Phattpiggies Wood Shed

phattpiggie

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Accessory Maker
Apologies for the overly long period of silence, it's been an eventful time all for the wrong reasons and it's going to continue for the next few weeks, admittedly with a couple days off for good behaviour.
Quick trip down to Southern Spain next week so Mrs. PP can get some R&R as 'You've already been to Spain this year'.
Doesn't matter how I phrase it there is no convincing her Spannabis was a work related trip.
Child free so I have an invite to the local social club.:thumbsup:

Got a square done, Cream Coolibah and Macassar Ebony
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Casein, Bog Oak with accents put together with a slimmer condenser tube. This stem is 11mm at it's widest and just over 6mm at it's narrowest.
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Homage to the antique cigarette world again with the slimmer SS tube.
Casein and Blackwood.
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Group shot, this stuff has the look and feel of antique ivory. More blanks ordered.
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Blackwood with B/W acrylic 10mm tapered MP, it started out in an Ebony but the accents had different ideas. MP was too nice to waste. The 10mm sits really well on most stems even if you never drop one in a piece of glass.
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Being an 'at home toker' I never really needed any kind of pocketable storage.
A wedding last year brought it home, trouser pockets and hot VC's don't mix well.

The fatter cigar cases I turned are a bit bulky and awkward to fit a magnet to.
A smaller diameter one was looking to be fine and the magnet on the top of the cap meant the convenience of removing the cap was good.
You put the lid back on the tube and only have one thing in your hand.
Magnets however do their own thing and it's difficult to stop them. The small cap pullers I took to Spain were great but as with the lid on the case everything and anything with steel in it sticks to them.

Couplings arrived and a trial run was needed so the slimline Bog Oak stem got a new case, if I get time it'll get a matching case.
Gone is the one handed operation convenience as the lid needs to be removed but at least it's only the cap that sticks to the 10mm magnet.
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Cocobolo IH enclosure part way through its construction. This shows how much of a colour change there is between the top face and the sides. Oxidation and light cause this and nothing will stop it.
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Anyone who would like something turning please feel free to get in touch and we can at least get the ball rolling.
All I ask is that you have a bit of patience and understanding.
I have a life outside of this and can have a lot of 'conversations' going on so 'pester' me.

New part designs are in at the machine shop just to add to the confusion of choice.
 

phattpiggie

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Accessory Maker
Bog Oak case, all brass on the case with Casein Ivory on the lid.
Silver accents on the stem to match the TiHE means Ti couplings are on the drawing board.
Added a black accent/washer to the lid, this helps to maintain a good seal, stops overtightening and looks better than the other options I've tried.
And it finishes the lid nicely.

Anyone who has a lidded stem please get in touch and I will send a couple of the accent/washers out. I'm making them from scratch so have a few colour options to play with.
 

Mr. Me2

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Bog Oak case, all brass on the case with Casein Ivory on the lid.
Silver accents on the stem to match the TiHE means Ti couplings are on the drawing board.
Added a black accent/washer to the lid, this helps to maintain a good seal, stops overtightening and looks better than the other options I've tried.
And it finishes the lid nicely.

Anyone who has a lidded stem please get in touch and I will send a couple of the accent/washers out. I'm making them from scratch so have a few colour options to play with.
OMG! Unbelievable...again! :clap:
 

Ramahs

Fucking Combustion (mostly) Since February 2017
I can't see the video. "video unavailable"
Maybe I need to start using my VPN again so I can make them think I'm in whatever country I need to be in to watch the video.
 
Ramahs,

phattpiggie

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Accessory Maker
@odc57 they start at £125, $160 at todays rate.

Thank you @almostthere and @Squiby, very humbling to read your kind words.

The last 3 years have been beyond amazing.

Met some really great people, come across a couple of turds but that's par for the course.

There's no better transparency than showing how I go about things and I've enjoyed upping my presentation skills.
May not be everyone's musical taste but that's what the mute button is for.

Old, new and revised parts landed today.
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Some great stuff in the works as well.
 

phattpiggie

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Accessory Maker
Other than the Ti insert there are a couple of other hot end designs in the works but for now here's three TiHE's.
Top to bottom
Slimline Finned, faux Tortoiseshell and 10mm Kingwood MP
Slimline, Blackwood and B&W 10mm
OG Finned, Blackwood with yellow and red accents.
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Squiby

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@phattpiggie once more you have outdone yourself! AGAIN!!!

The slimline style is perhaps my favorite so far and the faux tortoise shell is absolutely stunning!!! I'm making a list. So far a casein and Blackwood stem and now a faux tortoise shell stem have made the list along with a domed IH cover.

Your stems make me quiver with delight!
 
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