by Nate King | Jan 4, 2012 | Blog, Pipe Making
I am happy to say my new lathe arrived this afternoon! It is a fantastic machine from Quality Machine Tools (www.machinetoolonline.com) made by Precision Matthews. I opted to go for the beefier option, getting the PM1127VF-LB large bore lathe with a larger, stronger...
by Nate King | Dec 26, 2011 | Blog, Pipe Making
I have the pleasure of being a member of the German pipe maker’s forum: Pfeifenmacher on which are a number of skilled and professional artisan pipe makers. I had been urged to join by one of my pipe making heroes: Roger Wallenstein, a maker on Blue Lobster...
by Nate King | Dec 22, 2011 | Blog
I was pleased to have one of my customers and his wife pay a visit to my shop not long ago. He wanted to smoke his recently acquired one-knuckle bamboo billiard with its maker and see the shop in which it was made. His wife purchased it to celebrate their anniversary...
by Nate King | Nov 23, 2011 | Blog, Pipe Making
Have done a few things since the last entry, including installing a central workbench in the dirty room with a Wilton 5″ vise and Skil 6″ bench grinder. I also got a milling vise for drill press use for the instances where I am unable to drill or...
by Nate King | Nov 2, 2011 | Blog, Uncategorized
This will be a short one! Still no lathe unfortunately. However, I did receive my outdoor hanging sign from the sign maker! I am very happy with what they did! Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
by Nate King | Sep 29, 2011 | Blog, Pipe Making
Some accomplishments since the last entry. I built a variable speed sanding station and ran ducting to it from the dust collector. The dust collector has been properly grounded; 12-2 copper ground inside and 12-3 on the outside, spiraled around the 4″ PVC pipe....
