Why doesn't my bong thing work well?

[daZenfmeister]

My bong looks kinda like this paint thingy i just did, It has a carb and i made the bowl/stem from a copper/brass connector and the stem is a steel nipple (small pipe with threads on both ends) and i sealed them together with silcone sealant and the straw type curly thingy is a 3' piece of vinyl tubing. but it doesnt work very well why not? It almost airtight

[daZenfmeister]

also i made the chamer out of a plastic arizona tea gallon bottle

[bowlsnapper2012]

umm dont use it anymore until u can get a stainless steal bowl for it copper can make u blind if it releases fume when ur smokin

[daZenfmeister]

mmm thanks for the tip I'll go get a ss bowl today then, but any design flaws that you can see?

[bowlsnapper2012]

no it may just take a while to get the smoking technique for it down if u have it down make sure it is air tight where the stem enters this is CRUTIAL

[radefactor]

I have a much more simple method of making bongs. Having made quite a few for myself and friends, Ill give you a little tutorial.

1) Take a 20oz coke bottle (or something equivilent)
2) Using a small flathead screwdriver, poke a hole about here:
http://img95.exs.cx/img95/1884/hole7tg.png
3) Find a socket wrench set, and find a socket thats about the size of the bowl you want to use.
4) Find any metal pipe that will fit inside the butt end of the socket, but make sure its not too small and ill explain why in a second.
5) Buy some high grade epoxy. THe kind in a plastic conatiner that looks like a syrenge, with two different solutions on each side. Squeeze out some epoxy and mix it together well, then using the same small flathead screwdriver apply it thickly to the metal pipe and socket head.
6) The epoxy I buy usually takes about 10 mins to harden and set, depending on which you bought just wait for it to dry. Check for any leaks in the epoxy job you just did, and if there arent any move on to step 7. If you find any leaks, just mix up more epoxy and fill them.
7) Enlarge the hole you made in step 2 according to the size of your metal downpipe. Then, once its the right size (not too big not too small) glue on the pipe using the epoxy.
8) Make another hole for the carb. I found a trick to doing this, hold the bottle in the exact way you would if you were to be smoking from it. Look at where whatever finger you use to block the carb is (in my case my index finger) and hold your finger there while grabbing the screwdriver. Then just make your hole where your carb finger is, and it will be very ergonomical while smoking.
9) Wait for all your epoxy to dry, make sure any leaks are filled using your epoxy, and there you have an A quality home made bong.

HAPPY SMOKING!

[daZenfmeister]

dude my method was actually a shitload simpler lol What you need: tubing, stem, bowl. All you have to do is get a plastic container (Zrizona tea gallons work PERF!) and gut a hole in the lid and one in the bottom of the handle and then stick tubing in lid and stem/bowl in handle hole. You only have to attach the stem to the bowl with some sealant necause in the other places just make the holes in the tea bottle a little too small then FORCE the stem/ tubing through and its naturally airtight.

[daZenfmeister]

Oh and bowlsnapper i found out its brass not copper is it still bad? (isnt brass just iron or steel with some copper in it?)

[slipknotpsycho]

ok well brass is comonly sold in headshops so yea it's safe just don't use copper

[Climbing High]

here, check out my design, it has pictures and instructions. if you have any questions, post them on my thread. hope this helps, peace.
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?p=86932

[daZenfmeister]

Well after I blazed a few bowls with it it started working really nice so I'm happy I even got a SS screen for it too.