I'm off the wall Brother

[Boboro]

Never cared for eather of em till the girl went nuts. But if the boy cut backer he kant be all that bad.

 

[AmaxB]

It's gonna be a hot day....

 

[AmaxB]

Tquirkin!?? I didn't think that would be into that sort of thing bo....its more miley cyrus isn't it. Haha

 

[BarG]

Its fun to watch them gals twerkin away!

 

[jekylnz]

Yep I have looked all over the net, they are made in PA but stopped selling to the general public about 2 years ago. The plastic is a little way down the pike, I was testing the one I had just made today and it is working out pretty well.
The idea is to reduce the seam line when a cigar is pressed, make using it easy, as well as last a long time. Think I got it I will be making another one next week and will post information on it and will have them for sale..

So hows your progress Brent. ? Im sitting here waiting with anticipation. .. ....like always with your projects.hahaa

 

[AmaxB]

It's not going at the moment Todd, I've been looking at what is out there for new molds. This guy wants 255 euro for his http://www.tabakanbau.de/de/ that's a bit steep, and the mold does not insert, it mates. The mold is much better than the one made by the furniture company in Ohio. Both use hard wood for the mold but I think Bass wood was used in many of the old ones. I think there is a market but a small one the furniture company has sold about 300 over the last few years. The bolts used to join the halves are ugly and a pain in the butt, to much time to join and separate the halves. The fact they mate instead of inserting leads to a pronounced seam line down the sides of the cigar.
I have a method of joining the halves with out bolts or press which is good and can make one that mates with a minimal seam that is not pronounced. This is Ok but I want the old school style that inserts and made of plastic type material.
I tried to buy the instruction video from http://www.otoaocigars.com/ but their shopping cart is not the best am waiting to see if the order will process / how it works.

 

[MarcL]

MarcL mold looks to me like a 50 plus.....

Got that mold. Never used... amazing! RG of 44

 

[jekylnz]

Brent what about prototyping 3d print cigar molds?do you have any idea what that would cost?

 

[AmaxB]

Got that mold. Never used... amazing! RG of 44

Get outta here a 44, never used! 1 in a freaking million you must have great luck that is AMAZING...

Brent what about prototyping 3d print cigar molds?do you have any idea what that would cost?

Any time you go out of house for that sort of thing your gonna be screaming Eathel hide the check book, just my thought.

 

[Knucklehead]

Got that mold. Never used... amazing! RG of 44

That's a really good size. Personally my ring gauge preferences run from 36 to 46, except maybe the torpedo shapes can run larger as long as the head tapers down to a smaller size.

 

[jekylnz]

Any time you go out of house for that sort of thing your gonna be screaming Eathel hide the check book, just my thought.

Yeah I know they'd want at least $300 over here to print one..but just thought they might be more common over there? ?[/QUOTE]
Need to go back to uni have a play.lol

Or make some milling plastic..4 parts parifin wax to 1 part plastic shopping bags.. and cut some on the cnc

 

[MarcL]

Get outta here a 44, never used! 1 in a freaking million you must have great luck that is AMAZING...

You think ? let me rub it in. How's this sound?
Almost new-old-stock. mid-manufactured, unfinished. I need to take some pix and post. interested ?

That's a really good size. Personally my ring gauge preferences run from 36 to 46, except maybe the torpedo shapes can run larger as long as the head tapers down to a smaller size.

Yeah me too. I'm more of what I think they call a sipper. If I'm gonna bite, and it's to girthie it's just not right. ... just typing it is weird.

 

[Knucklehead]

LOL. Yeah, and if I can't close my mouth around a cigar, I just end up with drool all over my shirt.

 

[AmaxB]

Post the Pics and send Knuckles a BiB

 

[deluxestogie]

Knucks,
One way to smoke a cigar that is too fat at the head is to mist just the head, allow the wrapper and binder to soften a bit, then clamp the head with a clothespin for a hour. The newly flattened head will minimize the drool factor.

I enjoy the full smoke of a fat cigar, but, like you, do not care for a fat head. So all the fat cigars that I roll are tapered at the head (just like in BarG's recent pics), down to about a 46 ring. [Incidentally, a tapered-head cigar is much easier to roll than a parejo cylinder.]

Bob

 

[MarcL]

Post the Pics and send Knuckles a BiB

Here's a teaser photo linked to an album I made. It seems the inverted side for some reason didn't get glue and it was just left?
There is no stamping on top or the sides. Enjoy!

 

[Boboro]

Old folks just chewed em flat. But thar was a lot of drwool involved.

 

[Knucklehead]

Knucks,
One way to smoke a cigar that is too fat at the head is to mist just the head, allow the wrapper and binder to soften a bit, then clamp the head with a clothespin for a hour. The newly flattened head will minimize the drool factor.

I enjoy the full smoke of a fat cigar, but, like you, do not care for a fat head. So all the fat cigars that I roll are tapered at the head (just like in BarG's recent pics), down to about a 46 ring. [Incidentally, a tapered-head cigar is much easier to roll than a parejo cylinder.]

Bob

Great solution Bob. Thanks. I'll give that a try. Changing ring size changes the filler to wrapper ratio and can influence the taste as well.

 

[AmaxB]

MarcL I checked that Album out and get this now "Almost new-old-stock. mid-manufactured, unfinished"
I think It Got Drooled on..... so much for the teaser...

 

[MarcL]

Nice right?