Hmmm...I got this one a little out of focus but there's no detail to see, anyway. Got home from my mandatory overtime Saturday, had something to eat, and went at it with the coping saw.I should make it very clear that not only am I not good with my hands, I have absolutely zero experience in pipe making. I'm sure that I have several generations of great-grandfathers watching me in amusement and making bets on how long it takes me to destroy it. There are carpenters and wood-workers on both sides of my family, but apparently that talent skipped a generation. Although...I did build the porch that you have been seeing bits of in my photos. Those specks of paint you see are from the kids practicing their "arts & crafts."
Anyway, I got rid of all the corners and now I have something that actually looks like it might be a pipe. That's it for the sawing. Now I go into the file phase. I'm hoping to turn this one into a poker.
The cut-off bits of briar will be saved so I have real briar to do staining experiments with.
"Good with your hands" is something that grows, with practice and a bit of thought. I've worked with my hands a fair amount, and yesterday launched into turning a hunk of gunstock walnut into a pipe. Probably 8 hours later and a lot of dremel, chisel, die grinder time and some thought and many pipes, got me something. But I'm really surprised that I haven't made more mistakes.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck.