Last weekend in Killington I got to meet Bruce Childress.

It was after one of the concerts and we ended up in one of the conference rooms for a couple of tunes. Bruce was there with a new guitar he had made for himself and I managed to spend a good 20 minutes begging for information on the setup he uses for pipemaking.

Mostly he gave me tips on reamer-making as well as a strong suggestion to prefer gundrills over d-bits. Be that as it may, I think that the d-bits will remain much more in my budget in the near future.

I asked if he was accepting apprentices and he told me that he wasn’t. He said the best thing to do was to keep going to events, talking to makers and leeching as much information as possible.

A great opportunity. Thanks, Bruce!