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k we bought a glass jug kinda thing and we have 3 tubes and everything else we just want to know how to drill a hole through the glass for the tubes without making the glas shatter. The glass is about half a centimeter thick.
DO YOU THINK IT WILL SHATTER THE WHOLE THING IF WE TRY AND DRILL THREE HOLES? AND WAHT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT A LESS CHANCE OF SHATTERING?????
THANKS
It will shatter. Go to Lowes or a similar store, and buy a drillbit made for drilling glass. Go slow with the drilling, and apply only the very lightest pressure. It will take a long time to drill through, but you run less chance of cracking the glass that way.
That's how I made my bong, anyway.
Agreed.. but a glass drill bit from some store, light pressure, a lot of people recommend doing it while the glass has water flowing over it. It's hard to do, but it can be done. I think that Hardon has a pretty cool hookah that he posted a picture of.. search for it.
Although not as clean, holes in glass can be made with propane/butane/MAPP torches, if you know what you're doing.
k thanks
i made my hookah in ceramics class haha
if you use a torch, wear goggles, I've had a lot if glass blow up in my face, as for drilling, wear them for that too, glass dust can really screw up your eyes. good luck.
depending on the glass, if it is soft glass(soda bottles beer bottles) type glas a torch will shatter it no prob, if it is pyrex type glass, glass cookwear, pipes, bubblers type glas make sure it is clean and u can heat the glass up till orange, stay in same spot and try to make sure all glass is warm b4 u start, then ust like a graphite rod to poke hole or glass rod to grab molten glass, and "pop" hole,... if u drill must use a diamond tip drill very expensive and run water over drill when drilling to control temperature of drill and glass good luck hope this helps
we just tried drilling it today and it shattered soon as it got through
your better off just buying one.