leafminer
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Impossible to buy a bong where I live. And I don't fancy getting one delivered, thanks. :fid:
So I decided I had to make my own. Here's what I used:
Parts
8 in. of quarter-inch copper pipe.
1 jamjar or similar. Mine was a garlic jar so I had to boil it.
1 piece of a brass 120V ES light-bulb holder, the type used by a standard lamp for example. Not the old fashioned ceramic older.
1 metal top of a salt cellar. But you could use instead a circular metal gauze disk.
Epoxy glue.
2 ft. clear plastic 1/4 in. tube.
Tools
Hand or electric drill and 1/4 in. bit.
Tube cutter or hacksaw
Method
Cut the copper tube with a hacksaw or tube cutter into two pieces, one about 1 in. long, and the rest, to suit the height of your jar.
If possible, flare the end of the long tube.
Mix a small amount of epoxy glue, and glue the flared end of the tube into the brass lampholder base.
Since we don't want to be packing bud and burning it on epoxy then we place the metal top of a pepper pot - as it happens, just the right size - into the lampholder part, to act as a pipe bowl. Glue it in around the edge, using the minimum possible epoxy. Or press in a disk of metal gauze.
Drill the metal lid of the jar in two places and insert the tubes as seen in the pictures. Epoxy them in place. Allow everything to cure for 24 hours then boil everything to remove any impurities.:stuff-1125699181_i_
My pipe works great but I have some improvements in mind. More on this, later. Comments invited!
So I decided I had to make my own. Here's what I used:
Parts
8 in. of quarter-inch copper pipe.
1 jamjar or similar. Mine was a garlic jar so I had to boil it.
1 piece of a brass 120V ES light-bulb holder, the type used by a standard lamp for example. Not the old fashioned ceramic older.
1 metal top of a salt cellar. But you could use instead a circular metal gauze disk.
Epoxy glue.
2 ft. clear plastic 1/4 in. tube.
Tools
Hand or electric drill and 1/4 in. bit.
Tube cutter or hacksaw
Method
Cut the copper tube with a hacksaw or tube cutter into two pieces, one about 1 in. long, and the rest, to suit the height of your jar.
If possible, flare the end of the long tube.
Mix a small amount of epoxy glue, and glue the flared end of the tube into the brass lampholder base.
Since we don't want to be packing bud and burning it on epoxy then we place the metal top of a pepper pot - as it happens, just the right size - into the lampholder part, to act as a pipe bowl. Glue it in around the edge, using the minimum possible epoxy. Or press in a disk of metal gauze.
Drill the metal lid of the jar in two places and insert the tubes as seen in the pictures. Epoxy them in place. Allow everything to cure for 24 hours then boil everything to remove any impurities.:stuff-1125699181_i_
My pipe works great but I have some improvements in mind. More on this, later. Comments invited!