The Starting Point
PETERSON’S SUPREME
MADE IN
IRELAND
80s
The Tenon Has Internal Threading To Accept A Tenon Extension
Threading Is Metric M4.5 X 0.75
The Mortise Is Drilled Deeper Than Required (1-1/2”) Than Typical
The Draft Hole Enters On The Top
This Pipe Exhibits All The Features Of The “Sub-System” Design But It Is Missing The Tenon Extension
The Draft Hole Diameter Through Both The Stem Body & Shank Measures 3.5MM
Turning The Diameter To 4.5MM For External Threading
Cutting External Threads With The M4.5 X 0.75 Threading Die
Center Drilling & Through Drilling Of The Tenon Extension To 3.5MM Diameter
Tenon Extension Threading Finished & Test Fit To Stem
Turning & Shaping The Tenon Extension
Tenon Extension Cut To Length & Final Finishing
The Ending Point
With Tenon Extension
Ready For The First Smoke
PETERSON’S SUPREME
MADE IN IRELAND
80s
Even I’m not unclever with a toolbox, I’m impressed…
Sebastien, thank you so much for the compliment, it is very much appreciated.
I´m always very exited with a blog entry about lathe work. Very good work on this one.
Martin, Thank you for the compliment! And yes, lathe work is truly fascinating!
Hi Gary what is this round sharp tool called? This is perfect you can make your workpiece
1/4 round and shape the desired diameter in a few steps brilliant.
One question I have left how you determine the kind of thread on an existing workpiece
metric/imperial specially on the small scale ?
Thanks on your 101 with chimneys.
Martin, The round cutter is a carbide cutter, 3/8″ diameter. Typically, this is called a “form tool” in the world of machining, in the sense that the cutter is shaped and ground to yield the shape you want on the finished product. This is helpful in repetitive tasks so the shape is consistent in the finished product when making multiple items. I buy them already sized and ground sharp to the shape I need. Sometimes I have to shape and grind my own from a carbide blank. On determining the thread, I have a multitude of thread pitch gauges that… Read more »
I’m envious of that kind of mechanical skill!
Al, would you believe that I’m still learning as I go?
Excellent work! I’m glad you made the threaded side longer than the ‘stock’ condensors found in today’s pipes. Let us know how it smokes…
Hi Stephen, and thank you for the comment. I’m pretty sure that Mark will be writing very soon about your astute observation regarding the longer length of the tenon extension. You are correct in that the factory tenon extension found in current production pipes are not true to the original concept that Charles Peterson obtained a patent for so many years ago. It’s interesting how things can change over time. Would you believe I’ve yet to smoke it? I did all this just a day or so prior to leaving for the pipe show, and in all my excitement since,… Read more »
,,,and I thought a pipe was just for smoking. Brilliant. Way beyond my skills.
Nice work Gary, from a toolmaker perspective. I would have tapped a scrap piece of brass and tapped it for the tenon. You should never hold a work piece by the finished threads. Make of lathe?
Hello Richard, I’m a bit tardy to reply,and thank you for the comment. The make of the lathe is a 1964 Atlas / Clausing. With the specific use of a collet chuck, I have found no adverse affects to work holding on a finished thread. And I have successfully performed this specific task many times. I fully agree with your suggestion, especially when a 3-jaw chuck is to be used. However, with the collet chuck, the clamping force is equally distributed across the entire circumference and length of the part being gripped. This results in a less likely chance for… Read more »
Very nice work Gary!
Hi Jonathan, I thought you might like this story. We had a great time at the Pipe Show, I sure hope to see you there at the next one!
Fantastic work Gary! I’m sure you have been rewarded with a fantastic smoke!
James, if you see my note for Stephen you will be amazed that I’ve yet to smoke it…I have no idea what is wrong with me, I even took the pipe to the Chicago show…In all the excitement, I forgot I had it with me…until I got home and was unpacking….good grief.
Nice work Gary – looks great! 🙂
Hi Paul, from one machinist to another, thanks! I sure missed seeing you at the show, hopefully next year!
Someday I’ll have to get a lathe. This reminds me of the most frustrating pipe I own: an unsmoked 80S with a bone white bone tenon extension. I just can’t bring myself to start the bone coloring process 🙂
Hey Scott, if you ever get a lathe, be warned, it is addictive just like PAD or TAD…I’ve got three lathes now and they are so much enjoyment in the shop! If you don’t start the bone coloring process on that 80s now, someone, at sometime in the future will do it. You might as well be the one to do it now!
Pipes, tampers, and maybe, just maybe, fountain pens. Is there nothing you can’t do, Gary? Great to see and talk to you, Mark and Ken in Chicago.
Hey Terry, Wow it was a blast to see you and Trese at the show this year…talk about fun!!!
I’ll let you know about the fountain pens…I picked up some really great looking material at the show that would make a fantastic pen body….I’ll keep you posted.
Impressive work!
D.H., Thank you sir, and your comment is most appreciated!
To all fellow “Pete Geeks”, while at the Chicago Pipe Show Mark told me he had run this short photo essay story of my work on the 80s. I’ve just made it home and now have time to respond to all the inquiries you have left regarding the story. Hopefully I will be able to answer all the questions you have asked, albeit a bit on the tardy side. But we did have a GREAT time at the Chicago Show!
You guys amaze me with all your abilities to make things… Gary.
Blessings…
Rick, thank you so much!
Gary, superb work! Oh for a lathe and time! Years ago (that’s decades) I did take two semesters of machinist class – a smattering of what shop procedures should be (it was more set up and safety than turning), and our final was to turn a sphere – the more perfectly round determined grade after all of that time. A week later I squeked out a B- and felt lucky to get that! I admire your work! And, gosh, that mortise IS drilled deep! Great meeting you at the show!
Hi Linwood, it was such a pleasure in meeting you in person at the show! And I do hope to see you at the CORP show this year! I miss shop class, it was always so much fun for me, and what I learned then then has just continued on into the present. I wonder if they even offer shop classes in schools these days? with all the litigation happy folk out there, a minor scrape in shop class would most likely end up in a major court case. Good grief!
Yes, that “factory mortise” is cavernous!