-style pipe (the first 089), removed all the stain/finish, and re-stamped and re-stained it. So it is now number 094.
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Posted: 10/18/2018 1:58:02 PM EDT
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The number duplication thing was driving me up the wall, so after I posted the photos I sanded down the trademark and serial number on the freehand fan-style pipe (the first 089), removed all the stain/finish, and re-stamped and re-stained it. So it is now number 094. I was like, "Dang, DK kicked out 100+ pipes in a couple days!" 
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Posted: 11/12/2018 6:24:06 PM EDT
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Haven't been making as many pipes in the past couple of weeks - I have been busy with my boring second job.
But, my wife and I are thinking about trying to buy an acre or two of land on Kauai, for growing tobacco.  If it works, it would be hilariously cool to have my own brand of tobacco (plus, I already have experience with all of ATF's stupid regulations) ... and if it doesn't work, it might still allow us to tax deduct an annual trip to Kauai to check up on the agricultural division of Vinland Pipes, LLC. Maybe there are some sweet farm subsidies and tax breaks as well. 
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Posted: 11/12/2018 6:40:01 PM EDT
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Haven't been making as many pipes in the past couple of weeks - I have been busy with my boring second job.
But, my wife and I are thinking about trying to buy an acre or two of land on Kauai, for growing tobacco. If it works, it would be hilariously cool to have my own brand of tobacco (plus, I already have experience with all of ATF's stupid regulations) ... and if it doesn't work, it might still allow us to tax deduct an annual trip to Kauai to check up on the agricultural division of Vinland Pipes, LLC. Maybe there are some sweet farm subsidies and tax breaks as well. 
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Posted: 11/13/2018 11:44:16 PM EDT
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Maui Haole
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Posted: 11/14/2018 12:13:18 AM EDT
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Maui Haole
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Posted: 11/14/2018 1:30:55 AM EDT
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Haven't been making as many pipes in the past couple of weeks - I have been busy with my boring second job.
But, my wife and I are thinking about trying to buy an acre or two of land on Kauai, for growing tobacco. If it works, it would be hilariously cool to have my own brand of tobacco (plus, I already have experience with all of ATF's stupid regulations) ... and if it doesn't work, it might still allow us to tax deduct an annual trip to Kauai to check up on the agricultural division of Vinland Pipes, LLC. Maybe there are some sweet farm subsidies and tax breaks as well.
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Posted: 12/23/2018 12:18:37 AM EDT
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I have been unpleasantly busy, and have not really had time to make many pipes.
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Posted: 1/11/2019 1:02:10 AM EDT
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FINALLY, a new picture.
I have been so busy over the holidays - with family basically visiting (and staying with us) non-stop from mid-December until early January, including a trip to New Orleans right after Christmas, and to New York City for New Years. I am still exhausted.
But, I did get one pipe done (a custom job) before Christmas, and I just finished most of the work on a second pipe for the same customer. I still have to wax and polish it, and finish the stem - but you can get an idea from this picture. I really like the pipe. 
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Posted: 1/11/2019 3:36:26 PM EDT
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New photos:
Here is the one I finished about a month ago. It was the "prototype" or "first draft" of a custom pipe, with an especially large chamber. The pictures are not great.
 This is the second pipe I made for the same customer (and just finished this morning). He told me to do whatever I wanted, and not be constrained by the previous pipe. I really like this shape. HOWEVER, as you can see in the last two photos, some cracks were revealed in the wood (on the bottom of the shank), just as I was finishing the shape.  . I am sending him the pipe anyway, because the shape is so nice, and the pipe is perfectly functional - and if he wants to keep it, there is no charge.  Otherwise, I will make a new one for him.
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Posted: 1/11/2019 4:39:16 PM EDT
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New photos: Here is the one I finished about a month ago. It was the "prototype" or "first draft" of a custom pipe, with an especially large chamber. The pictures are not great.
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014001_JPG-804095.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014002_JPG-804096.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014004_JPG-804098.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014003_JPG-804097.jpg This is the second pipe I made for the same customer (and just finished this morning). He told me to do whatever I wanted, and not be constrained by the previous pipe. I really like this shape. HOWEVER, as you can see in the last two photos, some cracks were revealed in the wood (on the bottom of the shank), just as I was finishing the shape. . I am sending him the pipe anyway, because the shape is so nice, and the pipe is perfectly functional - and if he wants to keep it, there is no charge. Otherwise, I will make a new one for him.
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014008_JPG-804099.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014018_JPG-804103.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014010_JPG-804100.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014013_JPG-804101.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014014_JPG-804102.jpg |
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Posted: 1/11/2019 5:44:25 PM EDT
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The "cracks" are natural to the wood and add character. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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New photos: Here is the one I finished about a month ago. It was the "prototype" or "first draft" of a custom pipe, with an especially large chamber. The pictures are not great.
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014001_JPG-804095.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014002_JPG-804096.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014004_JPG-804098.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014003_JPG-804097.jpg This is the second pipe I made for the same customer (and just finished this morning). He told me to do whatever I wanted, and not be constrained by the previous pipe. I really like this shape. HOWEVER, as you can see in the last two photos, some cracks were revealed in the wood (on the bottom of the shank), just as I was finishing the shape. . I am sending him the pipe anyway, because the shape is so nice, and the pipe is perfectly functional - and if he wants to keep it, there is no charge. Otherwise, I will make a new one for him.
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014008_JPG-804099.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014018_JPG-804103.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014010_JPG-804100.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014013_JPG-804101.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/P1014014_JPG-804102.jpg ), and I actually like the aesthetic of it on this pipe ... BUT I still feel like it makes the pipe (as a product I am providing) somehow substandard, since I wanted it to be smooth wood.
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Posted: 1/11/2019 7:21:49 PM EDT
[#13]
I LOVE the shape DK
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Posted: 1/12/2019 1:23:43 AM EDT
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I LOVE the shape DK |
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Posted: 1/12/2019 9:29:09 AM EDT
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Thanks! So do I. I think I will definitely have to make another one or two that are of the same general design. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I LOVE the shape DK
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Posted: 1/29/2019 8:03:01 PM EDT
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Pipe number 99 - a custom order.
Engraving of this type is not really something I have done before, so I have mixed feelings about how it turned out. I do like the pattern a lot, which is a Viking pattern, based on several famous large runestones in Denmark and Sweden.
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Posted: 1/29/2019 8:07:25 PM EDT
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Pipe number 100 !!
This is actually sort of part of the custom order. The customer gave me some guidelines, but told me to just be creative. So I made this pipe in case he DOESN'T like number 99 above. I'm going to send both to him, and he can choose whichever one he likes. If he likes them both, then he is welcome to keep both ... and we'll figure out some reasonable price for the second pipe. 
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Posted: 1/30/2019 9:33:35 AM EDT
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99 and 100 are both beautiful and creative.
ArtsyFartsy-Prof making the scene! 
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Posted: 1/30/2019 9:48:53 AM EDT
[#19]
I like both 99 and 100. I think designs like that would be really cool if you sandblasted them after the final shaping, to kind of soften the lines a little.
Looking forward to this weekend when the temps are going to be decent so I can get my pipe out. I haven't smoked in ages due to the weather. |
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Posted: 3/12/2019 11:40:47 AM EDT
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I have not posted in a while, because my pipe-making has slowed down a little. However, I have finished one recently, and am currently working on two more (one for an afrcommer).
I have also ordered some patches, so that I can now include cool "swag" with the pipes (and to Cola Warrior).
Here's a sample of what it will look like: 
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Posted: 3/12/2019 6:01:50 PM EDT
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I have not posted in a while, because my pipe-making has slowed down a little. However, I have finished one recently, and am currently working on two more (one for an afrcommer). I have also ordered some patches, so that I can now include cool "swag" with the pipes (and to Cola Warrior).
Here's a sample of what it will look like: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1715/vinland_patch-874839.jpg 
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Posted: 3/12/2019 8:23:19 PM EDT
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I'm looking forward to what you come up with, I've been enthralled by Danish pipes since I started collecting Karl Erik pipes. I may try my hand at a few myself once I get my garage cleaned out.
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Posted: 3/12/2019 8:31:01 PM EDT
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I'm looking forward to what you come up with, I've been enthralled by Danish pipes since I started collecting Karl Erik pipes. I may try my hand at a few myself once I get my garage cleaned out. I got some work done today on two different ones that I think you will like. Once they are finished, you can give me feedback and tell me what you like and don’t like. |
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Posted: 3/12/2019 9:00:36 PM EDT
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A new cigar bar just opened here and the sign on the door says they welcome pipe smokers. All the others are cigar only. Gonna have to take my Vinland out and show it off.
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Posted: 3/13/2019 10:32:56 AM EDT
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A new cigar bar just opened here and the sign on the door says they welcome pipe smokers. All the others are cigar only. Gonna have to take my Vinland out and show it off.
I didn’t realize some cigar bars might not allow pipes. I’ve been in a really nice private cigar club here in D.C. several times, and I just smoked my pipe there. I hope I didn’t break some rule or norm.
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Posted: 3/13/2019 7:11:52 PM EDT
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Cool.
I didn’t realize some cigar bars might not allow pipes. I’ve been in a really nice private cigar club here in D.C. several times, and I just smoked my pipe there. I hope I didn’t break some rule or norm. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A new cigar bar just opened here and the sign on the door says they welcome pipe smokers. All the others are cigar only. Gonna have to take my Vinland out and show it off.
I didn’t realize some cigar bars might not allow pipes. I’ve been in a really nice private cigar club here in D.C. several times, and I just smoked my pipe there. I hope I didn’t break some rule or norm. |
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Posted: 3/13/2019 9:29:59 PM EDT
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I fent on some briars... I figured if I can't get this figured out in 2 out of 3 briar blocks, then it'll just become very expensive firewood
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Posted: 3/17/2019 5:42:27 PM EDT
[#28]
Dammit all to hell.
I cut it too close (literally) on BOTH of the two pipes I was working on this weekend, and in both, I simply left too little wood around the base of the camber, and sanded too much. So both are ruined. 
You can see the holes in the picture. 
@SaltwaterCowboy - it’s going to be another week at least before I have something for you.
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Posted: 3/17/2019 5:44:23 PM EDT
[#29]
At the very least you have something to feed your fireplace
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Posted: 3/17/2019 5:51:50 PM EDT
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At the very least you have something to feed your fireplace |
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Posted: 3/17/2019 9:26:35 PM EDT
[#31]
 Attached FileThese are gonna take some time, strictly files and band saws for shaping from here on out. There's a third pipe in the works that I won't post til it's done, but I will say that it's planned to be a hefty volcano with the briar burl cap on the bottom. |
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Posted: 3/18/2019 1:32:50 PM EDT
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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/238591/2019-03-16_16_43_39_jpg-881659.JPG These are gonna take some time, strictly files and band saws for shaping from here on out. There's a third pipe in the works that I won't post til it's done, but I will say that it's planned to be a hefty volcano with the briar burl cap on the bottom.
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Posted: 3/23/2019 9:03:57 PM EDT
[#33]
Here are another couple I made relatively recently. After I ruined the two I was working on last week
, I finished these two.
I also appear to have lost some pipes, because I seem to be missing numbers 101, 102 and 103. Maybe I already numbered the ones that I ruined last week - but that still leaves me missing one.
Anyway, here are the two new ones: 104 
 105 
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Posted: 3/23/2019 9:12:44 PM EDT
[#34]
 Very nice.
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Posted: 3/23/2019 9:21:46 PM EDT
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Very nice. |
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Posted: 3/23/2019 9:23:06 PM EDT
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Oh, and I found the missing pipes.
I guess I finished them, and just put them away with the rest of the “inventory” and forgot to take pictures.I’ll try to snap some photos soon, because a couple of them are actually really nice. |
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Posted: 3/24/2019 9:33:10 AM EDT
[#37]
That second freehand is really nice
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Posted: 3/24/2019 11:18:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks. I think the green one is a little “clumsy” but I really like the second one. |
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Posted: 3/24/2019 1:17:05 PM EDT
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I love the green one. Remember that the artist is his own worst critic. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Thanks. I think the green one is a little “clumsy” but I really like the second one. |
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Posted: 3/24/2019 1:38:12 PM EDT
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All right, so I've taken pictures of the "lost" pipes, as well as one other I just finished.
The latest one (106): 
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Posted: 3/24/2019 1:39:34 PM EDT
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And the three lost pipes.
Note that not all of them are perfectly polished yet, so a few of them might look a little dull/rough (especially on the stems), but I just was excited to find them and took the pictures.
103: 
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Posted: 3/24/2019 1:40:41 PM EDT
[#42]
104: (I really like this one a lot
... except for the slightly fucked up stamp )
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Posted: 3/24/2019 1:41:53 PM EDT
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101:
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Posted: 3/24/2019 4:01:24 PM EDT
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103 is a groovy one. I was thinking of doing a swirl in my next pipe.
I need to get the stem fitted to this, and get it stained. I'm extremely pleased with the size and shape though.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/24/2019 5:28:17 PM EDT
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103 is a groovy one. I was thinking of doing a swirl in my next pipe. I need to get the stem fitted to this, and get it stained. I'm extremely pleased with the size and shape though. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/238591/33240_jpeg-888830.JPG
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Posted: 3/26/2019 9:58:13 PM EDT
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Thank you
Any ideas on bowl coatings? I haven't thought about it, probably should do some research on the subject sometime soon...work has me bogged down. |
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Posted: 3/26/2019 10:36:41 PM EDT
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Thank you
Any ideas on bowl coatings? I haven't thought about it, probably should do some research on the subject sometime soon...work has me bogged down. From looking around and talking to people, my impression is that there isn’t some secret magical way to do it, but the one I have settled on is to put a very thin coating of quality maple syrup inside the bowl, and then fill it with activated charcoal powder. Once you’ve done that, you let the pipe sit for a week, and this will allow the charcoal/syrup to combine and harden on the sides of the bowl - and then you just empty out the unused charcoal and you are set. Of course, don’t forget to stick a pipe-cleaner down the bore (or draft hole), to keep it from getting blocked. |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 7:33:08 PM EDT
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I have a pipe from my grandfather that was seasoned with "pure honey" as the stamp reads. Thought about it for a while, but I think I'll abstain from that.
I had some oxblood and light tan dyes come in the mail today, I like the effects but sort of wish it wound up darker. I did thin the dye down with denatured alcohol, but I applied several coats. Hey, it's my first time - I'll go easy on myself
 Attached FileNeed to get the stem fitted next, and I need to buy the tenon turning tool for that.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 10:50:01 AM EDT
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Need to get the stem fitted next, and I need to buy the tenon turning tool for that.
Yeah, I resisted buying it for a while, trying to just shape the tenon with a dremel and sanding, but I eventually caved and got the tool. ETA: The nice thing about stain is, that if you don't like it, you can easily sand it down and apply another stain - especially if you want to go darker. I have re-stained a number of pipes. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:20:48 PM EDT
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I love the grain too, hence why I went lighter with the stain. I may darken it a bit though, it's very orange and that wasn't my original intent.
The next two planned pipes are going to be fun to do now that I have the drilling figured out 
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