I wouldn't mess with it, myself. A lot of pipes have a .75" bore, and with that depth it should be fine. Ought to be a great VA smoker. I just think that the potential gain is heavily outweighed by the potential risks. I'd leave it.
That would be very cool.Might have to make a new tamper with the kerf and a .45 casing.
Might have to make a new tamper with the kerf and a .45 casing.
The bottom needs to be rounded.Would a forstner bit do the job? I would have thought that it would be ideal for just widening the hole a little.
Real men use live tracers.I used to use a deactivated .303 round as my tamper.
The problem with a router is going that deep. I would use one to chamfer or round the interior edge. I certainly don't have any router bits with that sort of reach and still be firm in the collet, a collet extension might work but I'd be concerned with preventing any walk or wobble. I'm guessing you have a 7/8 or 1' round nose bit. I might spring for the spade bit for around twenty bucks and test in some scrap to check balance. Or if you have the bits and extensions drill a 2" hole in a difficult to tool piece of scrap and try it out and see what happens so you don't screw up the briar.
That might be easier.Maybe use a forstner to enlarge the bore just shy of the bottom and use the ball to ease the shoulders into the existing rounded bottom?
Not quite.... $150 for the bandsaw and a couple of extra blades and $46.50 shipped for the kit.That is starting to look excellent! Reminds me of some $300 pipes I was looking at the other day