This time around, I wanted to show you all how to create a slightly more complicated classic shape than I did in my billiard video. The bent bulldog, or Rhodesian, has been around for more than a hundred years and is a little tricky to make well because of the diamond shaped shank. This introduces a problem with the internal drilling as the shape of the stummel’s bottom is often too thin in older factory production versions. In mine, I alter the drilling to turn the bowl shape one one axis and drill the chamber on another—which solves the problem, though it takes some patience to keep the alignment true.

Once the pipe comes off the lathe, I roughly shape it with a grinding disk before machining the mouthpiece out of ebonite. Then comes the next part of the shaping process in which the mouthpiece and the briar remain united throughout. This is critical when working on flush-fitting mouthpieces like this pipe. The shape is roughly shaped, and then refined with higher and higher grits of sanding wheels. Next I refine the shape further with files and sandpaper again. The briar portion is taken to 220gr since it will be sandblasted, while the mouthpiece is finished to 1000gr before polishing. Then the pipe is blasted, stained, and finished on the polishing wheels.

I make these videos rarely enough that I forget camera settings in between my filming sessions and managed to have the audio recording volume too low on one of the cameras. So instead of listening to the sounds of the workshop, you’ll have to deal with the joyful noises of license-free music. Or you could just turn the volume down.

Machinery Recommendations (not exactly the same as mine, but good quality and can be used for pipemaking):
10x22 Metalworking Lathe: [ Ссылка ]
Quick Change Tool Post & Holders: [ Ссылка ]
The Smallest Bandsaw I'd recommend for cutting briar: [ Ссылка ]
A much better Bandsaw equivalent to the one in my videos: [ Ссылка ]

Sanding and Buffing Arbor System: [ Ссылка ]
7" Shaping Disk Backing plate: [ Ссылка ]
7" 36gr Grinding Disks: [ Ссылка ]
Rough File Used to Shape Mouthpiece: [ Ссылка ]
Fine File Used on Mouthpiece: [ Ссылка ]
Swiss File set used on Mouthpiece Slot: [ Ссылка ]

As always, please visit my links to see what I'm up to currently, buy pipes, gear, or to learn pipemaking from me in person: [ Ссылка ]

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