WEBVTT 00:00.866 --> 00:04.833 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% (playful upbeat music) (logo swooshing) 00:05.300 --> 00:07.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% - Welcome to the "Volunteer Woodworker." 00:07.300 --> 00:09.333 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% I'm your host, Charles Brock. 00:09.333 --> 00:12.133 align:start position:25% line:10% size:45% Come with me as we drive the back roads, 00:12.133 --> 00:16.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% bringing you the story of America's finest woodworkers. 00:20.300 --> 00:22.066 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% (door slams) 00:31.700 --> 00:36.200 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% (playful upbeat music continues) 00:36.200 --> 00:41.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% We're going to Santa Fe, Tennessee to meet Grant Batson. 00:41.066 --> 00:44.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% Grant is more than great at a lot of things. 00:44.866 --> 00:46.466 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% In his own relaxed style, 00:46.466 --> 00:48.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% he goes about life making the things 00:48.733 --> 00:53.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% that interest him most, like guitars and pipes, 00:53.433 --> 00:57.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% yes, smoking pipes from Italian bur. 00:57.333 --> 00:59.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% Let's meet Grant Batson. 01:02.400 --> 01:05.900 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% - [Announcer] "Volunteer Woodworker" is funded in part by... 01:05.900 --> 01:08.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Since 1970, Whiteside Machine Company 01:08.466 --> 01:10.933 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45% has been producing industrial-grade router bits 01:10.933 --> 01:12.666 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% in Claremont, North Carolina. 01:12.666 --> 01:15.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Whiteside makes carbide bits for edge-forming, 01:15.333 --> 01:17.900 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% grooving, and CNC application. 01:17.900 --> 01:20.700 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% Learn more at whitesiderouterbits.com. 01:21.866 --> 01:24.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Real Milk Paint Company makes VOC-free, 01:24.466 --> 01:28.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% non-toxic milk paint available in 56 colors. 01:28.200 --> 01:30.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% Milk Paint creates a matte wood finish 01:30.400 --> 01:32.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% that can be distressed for an antique look. 01:35.733 --> 01:37.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Good Wood Nashville designs custom furniture 01:37.966 --> 01:40.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and is a supplier of vintage hardwoods. 01:41.700 --> 01:43.900 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% Keri Price with Keller Williams Realty 01:43.900 --> 01:46.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% has been assisting Middle Tennessee home buyers 01:46.200 --> 01:49.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% and sellers since 2013. 01:49.000 --> 01:50.500 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% Mayfield Hardwood Lumber, 01:52.000 --> 01:54.633 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5% supplying Appalachian hardwoods worldwide. 01:57.066 --> 01:58.233 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5% Anna's Creative Lens. 02:03.000 --> 02:06.566 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% (slow gentle guitar music) 02:15.066 --> 02:17.800 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40% (logo swooshing) 02:27.333 --> 02:31.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% (slow gentle guitar music continues) 02:40.500 --> 02:42.866 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% - Grant, so nice to be here. 02:42.866 --> 02:44.033 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - Thank you for coming. 02:44.033 --> 02:46.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - I mean, the music and the setting, 02:46.766 --> 02:49.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% it puts me to sleep, but it doesn't- 02:49.166 --> 02:51.200 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - There's a pillow right there. 02:51.200 --> 02:52.166 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:27.5% Take a nap. (Charles laughs) 02:52.166 --> 02:54.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - I might, but I tell you what. 02:54.700 --> 02:56.633 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% It doesn't do that for you. 02:56.633 --> 02:59.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% Seems to be motivating. 03:00.300 --> 03:04.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% Out of the many artists I know, 03:04.000 --> 03:08.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% you're so laid-back compared to most. 03:08.066 --> 03:10.300 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% - My wife would disagree, but thank you. 03:10.300 --> 03:11.833 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% I'll take it. (Charles laughs) 03:11.833 --> 03:13.466 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - And you're so productive. 03:13.466 --> 03:14.900 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:12.5% - Hm. - I mean, 03:14.900 --> 03:19.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% you do a little bit of everything from building a house 03:19.533 --> 03:24.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% to building a line of guitars with your brother, 03:25.333 --> 03:27.533 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% to building furniture, 03:28.733 --> 03:32.433 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% teaching, furniture-making. 03:32.433 --> 03:37.033 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% And then you have a specialty like nobody else 03:37.033 --> 03:40.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that I know that you make pipes, 03:40.266 --> 03:42.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% not just ordinary pipes, 03:42.566 --> 03:45.466 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% but pipes that are influenced 03:45.466 --> 03:48.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% by some of the best in the world. 03:48.266 --> 03:49.533 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:20% - Mm-hm. - Yeah. 03:49.533 --> 03:51.033 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Yeah. 03:51.033 --> 03:54.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - So it's just amazing to be here with you. 03:54.100 --> 03:59.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And does the setting do something for you as an artist? 04:00.800 --> 04:04.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - Oh, you know, that's a great question. 04:04.033 --> 04:05.333 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% I think it has to. 04:06.600 --> 04:09.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% I don't know that I think about it a lot, 04:10.766 --> 04:13.733 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% but you got to walk down the path 04:13.733 --> 04:15.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% from the shop to the porch here, 04:15.900 --> 04:20.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% and it's the path that I walk every time I make pipes. 04:20.400 --> 04:21.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% I don't typically drive down. 04:21.933 --> 04:23.100 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% I walk. 04:23.100 --> 04:26.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% And that is like a reset for me. 04:26.933 --> 04:29.666 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% If I'm in a mental space... 04:29.666 --> 04:31.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% I mean, you know, life is crazy 04:31.333 --> 04:32.733 align:start position:30% line:10% size:42.5% and coming at you fast all the time, 04:32.733 --> 04:34.566 align:start position:30% line:10% size:35% and so there's something interesting 04:34.566 --> 04:37.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% about walking down that, just, 04:37.933 --> 04:42.333 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% tree-covered gravel road 04:42.333 --> 04:45.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% just 250 feet or so. 04:47.833 --> 04:50.933 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% Gratitude is always there. 04:50.933 --> 04:55.833 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% And I feel small, 04:55.833 --> 04:59.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and I'm surrounded by creation. 04:59.366 --> 05:04.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% And it, I think, definitely gives me a spark 05:05.200 --> 05:08.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% that I need to be creative, so. 05:08.966 --> 05:13.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% - What was the seed for little Grant Batson 05:13.333 --> 05:16.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% to become inspired to do all of this? 05:18.066 --> 05:20.733 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - Yeah, I mean, it's funny. 05:22.566 --> 05:26.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Being mindfully present and understanding these things, 05:26.100 --> 05:29.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% you really kind of have to sit in those questions. 05:29.066 --> 05:31.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% And I have pondered these at times 05:31.266 --> 05:34.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% just as I've looked back at, how did I get here? 05:34.233 --> 05:36.600 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% You know, this wasn't my plan. 05:38.133 --> 05:42.866 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5% And so my parents were definitely incredibly instrumental 05:44.366 --> 05:48.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% in that, as most parents impact their children in a big way. 05:49.633 --> 05:53.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% But my mom and dad were very hardworking, 05:53.866 --> 05:57.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and we did everything ourselves. 05:57.166 --> 06:00.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% So I grew up in Central Texas out in the midst 06:00.966 --> 06:02.866 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% of corn and cotton fields. 06:02.866 --> 06:06.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And my dad had a little business that he ran, 06:06.566 --> 06:08.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% but we did everything ourselves. 06:08.233 --> 06:10.700 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% So if a car broke down, we fixed it. 06:10.700 --> 06:13.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% If we added onto the house, we did it ourselves. 06:13.400 --> 06:15.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% If something needed to be welded... 06:16.833 --> 06:20.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% You know, my dad wrote a book on refrigeration. 06:21.633 --> 06:23.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% He just did everything, including woodworking. 06:23.733 --> 06:25.166 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% And so I kind of, 06:27.666 --> 06:30.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I think the woodworking stuck out to me the most. 06:33.033 --> 06:35.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% Oh, he's also a master electrician. 06:35.266 --> 06:37.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% I mean, you know, he literally just, 06:37.100 --> 06:38.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% he can do all of the things. 06:38.266 --> 06:40.633 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% - Was he the farmer-scientist type? 06:40.633 --> 06:42.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% - Oh, he's very much a scientist. 06:44.433 --> 06:47.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Being around him is very inspirational. 06:47.233 --> 06:48.200 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% I learn stuff. 06:48.200 --> 06:49.600 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% We have coffee every week, 06:49.600 --> 06:52.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and I learn things from him every time I'm with him. 06:53.800 --> 06:55.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% He is one of my favorite people 06:55.366 --> 07:00.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and generous to a fault and just brilliant. 07:01.566 --> 07:04.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% So from him, I think, and my mom as well, 07:05.700 --> 07:08.733 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% I kind of got this attitude of 07:08.733 --> 07:10.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% if it needs to be done, you do it, 07:10.666 --> 07:13.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and do it with the things you have. 07:13.466 --> 07:15.033 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% - So there was no box. 07:15.033 --> 07:18.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% You could always color outside the lines 07:18.000 --> 07:21.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% or inside the lines, so there was no box. 07:21.033 --> 07:25.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% And that way, you can grow as a person and as an artist. 07:25.100 --> 07:28.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - Yeah, and so, you know, resourcefulness was, 07:29.133 --> 07:31.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and it still remains a thing for me, 07:31.833 --> 07:36.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% even in furniture that I build or pipes that I make. 07:36.433 --> 07:39.666 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% I a lot of times use materials 07:39.666 --> 07:41.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% that I've found (rooster crowing) 07:41.733 --> 07:45.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% or are laying around, or sometimes they're unlikely. 07:45.300 --> 07:47.533 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% They're almost trash, if you will. 07:47.533 --> 07:51.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And I like to find a way to kind of redeem the thing 07:51.533 --> 07:53.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that has been kicked to the side 07:53.700 --> 07:57.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and see if I can find usefulness in it. 07:58.500 --> 08:01.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% - Grant, from the sounds that I just heard, 08:01.300 --> 08:04.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% you're also a gentleman farmer. 08:04.266 --> 08:05.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% - Yeah, I'm gonna go ring his neck 08:05.966 --> 08:08.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% so we can keep this conversation going. 08:08.200 --> 08:11.633 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% Yeah, Joe is our rooster, 08:11.633 --> 08:16.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and he takes care of about a dozen hens 08:16.000 --> 08:17.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% who lay eggs for us every day. 08:17.933 --> 08:19.666 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% It's really my wife's passion. 08:19.666 --> 08:21.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% (rooster continues crowing) 08:21.900 --> 08:24.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% He really wants to be in on this interview. 08:24.333 --> 08:25.300 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% (Charles laughs) 08:25.300 --> 08:26.966 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% So, but we love it. 08:26.966 --> 08:28.166 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% They're great. 08:29.200 --> 08:30.366 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% The grandkids love it. 08:31.433 --> 08:32.866 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% We let 'em out in the yard 08:32.866 --> 08:34.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% as long as they're not eating my wife's vegetables. 08:34.933 --> 08:37.100 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% - Making pipes, 08:37.100 --> 08:40.133 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% you make pipes that are in a style 08:40.133 --> 08:43.800 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% that is known internationally, and you've learned 08:43.800 --> 08:46.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% from some great pipe makers. - Oh, yeah. 08:46.400 --> 08:48.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - How did you get on that path? 08:48.733 --> 08:51.233 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% - So it's kind of interesting. 08:54.933 --> 08:59.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% I'd love to say that my life's been very intentional 08:59.566 --> 09:02.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and that I have had a great plan, you know, 09:02.133 --> 09:07.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% but the truth is you find yourself in a situation 09:07.966 --> 09:09.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% and improvising, adapting. 09:10.900 --> 09:12.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% It's kind of, I guess, my life story. 09:12.333 --> 09:14.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% I think it's probably most people's story. 09:14.266 --> 09:17.500 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% But pipe making for me was, 09:18.666 --> 09:20.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% it felt very much like an accident. 09:20.500 --> 09:22.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% It was an opportunity that I stumbled on. 09:24.233 --> 09:27.433 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% I was getting to the point 09:27.433 --> 09:32.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% where I needed to make a change from guitars. 09:33.266 --> 09:37.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% And there was a pipe maker 09:37.233 --> 09:39.166 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% who had seen our guitar work 09:39.166 --> 09:43.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and asked if we could build a display cabinet 09:43.400 --> 09:45.466 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% for some of his work. 09:45.466 --> 09:48.766 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% And I was interested in it, 09:50.866 --> 09:52.433 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% but I'd forgotten about it. 09:52.433 --> 09:56.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And this was maybe a year or two before I left the guitars. 09:57.833 --> 10:02.666 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% So I left the guitar business and kind of needed some work, 10:02.666 --> 10:05.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and I remembered, "Oh, this guy's got a cabinet 10:05.933 --> 10:07.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% that needs to be built." 10:07.233 --> 10:09.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% And so I called him up, 10:09.233 --> 10:12.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% and through the course of that time, 10:12.600 --> 10:14.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% he started teaching me pipe making, 10:14.600 --> 10:16.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and I didn't even know that was a thing. 10:16.333 --> 10:20.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I thought you'd buy pipes out of a basket. 10:21.400 --> 10:23.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% In a tobacco store, they're 20 bucks, 10:23.100 --> 10:25.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% and they're made by some machine somewhere. 10:25.433 --> 10:29.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% But this guy's pipes were 10,000 bucks. 10:29.166 --> 10:30.000 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% - Wow. 10:30.000 --> 10:32.400 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% - And it blew my mind. 10:32.400 --> 10:33.600 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% I had no idea. 10:33.600 --> 10:36.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% So he starts teaching me pipe making, 10:36.700 --> 10:38.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% and I'm doing other things as well, you know. 10:38.433 --> 10:41.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% I was building out kitchen islands 10:41.200 --> 10:43.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% in, you know, custom homes, 10:43.266 --> 10:46.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% and I built some electric guitars. 10:46.066 --> 10:50.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And I had a couple of other really interesting things 10:50.333 --> 10:53.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% I was working on, but nothing was really sticking. 10:54.200 --> 10:59.000 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% And the guitar business had been, 10:59.000 --> 11:00.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% it had worn me out. 11:01.200 --> 11:03.566 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% And so I found pipes 11:04.666 --> 11:07.800 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% kind of an unexpected joy. 11:07.800 --> 11:10.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% I really thought it would be boring. 11:10.100 --> 11:11.800 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% And in fact, when he told me, 11:11.800 --> 11:13.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% "Hey, you'd be really good at making pipes. 11:13.900 --> 11:15.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% You should make pipes," and I thought... 11:15.900 --> 11:19.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% I think I even said to him, "It looks boring." 11:19.133 --> 11:21.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - (laughs) Well, there is a boring part. 11:21.900 --> 11:23.266 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% You've gotta bore a hole. 11:23.266 --> 11:25.300 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% - That's true. - Yes. 11:25.300 --> 11:27.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% Or the pipe's just not gonna work, yes. 11:27.333 --> 11:30.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% - That's right, there is some boring involved, for sure. 11:30.200 --> 11:35.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% - (laughs) Well, what makes your pipes more than the pipe 11:36.666 --> 11:39.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% you were talking about that you saw in the tobacco shop 11:39.366 --> 11:43.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% that was probably made in assembly line? 11:43.200 --> 11:46.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - Well, so engineering is one of them, 11:47.433 --> 11:49.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% the way that the tobacco chamber and the airways 11:49.800 --> 11:53.400 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% and the fitting of things, 11:53.400 --> 11:55.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and then, of course, materials too. 11:55.033 --> 11:57.766 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% So the materials that I use, 11:59.300 --> 12:03.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% all of the pipe makers that are in the high-grade world, 12:03.233 --> 12:06.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% as we call it, they're using... 12:06.533 --> 12:10.366 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% This mouthpiece material is Ebonite, 12:10.366 --> 12:12.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% which is a vulcanized rubber product 12:12.800 --> 12:16.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% that comes out from two different companies in Germany. 12:16.733 --> 12:21.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% And then the briar is a high-quality briar 12:21.033 --> 12:25.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% that is typically coming out of Italy or Greece. 12:25.900 --> 12:28.100 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% - Now, what is briar? 12:28.100 --> 12:32.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% - So briar is the root ball of a conifer tree. 12:32.366 --> 12:34.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% It's a conifer. It's called the white heath. 12:34.100 --> 12:37.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And it's really kind of like this scrub brushy 12:38.900 --> 12:42.400 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% shrub that grows all over the place. 12:42.400 --> 12:44.033 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% And when I say Mediterranean, 12:44.033 --> 12:48.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% it's in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Corsica. 12:48.100 --> 12:49.466 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% It's everywhere, 12:49.466 --> 12:51.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and it just grows randomly in the foothills. 12:51.100 --> 12:55.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And these guys will take their wooden wheelbarrows 12:55.800 --> 12:58.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and their pickaxes, and they'll climb up into the foothills, 12:58.333 --> 13:00.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% and they'll pick it out of the dirt. 13:00.100 --> 13:02.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% And half of the root ball is exposed. 13:02.466 --> 13:04.733 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% - So there is a briar patch. 13:04.733 --> 13:06.000 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% - Very much. - Yeah. 13:06.000 --> 13:09.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% - Yeah, and then they'll cut these balls out 13:09.900 --> 13:11.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and cut all the little roots off of them, 13:11.466 --> 13:15.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% and they're usually cantaloupe to watermelon in size. 13:15.300 --> 13:19.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And they'll roll 'em down to the edge of the road, 13:19.866 --> 13:22.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and then a little truck comes along, 13:22.033 --> 13:25.500 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% and he'll buy them from them, and they'll load 'em up. 13:25.500 --> 13:28.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% And then he'll drive them to a briar cutter, 13:28.700 --> 13:31.833 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% and they'll open up this big, 13:31.833 --> 13:34.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% usually it's a basement or some type of, 13:34.233 --> 13:37.566 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% you know, dark area in their shop. 13:37.566 --> 13:39.233 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% And they'll dump that, 13:40.900 --> 13:43.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and then they wet them down, and it's a curing process. 13:43.433 --> 13:46.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% They'll cut them, and then they'll boil them. 13:46.166 --> 13:48.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% They're trying to get tannins and things out of them. 13:48.333 --> 13:50.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% But it's usually about a three-year process 13:50.866 --> 13:53.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% to get the briar from the earth 13:53.533 --> 13:56.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and to the point where they can ship them 13:56.000 --> 13:57.333 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% to someone like me. 13:57.333 --> 13:58.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - Grant, can you take me down to the shop? 13:58.900 --> 14:00.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Can you show me- - Absolutely. 14:00.200 --> 14:01.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% - How you do it? - I would love to. 14:01.200 --> 14:02.033 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% Let's do it. 14:02.033 --> 14:04.033 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% - All right, let's go. 14:04.033 --> 14:09.000 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55% (playful upbeat music) (logo swooshing) 14:18.233 --> 14:21.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% (slow gentle guitar music) 14:30.733 --> 14:35.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% (slow gentle guitar music continues) 14:37.200 --> 14:39.800 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50% Well, this is briar. (logo swooshing) 14:39.800 --> 14:40.833 align:start position:35% line:10% size:27.5% - Yes, sir. 14:40.833 --> 14:43.766 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% - And I can see the grain. 14:43.766 --> 14:44.900 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% It's tight. 14:44.900 --> 14:46.166 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% - [Grant] It's very tight. 14:46.166 --> 14:48.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% - Yeah, it's got a little heft to it too. 14:48.766 --> 14:50.333 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% - It's very dense, yeah. 14:50.333 --> 14:54.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% - What makes briar the special wood 14:54.766 --> 14:57.400 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% to make a pipe chamber out of? 14:57.400 --> 15:00.400 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - So, someone way older 15:00.400 --> 15:02.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and smarter than me somehow figured out, 15:02.500 --> 15:07.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% like the mushrooms we were talking about, 15:07.300 --> 15:08.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% which ones do you eat, which ones you don't. 15:08.933 --> 15:10.933 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:17.5% - Yeah. - So somehow, somewhere, 15:10.933 --> 15:13.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% they figured out that the density, 15:13.166 --> 15:18.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% the properties of this wood, this combustible material, 15:18.900 --> 15:20.100 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% are actually quite ideal 15:20.100 --> 15:22.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% to light something on fire inside of 15:22.366 --> 15:23.700 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% and have it not burn up. 15:23.700 --> 15:27.933 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% So, as it burns the tobacco, 15:27.933 --> 15:32.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% it begins to create this kind of a coating, 15:32.100 --> 15:36.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% a caked layer on the inside 15:36.133 --> 15:39.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% of what we call a tobacco chamber 15:39.033 --> 15:42.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% that insulates the rest of it from burning up. 15:42.266 --> 15:44.733 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% And it's just the ideal wood. 15:44.733 --> 15:45.966 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% Pipes have been made of everything, 15:45.966 --> 15:49.100 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% stone and cherry and pine 15:49.100 --> 15:51.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% and, you know, willow and all kinds of things. 15:51.566 --> 15:55.233 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% But briar is, it's the one. 15:55.233 --> 15:56.500 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% It's the chosen one. 15:56.500 --> 16:01.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Well, it's got an interesting look to it. 16:01.233 --> 16:02.366 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% What's this? - Yeah. 16:02.366 --> 16:04.400 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% This is the live bark edge. 16:04.400 --> 16:06.033 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% We call it plateau. 16:06.033 --> 16:07.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% This one's actually got a little bit 16:07.366 --> 16:11.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% of a rough loose-grain pattern. 16:11.933 --> 16:15.233 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% So while all of them have a dense, 16:15.233 --> 16:19.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% very close grain structure, some are looser than others, 16:19.433 --> 16:22.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% and you can tell kind of by the bird's eye on the plateau. 16:22.700 --> 16:25.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% This one's one that's got tighter... 16:25.633 --> 16:27.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% And then you, of course, I've got some 16:27.366 --> 16:30.100 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% that are much tighter. 16:30.100 --> 16:31.533 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% If you can look at the difference, 16:31.533 --> 16:33.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% the closeness of those bird's eye- 16:33.833 --> 16:36.033 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:17.5% - Yeah. - Compared to those. 16:36.033 --> 16:37.133 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% And this is actually going 16:37.133 --> 16:39.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% to be a much more expensive block, 16:39.700 --> 16:40.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% and it's going to produce 16:40.833 --> 16:44.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% a much more beautifully aesthetic pipe. 16:44.600 --> 16:46.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - So when you look at this, 16:46.366 --> 16:50.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% how can you tell where the chamber needs to be? 16:50.566 --> 16:53.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - [Grant] So typically, I'm not as concerned 16:53.000 --> 16:54.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% about the location of the chamber 16:54.433 --> 16:56.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% because the makeup of this wood, 16:56.766 --> 16:58.166 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% it does fine wherever it is. 16:58.166 --> 16:59.900 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:20% - I see. - But what I'm really gonna go 16:59.900 --> 17:04.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% for is I'm gonna try to follow the pattern 17:04.666 --> 17:07.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% of the starbursting grain. 17:07.233 --> 17:09.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% It's growing from the center out. 17:09.266 --> 17:10.966 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% It's round. 17:10.966 --> 17:14.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% I'm gonna try to follow it in either a cross grain 17:14.233 --> 17:18.066 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% or a lateral grain 17:19.500 --> 17:22.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% so that I can draw out the absolute beauty of it. 17:22.200 --> 17:25.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I don't want to really cut through the grain. 17:25.266 --> 17:26.833 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% I wanna follow along with it. 17:26.833 --> 17:29.033 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% So as I'm making this, 17:29.033 --> 17:31.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% I can try to have a shape in my brain 17:31.033 --> 17:33.733 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% about what I'm gonna make, 17:33.733 --> 17:36.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% but I find that when I sit there, 17:36.266 --> 17:38.966 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% the wood itself begins to tell me, 17:40.700 --> 17:43.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% "You can't do that. You gotta go this way." 17:43.033 --> 17:45.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% And so I'm constantly making decisions based 17:45.266 --> 17:47.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% on what the wood's telling me to do. 17:47.000 --> 17:50.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - So the artistry is to listen and to look. 17:50.233 --> 17:51.700 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:15% - Yep. - Feel. 17:51.700 --> 17:52.833 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% Use your senses. 17:52.833 --> 17:53.800 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% - That's right, 17:53.800 --> 17:56.033 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% yeah, paying attention to it. 17:56.033 --> 17:57.933 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% You can make a pretty pipe. 17:57.933 --> 18:00.066 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% Briar's pretty no matter what, 18:00.066 --> 18:03.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% but if you're really paying attention to it, 18:03.533 --> 18:06.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% you can draw out the absolute best of it. 18:06.400 --> 18:08.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% And that's the challenge every time I sit down. 18:08.100 --> 18:10.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% In fact, I've been intimidated by blocks. 18:10.233 --> 18:12.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% I've picked up a very expensive, beautiful block, 18:12.500 --> 18:16.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and I think, "Oh my, I've never seen one this good. 18:16.133 --> 18:18.533 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% Don't mess it up," you know? 18:18.533 --> 18:21.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% And I have messed them up, you know, so. 18:21.300 --> 18:22.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - Well, let's see how you do it. 18:22.500 --> 18:24.866 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - Okay, I'd love to show you. 18:24.866 --> 18:26.633 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% Feel free to put the masks on. 18:26.633 --> 18:27.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% I'm not gonna wear one. 18:27.900 --> 18:29.166 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% I never do. 18:29.166 --> 18:30.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% This dust collection does a pretty good job. 18:34.500 --> 18:37.700 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% (playful upbeat music) 18:46.666 --> 18:50.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% (playful upbeat music continues) 18:59.700 --> 19:04.200 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% (playful upbeat music continues) 19:04.200 --> 19:06.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% So now I've kind of made some decisions 19:06.333 --> 19:10.000 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% about what the grain needs from me, 19:10.000 --> 19:12.333 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% and now I'm gonna really try 19:12.333 --> 19:16.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% to just begin to refine a shape out of it 19:16.466 --> 19:19.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% once I've exposed most of the grain. 19:20.233 --> 19:23.033 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% (machine buzzing) 19:24.066 --> 19:26.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% - Wow, that's a great shape. 19:26.066 --> 19:27.600 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% It really is. 19:27.600 --> 19:30.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Is this kind of a classic shape? 19:30.033 --> 19:34.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% - So this would probably fall into the Dublin category. 19:34.133 --> 19:39.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Dublins tend to have a flared outward chamber, 19:40.466 --> 19:42.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% but it's very much a freehand style of a Dublin. 19:42.433 --> 19:47.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% So what I like about this 19:47.066 --> 19:49.466 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% is having the plateau on the top, 19:50.700 --> 19:54.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% revealing the bird's eye, and then having... 19:54.100 --> 19:56.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% You'll have what's called a panel on the bottom side, 19:56.833 --> 19:58.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and this will all be bird's eye. 19:58.366 --> 20:03.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% But then here, if you can see the pattern of the grain, 20:03.700 --> 20:04.666 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% it flares out. 20:04.666 --> 20:06.066 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% - Yeah, yeah. 20:06.066 --> 20:08.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - And I've tried to create the shape, the taper- 20:08.833 --> 20:11.500 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:15% - Wow. - So that it perfectly exposes 20:11.500 --> 20:12.700 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% the lines of that- 20:14.533 --> 20:16.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Kind of lifts up. - Grain structure. 20:16.500 --> 20:19.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% - Yeah, and then do you leave a little bit of live edge? 20:19.833 --> 20:23.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% - I do. I like to leave live edge as often as I can, 20:23.433 --> 20:24.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% and sometimes you can't. 20:24.933 --> 20:27.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Sometimes it has to go away for the shape to be right. 20:27.333 --> 20:29.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% Every time it goes away, though, I'm a little disappointed. 20:29.566 --> 20:34.533 align:start position:25% line:74% size:50% I like to leave live edge because this is a luxury product. 20:36.133 --> 20:38.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% You know, I've made a lot of luxury products through time, 20:38.433 --> 20:42.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and it's got a big price tag on it. 20:43.733 --> 20:48.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% And for me, sometimes you lose the story. 20:49.166 --> 20:50.233 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% This has a story. 20:51.500 --> 20:55.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% This was in the dirt on the side of a mountain, 20:55.000 --> 20:58.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and some relatively poor people 20:58.033 --> 21:00.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% with wooden wheelbarrows came through, 21:00.333 --> 21:02.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and they pickaxed it out of the ground 21:02.333 --> 21:04.166 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% and rolled it down the hill. 21:04.166 --> 21:07.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% And it, to me, it's a reminder. 21:07.733 --> 21:10.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Having that live edge reminds someone 21:10.166 --> 21:15.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% that this is an organic plant that came from somewhere. 21:16.366 --> 21:20.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% And now it's been given a different purpose now, 21:20.866 --> 21:22.600 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% but it's got a story. 21:22.600 --> 21:23.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - You're celebrating that story. 21:23.966 --> 21:24.933 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% - Yeah, yeah. 21:24.933 --> 21:26.033 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% - Yeah, you do it beautifully. 21:26.033 --> 21:27.933 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% Well, what's the next step? 21:27.933 --> 21:29.400 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - So the next step will be, 21:29.400 --> 21:34.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% I will draw four axis lines 21:35.900 --> 21:38.966 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% around this thing intersecting so that I can hand drill it. 21:38.966 --> 21:43.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Here is actually eyeballing a perfectly straight line 21:43.600 --> 21:47.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% around a very curved substrate, I guess, 21:49.733 --> 21:52.333 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% because if your line is off, 21:54.000 --> 21:56.166 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% your drilling is off. 21:56.166 --> 22:01.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% And you can really make a bad go of this ordeal. 22:02.600 --> 22:05.766 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% So, trying to really make sure that it's perfectly straight. 22:05.766 --> 22:08.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% So I'm kind of closing one eye here, 22:08.300 --> 22:10.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and what I'm doing is, as I rotate around, 22:10.900 --> 22:12.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% I'm kind of like interpolating. 22:14.033 --> 22:18.566 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% It's funny when I'm teaching woodworking stuff 22:18.566 --> 22:21.700 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% in other venues, 22:23.000 --> 22:25.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% I emphasize not to skip grits. 22:25.766 --> 22:27.066 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% - Right, yes. (Grant laughs) 22:27.066 --> 22:30.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% - And then here I am going from 24 to 120. 22:40.133 --> 22:44.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% And now we're ready to drill it out. 22:44.233 --> 22:45.100 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% - [Charles] Let's do it. 22:45.100 --> 22:46.533 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% - Let's do it. 22:46.533 --> 22:51.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% So each line is very intentionally placed 22:51.266 --> 22:55.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and has to intersect with its counterpart perfectly 22:55.966 --> 22:58.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% for the engineering that we talked about earlier 22:58.366 --> 22:59.766 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% to be spot on. 22:59.766 --> 23:00.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% So the first one that we're going 23:00.833 --> 23:02.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% to drill is called the mortise, 23:02.800 --> 23:06.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% and it will need to be perpendicular 23:06.366 --> 23:08.200 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% to the very end of this shank, 23:08.200 --> 23:09.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% and it also needs to be straight this way. 23:09.966 --> 23:14.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% You don't want some weird-angle mouthpiece coming out. 23:14.133 --> 23:19.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% And the mouthpiece is a friction fit into, 23:20.966 --> 23:24.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% this is called the stumble or the body of the pipe. 23:24.066 --> 23:26.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% And so, we'll first drill the mortise, 23:26.733 --> 23:29.400 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% and then we drill the airway. 23:29.400 --> 23:31.733 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% And I really need that airway 23:31.733 --> 23:35.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% to be right in the center of the bottom of that mortise. 23:35.266 --> 23:38.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% And then it needs to be in the center of the bottom 23:38.100 --> 23:41.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% of the corresponding tobacco chamber. 23:41.066 --> 23:44.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% - To get those holes that you're gonna bore 23:44.333 --> 23:46.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% to all come together at the right place, 23:46.233 --> 23:48.333 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% that's a boring proposition. 23:48.333 --> 23:50.366 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% (Grant chuckles) 23:50.366 --> 23:52.000 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% - Am I boring you? 23:52.000 --> 23:52.933 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% - You're gonna be boring it. 23:52.933 --> 23:55.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - Okay, here we go. Let's do it. 23:55.000 --> 23:58.333 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% (machine whirring) 23:58.333 --> 24:01.433 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% (playful upbeat music) 24:10.400 --> 24:14.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% (playful upbeat music continues) 24:23.466 --> 24:25.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% (playful upbeat music continues) 24:25.466 --> 24:26.700 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% So I connected. 24:26.700 --> 24:28.166 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% That's good. 24:28.166 --> 24:31.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% - So it's not too long before this will be a pipe. 24:31.000 --> 24:32.166 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% - Yeah, that's right. 24:32.166 --> 24:33.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% So I've got a little sanding to do. 24:33.866 --> 24:35.800 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% I've got some special sanding disks 24:35.800 --> 24:38.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% that I've made for this next step. 24:38.666 --> 24:40.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% A mouthpiece I'll make. 24:40.500 --> 24:43.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I'll probably put some type of adornment up here, 24:44.133 --> 24:45.500 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% but pretty long- 24:46.400 --> 24:47.866 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - It's gonna be a pipe. 24:47.866 --> 24:50.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% - Yeah, it's gonna be a pipe. 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