Smoking the new unfinished pipe

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Well it still needs a lot of work but it smokes.
happy with the tobacco bowl a nice taper
The smoke hole enters at the bottom of the bowl nice.
The bit an old p lip fits well.
There are 1 or 2 rough spots but i have learnt a lot.
Hopefully the next 1 will be better.
I so need a better chuck.
Yo HH 1 almost down 49 to go Hahahaha.

Peterson's De Luxe 11s

Just a couple of teaser images, hoping to polish this over the weekend and to photograph it properly. You'll have to wait for the incredible birdseye :) Fresh from the rack.

Pipe progress

Drilling a pilot hole.

Think i will hand turn the inside of the bowl.
My Hobo chuck is working remarkably well.
Holding nice and tight.
Looks a bit scary.

Decided to work on the bowl first.
Roughed out the stem first just to get an idea of what it might look like..

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Arbor for Drill chuck

I used the chuck from the hand drill press.
Now i can drill on the lathe and it's also a variable speed polisher as it fits the head stock.