Pipe Making


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  Have you wondered how to make a pipe?  I took some pictures at most of the steps on a pipe I made early in 2006.  I've broken this up into 4 different sections.
  • Drilling - The stummel is drilled out on a lathe and a piece of bocote is shaped and fit with a delrin mortise.
     
  • Shaping - The pipe is rough shaped, the mortise dilled, and a piece of cumberland rod is cut, drilled, fit, and shaped for the stem.
     
  • Finishing - Staining and sanding and staining and sanding, etc.  Followed by a buff and polish.
     
  • Rusticating - A rustication technique is described along with pictures of the process.