| Archive for Dr. Grabow Pipes "America's One and Only" |
| introibo |
AdventurerHi everyone. Been absent for a while, buying pipes on Ebay. I just got a pipe off Irish Lefty called an Adventurer. On the shank is written "Ajustomatic" with a patent number that I can't read.It has the same kind of screw-in stinger that I have seen on some Dr Gs. And it has a white dot on the stem, not a spade. I seem to recall reading somewhere that Dr G put out a line of pipes with a white dot. Is the Adventurer a DR G? Does anyone know? |
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| ozark southpaw |
That question has been asked before. Mac now has an Adventurer that I gifted him. I got it 2-3 years ago and thought it looked like it might have been made by the Grabow folks. After a little Googling I found Mac's website and this forum. There is a thread somewhere on Mac's pipe in this forum. So far we have not found out much about the Adventurers.
EDIT: found it. http://drgrabows.myfreeforum.org/...185.html&highlight=adventurer |
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| ozark southpaw |
Pete,got a photo of this pipe? | ||||
| introibo |
Long story, Ozark. My wife is the techie in our family, and she explained to me how to do it and gave me a gadget for transfering files from the camera to the computer. Give me a couple of days.
On another subject -- don't know where to post this question: how did they make that fine line rustication or carving on the Starfires? Looks like they used a very fine chisel or something like that. Feels great in the hand. Best, Pete |
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| drbridges |
Wire carving. They used a fast moving rotary wire bristles. Guess how far they go if the carver's slips his grip. |
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| BWThomas |
ted posted on here at one time that they used a cup brush. I wonder what the wire size was on the brush. I'd like to try it, but don't really want to do too much trial and error...mostly worried about the error! |
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| ted |
Best I remember, this one is almost identical with the ones we used for the carving on Starfire, Viscount, Golden Duke, Westbrook, and others. 4" is the correct size. Ours had a bit flatter back, were "NOLAND", and might have had a little longer bristles.
We used them till they got dull and then cut off a fraction of the the dulled bristles and used them again. http://www.heavydutystore.com/wei...cup-brush-c-930-p-1-pr-19556.html |
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| ted |
A couple of things about these brushes....EYE PROTECTION REQUIRED.....INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH eye protection. These little bristles will fly out even at low speed.
Finger and hand protection required. The bristles don't know the difference between briar and flesh. The brush was mounted to a variable speed electric motor and only ran at 300-400 rpm's. Donnie Moxley did it for so long that he got really good at it......ted |
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| BWThomas |
Thanks ted...I know how to use them. Before I became an office worker 14 years ago, I made a living with my hands. |
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| ted |
Wasn't worried about you. Just wanted everyone to know that these brushes are a bit dangerous...and to explane a bit about how "dear" the carving really is....ted | ||||
| BWThomas |
Ha!...wasn't worried about me, 'cause you knew I know how to use them, or were you just not worried about me? ...LOL |
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| ted |
neither.....ted | ||||
| drbridges |
ted, is the briar dry or wet for the wire carving? | ||||
| ted |
Dr. B....Dry....The pipe has already been through "Bit & Tube" so the stem is already mounted. The stem gives the carver a "handle" for his work..thanks....THANKS......ted | ||||
| LokoMac8 |
I know how to use'em, too! And I can tell you all the things they can do that you don't intend on them doing, like quickly spinning up any loose clothing, throwing off the little wires (which when working with metal are red hot little buggers) that land on your skin, how they can grab and cause the drill to move suddenly to a new "project" (if it wasn't, it will be) and how those nasty little wires will poke nice little holes in your fingers like a cactus even when they aren't spinning -- like when they are laying on the bench or in the tool box and you hit it reaching for something else (particlularly nasty to take one up between the finger and finger nail about a quarter of an inch). And, yes, they can give you new fingerprint patterns or completely remove your fingerprints. They also like to grab loose string (and shoe laces) and wire. --RJ-- |
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| ozark southpaw |
Wire brushKinda sounds like to me Mac, that you need to stay away from moving tools-especially wire brushes!
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| LokoMac8 |
Re: Wire brush
Oh, did I make it sound like I knew these things from personal experience? Well, they didn't all happen in one instance, anyway . . . --RJ-- |
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