INFO! Badger and Blade 2020 LE Pipe : Askwith Pipes

[Robini]

How about one of those wonderful videos of one being made...

 

[oc_in_fw]

Thought you chaps might like a little sneak picture of some progress I have made. The stock for the rings arrived and I have prepped them. Don't bother counting the rings, the number in the picture is not the same as the order number. Please ignore the dust too! lol
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Thanks for the update.

 

[caskwith]

Good news everyone!

New stock has finally arrived. I appear to have everything I ordered which means as things stand everyone gets their first choice of stem. Will be sending out deposit requests soon for those who have been waiting.

 

[caskwith]

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

Everyone who has requested a pipe should have had a request for a deposit now.
If you have not had contact from me, please post here. I am pretty certain everyone I contacted last week or before has paid their deposits so thank you very much for that.

 

[nortac]

And we're off!

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

Woot woot

 

[radrick96]

I’m stoked!

 

[brandaves]

Got my email today and deposit sent boys! Can't wait, thanks again Chris for working to get everyone their stem!

 

[Kentos]

Done!

 

[Kentos]

Which reminds me we have only 7 more days till we stick a fork into the 2020 LE ordering window.

 

[KaeJS]

Deposit sent for my Turquoise #2 Stem Pipe

 

[caskwith]

Ok, thank you to everyone for their fast responses. All those who have ordered have paid their deposits so we are totally up to date as of Monday morning. As Kent has said, just a few more days now to put an order in if you are interested.

 

[Riff Raff]

 

[oc_in_fw]

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+1000

 

[caskwith]

As part of making a big batch of pipes it is essential that efficiencies are made wherever possible, this is partly how a saving is made and passed on to you chaps.
Thought you might enjoy a picture of one of those small improvements that make the job faster and better. On the prototype pipe the step was turned "manually" and then carefully sanded and polished. This was far too slow for mass production so I spent some time grinding a custom tool bit that would cut the shoulder, the face and a rounded profile at the transition. One setup all I need to do is swap out the stem blanks and it will cut the same size every time. The tool is razor sharp which dramatically cuts down how long it takes to sand and polish each stem. Here is a picture of a test run on a scrap.

 

[caskwith]

And here is an image of the results when I perfected the grind and did a polish. The tool is now ready for mass production run.

 

[nortac]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Riff Raff]

That is very cool.

 

[Knightsrest]

Awesome updates, keep them coming please.


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[radrick96]

And here is an image of the results when I perfected the grind and did a polish. The tool is now ready for mass production run.

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You are the man! Great job.