Good afternoon you all, just typed morning before I realized what time it was, I am freaking buried with so many irons in the fire! Dealer orders coming from everywhere, custom orders piled up and not to mention the headache of the website overhaul which is taking so much time! My webmaster is in France so we have a quite a bit of time between us and our emails so trying to stay up with that and his questions and me relaying info back and forth is a task for sure. That and I am editing and redoing images for the site and trying to put together all the content, wow I need a couple clones of myself!!! If you all know a great place that has success in the cloning industry as far as humans go pls let me know. I sure wish I could find an in-turn or admin assistant to help with all the business end of the business, I would much rather be in the shop than behind this dang PC.
@Melting Pot Yeah
@Snappo has qquite the task for me as far as custom work goes, his couple pieces will be very detailed and take a bit of time for sure but will be absolutely the finest inlay job I have done yet and most intricate of them all. Might have to poke him for a few extra bucks in the end, lol!
@little maggie Hello are you referring to the Mighty/Crafty stems I mentioned above? I am not sure just what the length of this two piece system will be just yet. I am still giving it some thought. If not what you were asking about pls let me know. I hope all is well for you!
@NickDlow Oh I bet that made for a crappy day, what a way to go about it! I was laying in bed thinking about the latest project you pitched at me and I got to tell you I have had a thought about those down brackets and wanna do something a little more than what I originally thought, I have an idea to bore a rather large hole in the center then maybe a smaller above or below the larger, then cut it diagonally then sand and attach, I think these holes will really add some flavor to the brackets and not just make them stand out but give them a little uniqueness of their own, a little more to say "Wow, how bout that" thats my thoughts as far as that goes, dont really wanna give my idea away until you see what I am thinking in person, want you to say "OMG"! I feel you will really like what I have cooking!
@Deano Hmmmm I feel
@Snappo has said it best, there are many many ways to achieve the performance and liking of my wooden stems, there are so many variables that it could be any of the list he mentioned. I dont mind mine a little harsh to be honest, thats just how I roll, I like to know that I am getting all I can get no matter what, I am one of those guys that has always been if you aint choking you aint toking and you got to caught to get off. Pls try different grind techniques and slightly packing the load some also to find the way that suits you best. Thanks
@Snappo for pointing out all these factors and your advice, well said!
@TeeJay1952 Ahhh yes they do but not like the OEM UD bushings, mine go around the heat port and perform a little different than the custom UD stems. I hope you are finding it enjoyable either way you are using it!
@Bravesst You know what I saw this post last night and have been giving it some thought, I am figuring I could do some sort of stand for it and how about a whip rig system to work with it kinda like I did for
@CarolKing and her Solo, I could make the stand, turn a small wooden joint to attach to the unit, maybe get a herbalizer tubing and connect to the joint end then on the other end turn and attach a 14mm mouthpiece/wong just for using with a water pipe, hmmmm whats your thoughts bro? Yeah get you a log and Ill do something for ya, id be happy to for sure. If you like you can send me the unit, might be a few weeks before I can get to it but would sure like to give my thoughts a little work and see what comes to fruition!
@stickstones You right my man, always happy to do something different! Was supposed to be going over to a friends house this afternoon to cut down some old trees, cedar, dogwood, and maple I think, he has quite a large piece of property with a few trees that need to be dropped and used before they rot and are no good for anything, got an idea for a stand for the mighty in my head in one of those trees. My guy is like I dont care what you do with them as long as I get a matching set of candle holders from the dogwood, I was like deal! So I guess thats my next project other than stems, candle holders, I look forward to doing those, will be neat!
Oh edited to add this, I just made this for a guy, first of its kind, a curly maple solo stem, have never done one in this species, I thought it looked great and makes for a great contrast with the solo, hope you all like it as I did making it. Maybe Ill add it to the species line up in this unit.