My first home made pipe

[perogee]

Originally Posted by foxtrot7

DUDE! You captured the gain very well. Was that an ebuchant or plateaux? This is a pipe I would be proud to hold in my grasp. I need to get off my lazy but and finish sanding the one I have been working on.

Fox

It is an ebauchon, so I am even happier about the grain .

[perogee]

Originally Posted by tzilt

Dumb question:

Do you have to use a lathe or turning press or something like that? Or can you use hand tools? (assuming the shank and bowl are pre-drilled)

Hand tools are fine, personally I think using a lathe would actually be pretty difficult (depending on the shape you are wanting of course).

[KnightKrusher]

Nice work, hows that baby smoke?

[perogee]

NICE

I have decided that it will be my Dunhill 965 pipe and I started to break it in this morning. A few gurgles, but I think I was over excited about smoking it .

[paperairplane]

Originally Posted by perogee

NICE

I have decided that it will be my Dunhill 965 pipe and I started to break it in this morning. A few gurgles, but I think I was over excited about smoking it .

Funny, when I broke in my first homemade, I also went 965...

and from the above question - I used a jigsaw to rough shape, rasp and sandpaper.

[Sawyer]

I have been thinking about carving my own pipe as well. Of course I am going to get a pre-drilled block because I have zero woodworking tools and I am not very handy with anything other than electronics. Seeing as this was your first, I was wondering if you have any experience working with wood and what tools you used? What do you think the minimum, as far as tools, I would need to go from block to finished pipe? I have looked up this information and have read opinions from others that have made many pipes, but I would like to hear it from you since this was your first.

[mike607]

How many hours did it take to make the pipe? If I had to guess I would say 20 hours. You did a nice job on working the grain.

[perogee]

Originally Posted by Sawyer

I have been thinking about carving my own pipe as well. Of course I am going to get a pre-drilled block because I have zero woodworking tools and I am not very handy with anything other than electronics. Seeing as this was your first, I was wondering if you have any experience working with wood and what tools you used? What do you think the minimum, as far as tools, I would need to go from block to finished pipe? I have looked up this information and have read opinions from others that have made many pipes, but I would like to hear it from you since this was your first.

My background in any kind of woodwork (other than construction kind of projects) is nearly zero. I used a coping saw to get a rough shape, then just a dremel to get to a near final shape. After that it was sand paper by hand. With the pre-bored kits, those are really all you need (well, a pencil and a plan help as well ). Just have patience if you jump in , probably the biggest mistake I made was to try to rush too much, not that it interferes with my enjoyment of it, but it could have been a little finer finish.

Personally, I say it is worth trying at least once, jump in and have fun .

[perogee]

Originally Posted by mike607

How many hours did it take to make the pipe? If I had to guess I would say 20 hours. You did a nice job on working the grain.

While I would love to say that I spent many hours in painstaking work, you know, to make myself look better , it really only took around 4 hours. About 2 of those was hand sanding to finish (and I could have put in about another 1/2-1 hour yet). With the kits, you free up the time spent with getting your holes and such correct, just get the shape you want out of the block.

BTW, the grain was definitely luck

[smokeyscotch]

I love the shape you came up with. it accents the grain nicely. Great job, man.

[Kojak]

You did that in four hours and your first one. Dude thats awesome. You should definetly try another one. Looks like it took at least a couple days.

[paperairplane]

From an ebauchon, 4 hours was what it took me.... 99% hand tools. Once I had a general shape, I used a rasp and rough file to get about what I wanted... then it is purely a matter of OCD vs sanding until you are happy.