What's it's purpose?


Elaborate, o Bob of Specialized Knowledge. I have many like that. I always assumed it was for some condenser doohickey. Why would they repair it like that?
Well it looks like shoddy work. The pipemakers here will be better suited to give a more complete answer but it looks like the stummel was drilled a replaced. I sold a bunch of new Mastro pipes and I never saw any new ones from the factory like that so it looks like it was a poor repair job to me.
I see. I'm not arguing, just suddenly curious. Why the channel? Looks like it would accept some form of gasket.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:26 pmWell it looks like shoddy work. The pipemakers here will be better suited to give a more complete answer but it looks like the stummel was drilled a replaced. I sold a bunch of new Mastro pipes and I never saw any new ones from the factory like that so it looks like it was a poor repair job to me.
The channel is a sign of poor mending. I suspect the repair person drilled out the broken remains leaving the channel. They could have matched the diameter better. But FredS would know better.hugodrax wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:50 pmI see. I'm not arguing, just suddenly curious. Why the channel? Looks like it would accept some form of gasket.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:26 pmWell it looks like shoddy work. The pipemakers here will be better suited to give a more complete answer but it looks like the stummel was drilled a replaced. I sold a bunch of new Mastro pipes and I never saw any new ones from the factory like that so it looks like it was a poor repair job to me.
A pipe that takes an O-ring. Thiokol or TWSBI.hugodrax wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:50 pmI see. I'm not arguing, just suddenly curious. Why the channel? Looks like it would accept some form of gasket.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:26 pmWell it looks like shoddy work. The pipemakers here will be better suited to give a more complete answer but it looks like the stummel was drilled a replaced. I sold a bunch of new Mastro pipes and I never saw any new ones from the factory like that so it looks like it was a poor repair job to me.
Well, today I learned something, Thanks, guys. I have at least four or five old pipes that look like that. Maybe a home job? Couldn't imagine paying for that.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:06 pmThe channel is a sign of poor mending. I suspect the repair person drilled out the broken remains leaving the channel. They could have matched the diameter better. But FredS would know better.hugodrax wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:50 pmI see. I'm not arguing, just suddenly curious. Why the channel? Looks like it would accept some form of gasket.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:26 pmWell it looks like shoddy work. The pipemakers here will be better suited to give a more complete answer but it looks like the stummel was drilled a replaced. I sold a bunch of new Mastro pipes and I never saw any new ones from the factory like that so it looks like it was a poor repair job to me.
They used to sell the tenons pre-fab and often with a differently sized air hole than the stem. You just drilled them out and glued a new one in. Jobey fixed this by making the tenons pre sized so you just unscrewed the broken one and screwed in a new one.hugodrax wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:13 pmWell, today I learned something, Thanks, guys. I have at least four or five old pipes that look like that. Maybe a home job? Couldn't imagine paying for that.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:06 pmThe channel is a sign of poor mending. I suspect the repair person drilled out the broken remains leaving the channel. They could have matched the diameter better. But FredS would know better.hugodrax wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:50 pmI see. I'm not arguing, just suddenly curious. Why the channel? Looks like it would accept some form of gasket.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:26 pmWell it looks like shoddy work. The pipemakers here will be better suited to give a more complete answer but it looks like the stummel was drilled a replaced. I sold a bunch of new Mastro pipes and I never saw any new ones from the factory like that so it looks like it was a poor repair job to me.
And Goose, it's not as bad as you think. It won't gunk up exponentially. I speak from experience on that one.
Older pipes (GBD comes immediately to mind) seemed to often have something similar to Goose's example (i.e. a stepped-down tenon). There must've been some logic behind that. I'd always assumed that the supposition was that the step-down would discourage moisture collecting on the mortise walls from wicking into the draught-hole. Rusty would prolly know the real story, though.
Grand Slams took a leather o-ring. I had one intact, once.Rusty wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:07 pmA pipe that takes an O-ring. Thiokol or TWSBI.hugodrax wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:50 pmI see. I'm not arguing, just suddenly curious. Why the channel? Looks like it would accept some form of gasket.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:26 pmWell it looks like shoddy work. The pipemakers here will be better suited to give a more complete answer but it looks like the stummel was drilled a replaced. I sold a bunch of new Mastro pipes and I never saw any new ones from the factory like that so it looks like it was a poor repair job to me.
I can't imagine why anyone would do that unless the end of the tenon actually is seated in the base of the mortise.
Mastro de Paja means "Magic Stem" in French.