[NSP] Re: Pipe making

2010-02-04 Thread Dave Shaw
Are the C and B drone stocks still good to use or has anything changed? Also do all you makers use the same woode for the stocks as the rest of the pipes? Hi Bob CB stocks are not bad. My own main is bored 1.5 and the ferrule is 42mm int diameter as I like a bit more room for my drones. I

[NSP] Re: Pipe making

2010-02-03 Thread CalecM
Malcolm . . . blackwood or ebony . . . ? I may live in California, but my genes are still Scottish! I work everything in maple until I'm absolutely sure of the dimensions, and only then does the expensive wood come out! BTW, I don't know of the availability of maple

[NSP] Re: Pipe making

2010-02-02 Thread malcolm . sargeant7
Looks like you have a D and F set. It's the new style Drill and Fill so common when a good reed is found for a crappy chanter. A mixture of powdered blackwood or ebony with super glue works wonders after filing then wet+dry then finnish off with a green scouring pad (nick the one from the

[NSP] Re: Pipe making

2010-02-02 Thread Francis Wood
On 2 Feb 2010, at 16:25, cal...@aol.com wrote: May never be done. Only one thing they could be called: Scottish half-dones If it were drone, when 'tis drone, then 'twer well, It were drone quickly . . . . . . . from the Scottish Play. Francis (with apologies) To get on or off this