My First Pipe Attempt

[Roger]

This is awesome. Color me impressed. But why not just buy a stem first, then, for lack of a better description, build the pipe around that stem? You might have a better shot at getting the stem fitting better (especially if the stem was the hardest part), and you could focus more work on the finish. But what do I know?

Also, isn't juniper rather soft? I have a big block of jatoba (Brazilian cherry) I've been thinking might be cool to carve into a pipe, but procrastination rules around here.

That's a good point! I may just have to make a stem first and do a bowl based on that stem. I have been looking at buying some stems. Trying to decide between acrylic, lucite and few others. It copper connection for the pipe made it easier to do but because of the flexibility of copper it was not exactly a good choice so that the two parts would marry better. I am hoping to figure out how to lathe out one and see how that goes. Got to makeshift a lathe first. I would like to make several different pipes using different woods. Juniper is kind of soft, but it will be interesting what properties that wood lends to the taste of the tobacco. Thanks for your comments!