got a bit more done on the oilers that I've been working on.
first photo is of the form tool that i ground out of a hunk of T15 tool steel to cut the inside radius on the end of the stem tubes, the end of the tube has to be about 1/8" in diameter from measuring the original one that I have as a pattern.
![[Image: end-of-stem-tube.jpg]](http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd484/Superdave257/end-of-stem-tube.jpg)
second photo is of the two new stem tubes along with the bottom's that the glass tube sits in. the ends will be silver soldered to the stems, I am at the point that I need to glass bodies now so I can do the final cuts to fit the cups to the glass tubes.
![[Image: new-stem-tubes.jpg]](http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd484/Superdave257/new-stem-tubes.jpg)
first photo is of the form tool that i ground out of a hunk of T15 tool steel to cut the inside radius on the end of the stem tubes, the end of the tube has to be about 1/8" in diameter from measuring the original one that I have as a pattern.
![[Image: end-of-stem-tube.jpg]](http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/Superdave257/media/end-of-stem-tube.jpg.html)
second photo is of the two new stem tubes along with the bottom's that the glass tube sits in. the ends will be silver soldered to the stems, I am at the point that I need to glass bodies now so I can do the final cuts to fit the cups to the glass tubes.
![[Image: new-stem-tubes.jpg]](http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/Superdave257/media/new-stem-tubes.jpg.html)
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