Pipe Structure Problems

[Jahman7]

I haven't found in my search anything related to having problems with pipes and how to fix them. (Might be searching for the wrong keywords).

So, I'll go first...

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This keeps happening. Besides just shoving it back in there, anyone know of a good way to keep this from happening that doesn't involve me tainting my pipe with some chemical I don't want close to my embers?

I have another Missouri meerschaum hardwood pipe with the same problem... a loose pipe stem that needs to be better secured.

 

[deluxestogie]

Stuff the stem back in, then apply a light ring of viscous Gorilla Glue to the exterior contact area. Allow it to fully cure (a week or more).

Bob

 

[Alpine]

1st : do not smoke your MM till the last ember
2nd: “mud” your pipe after the first few bowls (my tried and true recipe for pipe mud is roughly 75% hardwood ashes, 25% chalk and a few drops of water, all ingredients are carefully eyeballed)
3rd: corn cob pipes are cheap enough to simply discard one once it has reached the end of its life
My 0.02 $

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[deluxestogie]

Or...just plant some big corn, and make some pipes from the cobs.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

Show us your homemade pipes!

I'm curious to see other people's pipemaking experiments. SHow us your first pipe, failed attempts, interesting experiments, odd wood choices or stems. If you made a pipe or even part of a pipe, feel free to show us pictures here. I tend to like pipes (and cars and motorcycles) that are...

fairtradetobacco.com

 

[Jahman7]

Or...just plant some big corn, and make some pipes from the cobs.

Bob

I should definitely do that...

Two things I've never grown: corn and tobacco. Need to go the "Three Sisters" route and get these planted next year.

 

[makhorkasmoker]

I’ve used that stick glue they let kids use in kindergarten (figuring it could not be too dangerous). Works well in my experience

 

[jclif43]

Elmer’s white glue works fine and none toxic. Like Bob suggested, let it cure well.

 

[Olmstead]

I haven't found in my search anything related to having problems with pipes and how to fix them.

I have extensive experience with fixing and modifying MM cobs. There's a Facebook group dedicated to modding cobs—adding acrylic stems like "Forever Stems" and making fancy briarwood shanks and such—but I can't remember the name (I don't use social media much), but I digress...

Since this is a pipe, and you're smoking it, you want the glue to be as inert as possible. PVA is absolutely the best—widely sold as simply "wood glue"—and it's what MM uses. It's also what every "cob modder" I've talked to uses. Elmer's Wood Glue is all I've ever used, and I can't remember the last time I had a cob come apart on me. The only time I find myself re-gluing them is when I modify them; I've made a few of my own shanks to get a pipe longer or shorter. Head to the hardware store and grab some, and you'll be set for years!

When I was about 20-21 years old, I used two-part epoxy to repair my only cob, and boy-oh-boy was that permanent! It dries (or cures) nearly as hard as glass. I smoked it for a while and I'm still alive. While there were no gobs of epoxy on the inside of the pipe, all the same, I wouldn't mess with anything aside from wood glue (PVA).

Elmer’s white glue works fine and none toxic. Like Bob suggested, let it cure well.

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