Monday, February 25, 2013

1 of tonight's smokes

Irish cake is great tobacco i can feel the chest hairs growing.
Going to buy another this week.
Hope he has more.
This and Erinmore flake are the only
tobacco's available in Australia i have found so far i would buy twice.
How sad is that.,

Classy Pipes: Peterson silver spigot with lucite bit

Okay, here is a strange one. A Peterson's silver spigot army mount but with a lucite bit. I can't seem to find this model anywhere (with that style of bit). Anyone else have any ideas? AND, how classy is that pipe!



Polishing: The foot powered buffer

So, whilst having a bowl I jotted down the idea below. I have all the major parts lying around here.



























The components are:
- 26" bicycle rim (have) with a big 2" knobbly tire (have) on it. The tire is packed with sand (have) to create a flywheel. Not sure if it will be heavy enough, will see.
- fork (have)
- regular bike crank (have) with a pedal axle (have) inserted. Crank will attach to the axle of the wheel.
- Leather strap made from an old belt (have) attached to a hinged board that will be the foot/pedal board.

The whole thing will be mounted to/through a collapsible workhorse (have) that has my antique saw-table (have) mounted to the top.

Power to be transferred from wheel to pulley on table saw via a rope (have). I'll spin the wheel up and use a gouge to mill out the center section of tread and this will create a 'v' for the rope to run in.

Hobo pipe stand

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Old tins



Just a few of the old tins i have