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I doubt they are taking that into account. Same reason they don't add the lines together from multiple jets for the graph.

101?!?! is he transparent?

The F-35 is also programmed by the military (or contractor). I'm sure they are much more thorough in making the program lite weight and bug proof. Car makers cram as many features as they can into a product as fast as they can and push it to market.

or selling it.... that's what I would do.

with better tools... ( or CORRECT tools lol ) I could cut it down to 20 hours.

The way you're using that surround sound makes me want to kill myself. (audiophile)

Is that a surveillance system up top?

Well... the car system has a GPS, Maps and navigation, Media player, Phone and txt system, Blue tooth controls, etc. That's a lot of subsystems with sizable amounts of code. Not to mension whatever OS is holding it all together.

well... it was a nice thought.

Well... I wouldn't sell on ebay. I would definitely try to establish a name and sell on a more artistic site. something like this: http://pipes2smoke.com/index.htm Lots of pipes on that site are going for $100 - $700

What do you think a pipe like this is worth? ( if I established my name and had better tools )

Tobacco. My favorite stuff is actually cheery, peach, plum, maple, etc (I know I know... very feminine lol)

maybe someday lol

So I finished my 3rd pipe at 1am last night. I'm not super happy with the way it turned out. The stummel looks great and the stem looks great, but I don't think they work well together. I think I may end up re-shaping the stem to slim it down and make the curves match the stummel better. The stem was a bit of an experiment with the inlaying. I failed a few times but got it in the end. (thanks @@little_old_man for the help) I learned a lot about how to do it better next time. Polishing the aluminum produces a black soot that stained the cedar wood. I want to redo the polishing job to get rid of the stain. The briar block was also very strange. I've never seen such a random grain pattern. Most expensive pipes have a cleaner grain with lots of spirals and dots. I suspect my ebauchon came from the edge of the root. If I acquire a buffing wheel in the near future I'm going to re-polish the whole thing to get a better glaze. Cost: - 50 +/- hours - $40 (materials, tools, sandpaper) Build Materials: - Stem: White cedar ( my yard ) - Inlay: Aluminum ( lowes ) - Stummel: Briar ( ebay ) - Tenon: Nylon ( lowes ) Size: - Bowl: 3/4" x 1 1/2" - Length: 9 1/2" - Draught Hole and Bore: 1/8" - Mortise: 1/4" How it started: (I drilled the holes already in this pic)

well, it all turned out pretty well in the end. I'm going to put the finishing touches on it and I'll show it off soon

lol! that's the rejected-cartoons guy right? Pretty dark humor.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9R1ODvReQE

Thats a cool idea but i dont know how practical that would be... Lathe + appartment = long talk with land lord. I actually was strongly thinking about making a pipe with an XI logon carved into the side. I was thinking since I get so much out of this clan but have no money to donate it would make a fun auction item to raise money for XI. I'm sure lots of guys here would pay top dollar for it (considering where the money would be going) The hold up is finding the time. It takes me about 50 hours to make a pipe. Mostly because its 90% done by hand. I have a hand drill, a hand held belt sander, a dremmel, two hands, and a stack of sand paper. The cedar smells amazing! Its also nostalgic for me since my late grandpa loved cedar and would make us model airplanes and trinkets out of it. His woodshop would make you high on cedar. The last pipe I made had a cedar stem and the draw was heavily cented/flavored but it mellowed out as the wood continued to dry. I've come to love wooden stems over the traditional delrin. The wood never tastes sour and it tends to pull the moisture out of the smoke better. The result is a draw as smooth as a milkshake with a hint of nostalgia. I love it

it's amazing they got those cars going fast enough for that to even happen. On the flip side... my dad got a small scratch in the quarter panel of his new 2014 nissan. $1000 to repair. ( that's how much the government currently values my car on my property tax )

sure! How much student loan do you want for it? I'm willing to give half for the lathe.

When I have a garage I'll start buying tools. Depending where I end of moving (for a job) I'll find a hackerspace in the area. It's a small membership fee and the usually have a full woodshop. http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/

sigh... 4 hours in the wrong direction... I wish I had some proper tools. I'm using a belt sander (hand held) as a lathe

Welll... I discovered that the rot was deeper than I thought so I cut it off. New Plan! -from other pieces of the same branch

The drilled hole is 1/8" This is almost exactly how much I need... so if I carved it down I would be filling it too. Oh, and I already drilled the hole all the way through... :| (aprox a 10" deep hole... takes a while to drill) The difficult part about moving the 1/8" hole is that I don't have a drill press. I drill it as straight as I can but it can tend to drift since it's parallel to the grain. The knots are VERY rock hard so it deflects a bit as it passes through the heart. All that said, my usual approach is to drill the hole and carve down to match it's route