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=== Morta === | === Morta === | ||
Morta is semi-fossilized wood. It is created when large trees are felled or overturned by geologic activity and become buried in an oxygen-limited fashion, usually in peat or clay. The wood is unable to rot normally so it begins the long process of fossilizing into stone. Morta is a generic term used to describe any semi-fossilized wood of this style. Morta is found in various locations across the globe, usually in marshlands or moors, and varies widely in its durability, age, and potential usefulness for | Morta is semi-fossilized wood. It is created when large trees are felled or overturned by geologic activity and become buried in an oxygen-limited fashion, usually in peat or clay. The wood is unable to rot normally so it begins the long process of fossilizing into stone. Morta is a generic term used to describe any semi-fossilized wood of this style. Morta is found in various locations across the globe, usually in marshlands or moors, and varies widely in its durability, age, and potential usefulness for pipe making. Trever Talbert is one of the pipe makers using Morta for one of his lines of pipes, and the morta he uses is from a local oak forest that covered the Briere area some 3,000+ years ago. Trever describes the process in the following article, [[Creating Pipes From Morta]] | ||
=== Overview === | === Overview === | ||
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=== Drills and Bits === | === Drills and Bits === | ||
''This section and | ''This section and its sub-sections are in the very early stages of development, please feel free to dive in! I had to leave them before finishing. We need photo examples of the options listed.'' | ||
[[Image:Drills_bits.jpg|thumb|500px|center|[[Trever Talbert]]'s drill and bit selection]] | [[Image:Drills_bits.jpg|thumb|500px|center|[[Trever Talbert]]'s drill and bit selection]] | ||
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You just can't have too many options when it comes to drills and bits, or I guess any other tooling! Pipe making requires a combination of specialty or customized bits, and off-the-shelf drills. Even the off-the-shelf drills used are sometimes hard to find locally and must be ordered. | You just can't have too many options when it comes to drills and bits, or I guess any other tooling! Pipe making requires a combination of specialty or customized bits, and off-the-shelf drills. Even the off-the-shelf drills used are sometimes hard to find locally and must be ordered. | ||
==== Chamber Bits ==== | ==== Chamber Bits ==== | ||
[[Image:S&Dbits.jpg|thumb|Modified S&D bits, courtesy [http://www.briarpipetooling.com/ Trent Rudat]]][[Image:spadebit.jpg|thumb|left|50px|Modified Spade bit, courtesy [http://www.pimopipecraft.com/tools.html Pimo]]][[Image:Eltang_spoonbits.jpg|thumb|Spoon bits, Courtesy [http://piapipes.com/product.asp?product=600&sub=48&page=1 PiaPipes (Eltnag)]]]This is a huge subject, and one that should perhaps split off into | [[Image:S&Dbits.jpg|thumb|Modified S&D bits, courtesy [http://www.briarpipetooling.com/ Trent Rudat]]][[Image:spadebit.jpg|thumb|left|50px|Modified Spade bit, courtesy [http://www.pimopipecraft.com/tools.html Pimo]]][[Image:Eltang_spoonbits.jpg|thumb|Spoon bits, Courtesy [http://piapipes.com/product.asp?product=600&sub=48&page=1 PiaPipes (Eltnag)]]]This is a huge subject, and one that should perhaps split off into its own article. Pipe makers use a variety of tobacco chamber bits, depending on the machines and techniques used. The three major categories are: | ||
#Spade type bits that have been specially ground are the easiest to acquire. They are inexpensive, and easy to make yourself by modifying off the shelf spade bits. [http://www.pimopipecraft.com/tools.html Pimo Pipecraft] and [http://www.jhlowe.com/tools.htm J.H. Lowe] both make modified spoon bits. | #Spade type bits that have been specially ground are the easiest to acquire. They are inexpensive, and easy to make yourself by modifying off the shelf spade bits. [http://www.pimopipecraft.com/tools.html Pimo Pipecraft] and [http://www.jhlowe.com/tools.htm J.H. Lowe] both make modified spoon bits. | ||