Chicago Pipe Making Seminar Outline

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Chicagoland Show Pipe Finishing Seminar, Outline

Received from J. Rex Poggenpohl, Show Officer in Charge

Instructors

  • Lee Erck, Negaunee, MI (upper), Seminar Founder
  • Michael Butera, Houston, TX, Lead Instructor
  • Jeff Alan Burt-Gracik, San Diego
  • Andy Peterson, Seminar Graduate
  • Ernie Markle, Seminar Graduate
  • Rex Poggenpohl, Show Officer in Charge
  • Hans Hansen, Show Officer, Equipment, Set-up
  • Allan Boyd, Show Officer, Equipment, Set-up, Medic
  • Mike Gaffney, Medic
  • Steve Leaders, Medic

Outline

Finishing a pre drilled briar block with fitted vulcanite stem (donated by Mimmo Domenico, Italy)

Topics for a more comprehensive course

  • Purpose: provide appreciation for the process of making pipes by hand and teach some basic skills for pipe making.
  • Introductions: instructors, students.
  • Safety, general ( specific safety will also be mentioned with each demo).
  • Theory vs. Demos
  • History

Function vs. Aesthetics

  • Pipe mechanics, dimensions: Tobacco burning, tobacco chamber.
    • Air hole, steam, condensation.
    • Stem/shank mortise, tenon.
  • Pipe materials:
    • Briar
    • Vulcanite, acrylic.
    • Shank extensions.
  • Pipe design:
    • Practicalities
    • Classic: French, English.
    • Freehand, following grain.

Drilling

  • Drill press vs. lathe
  • Before shaping.
  • After shaping.
  • Tobacco chamber
    • Drill bits: spade bits, spoon bits.
  • Air hole, mortise.
  • Stems
  • Tenons

Shaping

  • Disc sander, belt sander, knife carving, filing.
  • Sanding: belt sander, hand sanding.
  • Sandblasting
  • Buffing

Finishing

  • Staining: stains, one color, two tone contrast.
  • Finishes
  • Bowl coating.
  • Nomenclature, stamping.
  • Polishing

Presentation

Sleeve, box

See the show flyer on the website: http://www.chicagopipeshow.com/2018-pipe-tobacciana-show-flyer/