Just here to show you what i have done...

[poppamies907]

Hi all!

As being long time knifemaker and saw one of my friends smoking an e-cig few months ago it got me thinking. Here's something new to customized. Well, week ago i ordered one for myself, hoping to receive it soon, but i decided that mine needs to look like mine, so i went ahead of it and made a custom drip tip.

The material on this one is pretty nice, its stabilized mammoths molar. Yes you heard right, old mammoths tooth dipped in acrylic. it came out pretty nice, after test fitting it to old cartomizer my friend gave me it still needs little more work but not much.

Here's few pics!

 

[The Ocelot]

Very nice! Too bad there are so few mammoths around or you could start a business

 

[poppamies907]

Do you find it hard time believing that its really mammoth?

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Very beautiful. If you want to start selling these you can switch to bull horns. I have friends in the decorative elephant molars/ bull horns etc. business, so this is an idea i will respectfully steal

 

[poppamies907]

Haha, as a knifemaker I have a lot of materials to play with. Reindeer anthler, water buffalo horn, moose horn etc. Heck, once I get my new forge running ill make one from damascus steel

 

[claywalker2000]

Pretty Sweet!

 

[Clearo-Mizer]

Very nice indeed... believe it or not there is a good market for drip tips...ive been toying around with the idea myself...i have a lathe and some jade and soapstone from a chess set i made a few years ago...turning resins is pretty simple.

Nice work on the molar...and good luck...keep us informed if you make more because i am a buyer

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

I wear a huge amethyst pinky ring, so when i start making big bucks (in like 15 years maybe, lol) an amethyst drip tip is on my list. Not the synthetic compressed powder type, a real solid one carved out of a whole piece.

 

[poppamies907]

Yeah, just found some new plastics from my materials bin. Ill definitely will make more drip tips from other materials! I actually made this on my drill press, don't own a lathe yet...

Ill take some pics of these materials, you might find them rather interesting...

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Post some pictures, and if the interest level is high enough you should start a business!

 

[poppamies907]

Iv been making THESE as a small business to get some money for my weirdish projects...

 

[StevesCVO]

That drip tip is really sweet.

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Oh hey you should start making pipe stems! A stem is like $40 on the market right now, im sure there is a huge demand for them.

 

[piruned]

Awesome

I love the color in that.

 

[Kingedgar]

Very nice drip tip!! When you start selling them, stop by and let us know!

 

[poppamies907]

yes i could make pipe stems, i can make basically anything if i get paid enough

Here's some interesting materials, blue one is blue acrylic (unpolished, looks ALOT better polished) and other, i'm not really sure what is it, it looks kinda the same but in different colors and its 16mm diameter rod

 

[Clearo-Mizer]

Bulli gets 45-50 bucks a pop....but he puts a stainless steel insert inside them...and uses resins...some nice stuff tho

My lathe is a old 1970's craftsman 1.5 hp....its a beast...made for heavy turns.
i made some jigs for the chess pieces and have some really expensive frued edges...i have made a few edges from high carbon steel that i used to fix some antique chairs...but turning stone is a bit different...some guys actually use a small tile saw set up and apply water while holding the diamond edge....i was going to do an ivory/onyx. Chess set but i was afraid it was to difficult to shape the stone...

 

[MaDeuce]

I really like that drip tip but I'm REALLY diggin' that pig-sticker.

 

[poppamies907]

Yeah, turning this one from 20mm x 20mm x 25mm block was a pain, i grinded some bits from HSS but the material kept chipping, so basically I turned it with an angle grinder while it was going 2500rpm...

As the material is fossil, its "kinda" hard

 

[kelli]

I wear a huge amethyst pinky ring, so when i start making big bucks (in like 15 years maybe, lol) an amethyst drip tip is on my list. Not the synthetic compressed powder type, a real solid one carved out of a whole piece.

why do so many guys from new jersey wear pinky rings i wonder? ♥