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cowboy3829
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i'd like to fix this if its possible
i have a problem with one of my favorite pipes, i like to be able to run a cleaner through my pipe about half way through a smoke to clean any moisture or anything else out of the airway, but on one of my favs the cleaner won't go all the way to the bottom of the bowl, i think it gets stuck at the end of the stem, do you guys know of any way to fix this.
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Mar/3/07, 12:10 pm
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Re: i'd like to fix this if its possible
First thing to try...slightly bend the end end of the pipe cleaner and try turning it at the point it gets "stuck" to see if it might pass that way. You may need to try varying degrees of bends on the end of the cleaners. I have a few pipes that this works on that otherwise won't pass a cleaner.
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Mar/3/07, 12:19 pm
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Re: i'd like to fix this if its possible
thanks for the advice, i tried it but couldn't get it to work, i guess i'll have to learn to do without the cleaner during the smoke. thanks again
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Mar/3/07, 1:09 pm
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Re: i'd like to fix this if its possible
Cowboy, is this pipe a straight, 1/4, half or full bent?
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Mar/3/07, 4:56 pm
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Re: i'd like to fix this if its possible
its a 1/4, and by the way, how is your weekend going so far
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Mar/3/07, 9:37 pm
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Re: i'd like to fix this if its possible
You need to look in the mortice to see if the drilling into the bowl is dead center. This is important...otherwise the cleaner will run into the base of the mortice, stopping its passage. What kind of pipe is it....what manufacture?
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Mar/3/07, 10:06 pm
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Re: i'd like to fix this if its possible
i hate to keep bringing up this maker but its a karl erik.
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Mar/3/07, 10:13 pm
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Re: i'd like to fix this if its possible
I'm surprised....I would expect an Erik to pass a cleaner. Is it as I suspect, a mis-drilled draw-hole?
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Mar/3/07, 10:28 pm
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Re: i'd like to fix this if its possible
I have fixed several of my cheap pipes myself. Buy doing a bit of light work on the hole at the bottom of the mortis with a drillbit.
If the pipe is gurgling, try what I do, which works everytime, lightly blow back into the pipe, it moves the moisture back into the tobacco making the gurgle instantly go away.
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Mar/4/07, 8:45 am
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cowboy3829
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Re: i'd like to fix this if its possible
it is drilled wrong, which is a surprise to me to, karl erik is one of my favorite pipe makers and its a big shock to not be able to pass a cleaner.
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Mar/4/07, 11:21 am
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