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 Nanook
I CANT SEE
Registered: 04/20/08
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Loc: The Frozen Tundra 
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 Making wood pipes  1
#687613 - 10/04/13 02:59 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Whoa, I haven't been here in a while, it's nice to see people still active.
So check out some pipes I've been making:
First 2 are cocobolo bowls with zebrawood stems:
All cocobolo:
Marblewood:
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the spirit of Nanook
1400W 1st log
3000W 2nd log (current)
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 Manitou
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 Re: Making wood pipes [Re: Nanook]
#687615 - 10/04/13 03:09 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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They are wonderful man! Glad to see you start posting again
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Pour un instant, j'ai respiré très fort
Ça m'a permis de visiter mon corps
Des inconnus vivent en roi chez moi
Moi qui avait accepté leurs lois
J'ai perdu mon temps à gagner du temps
J'ai besoin de me trouver une histoire à me conter
Pour instant j'ai oublié mon nom
Harmonium - Pour un instant
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MFDoom666
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: Nanook]
#687619 - 10/04/13 04:15 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Nice work man.
How much does a pipe normally go for?
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FurrowedBrow said:
They should teach african engineering at the college level. mcgyver 101
Harry_Ba11sach said:
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: MFDoom666]
#687635 - 10/04/13 08:29 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well shit, I need to post some pics of the pipes I make. When I get back to Portland I'll take some pics of em.
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Dude she isn't as young as she use to be.
-niteowl
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P-O
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someone make me a sick big sherlock
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wes
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: P-O]
#687657 - 10/05/13 06:23 AM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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did u just drill, carve, sand and polish... what tools were used?
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P-O
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: wes]
#687662 - 10/05/13 06:29 AM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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I wanna get drawdes take on this thread.... that boy is a craftsmen
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CrayolaHalls
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: Nanook]
#687733 - 10/05/13 02:57 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Nice work, but be careful with cocobolo. It is pretty, but the dust from it and vapors from smoking in it can hurt your lungs. Not trying to be preachy, but I've gotten sick from it.
I love the colors and polished look you can get from it. I just take extra care with dust and ventilation when I hit it with power tools.
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I am not a cannabis grower. I find the cannabis growers to be the most open to experimenting and sharing out of all of the different botany groups I enjoy. I frequently use the suggestions that I find to apply to own organic gardening and food production.
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drawde
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: P-O]
#687922 - 10/07/13 08:34 AM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
PositiveOutlook said:
I wanna get drawdes take on this thread.... that boy is a craftsmen
Very fine work indeed, beautiful pieces.
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King Koopa said:
The amount of pot that Gask smokes is equivalent to a guy shooting heroin on weekends
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drawde
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Quote:
CrayolaHalls said:
Nice work, but be careful with cocobolo. It is pretty, but the dust from it and vapors from smoking in it can hurt your lungs. Not trying to be preachy, but I've gotten sick from it.
Rightly told. The dangers of Cocobolo dust are no joke.
From what I have heard within the guitarmaking community, for many exposure is cumulative and can lead to very nasty reactions. One gentleman I know of had full blown life threatening reaction where his throat closed.
Some lucky few seem to be able to work with it for years unprotected with no problems, others have reactions their first day working with it.
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King Koopa said:
The amount of pot that Gask smokes is equivalent to a guy shooting heroin on weekends
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RasJeph
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: Nanook]
#687938 - 10/07/13 01:31 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dope man. I don't know fuck all about wood working but I'd love to get into something like that.
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Of course it's happening inside your head.
Why should that mean it isn't real?
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GaV
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: RasJeph]
#688597 - 10/10/13 12:08 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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P-O
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: GaV]
#688754 - 10/11/13 01:57 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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thats a cool pipe GAV! 
looks like something gandalf would smoke outta
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: P-O]
#688756 - 10/11/13 02:36 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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This is the prototype of some production pieces a friend and I are making. All the wood that we use is reclaimed pieces from their hand saw business. All the scraps from the handle cut out we gather, the ones that suit us we reshape into pipes.
We use a friction fit glass bowl.
This particular wood is curly maple. But we use all sorts. Macassor Ebony, Black Walnut, Bubinga, Pear, all sorts.
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Dude she isn't as young as she use to be.
-niteowl
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P-O
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makes me wanna make one.
drawde lets see yours 
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: P-O]
#688777 - 10/11/13 06:18 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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I really like the glass bowls on em. the awesomeness of a wood pipe, without having to smoke wood.
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Dude she isn't as young as she use to be.
-niteowl
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SARAtonin
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So you basically made it so a 14mm glass on glass bowl would fit into the wood part you made?
Pretty sweet idea.
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: SARAtonin]
#688779 - 10/11/13 06:25 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yup. And if you drop it and break the bowl, just get another one.
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Dude she isn't as young as she use to be.
-niteowl
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Nanook
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Wow. I made this thread and then totally forgot about it 
Hawk, I like the glass bowl thing you're doing there. I've been playing with that idea myself. What are your production pieces going for retail? Doing any custom or one-off pieces?
Pricing is difficult. I'm still trying to figure that out. I haven't sold but a few pipes yet.
GaV, that's a very nice looking briar pipe there.
As for working with cocobolo, I have also read about the dangers. However, it doesn't seem to bother me. Really, all rosewoods (dalbergia genus) are fairly toxic. I have been using a couple cocobolo pipes regularly for the past 8 months or so with no ill effects, with one exception: after smoking like 4 bowls in a row out of a new, unseasoned cocobolo pipe I did feel just a tad nauseous. They certainly have a unique flavor until they get broken in, and that alone could bother some people. I find it to be kind of a nice floral taste. Once they are good and seasoned they just taste like pipe-resin. No one that has tried one in my circle of friends has had a negative reaction to them (probably like 15 people so far), but that doesn't mean you won't.
When making them, they usually start on the table saw to cut a rough blank. Then to the band saw for rough shaping or to the lathe it it's a turned stem or bowl or something. The oscillating spindle sander is the go-to tool for the rest of the shaping, or maybe a disk sander. Hand files for detail work then lots of hand sanding. It's seriously like %50-%75 of the time spent on a piece. The holes are usually drilled after the band saw or lathe, but sometimes I drill the square blank first and shape around that. Some pipes were shaped in a moment of inspiration before being drilled but that is difficult and if you fuck that up the whole pipe is ruined. If you drill and then shape it's less likely to go wrong.
The pipes in the first post are all fairly simple, let me upload some pics of the awesome-er ones. I promise to not forget for another month this time 
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the spirit of Nanook
1400W 1st log
3000W 2nd log (current)
Edited by Nanook (11/04/13 01:32 PM)
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Hawksresurrection
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Re: Making wood pipes [Re: Nanook]
#691839 - 11/04/13 08:27 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well each one is different, even though they are "production" pieces. I'm asking around a hundred bucks. Really depends on how intricate I make the piece though. The glass bowl is the only way to go man.
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Dude she isn't as young as she use to be.
-niteowl
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