Trying My Hand At Glass Pipe Making

malignant said:

have you played with ground glass jars yet? makes oil dishes for your pocket, just use the plastic clip. blastshield makes tools for it, making life easier.

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That's a neat idea. Might be fun to just honeycomb the bottom of it or something else to make some design too.

Do you know where to find ti pads I can wire wrap myself? I wanna make some curves.

dankshizzle said:

Do you know where to find ti pads I can wire wrap myself? I wanna make some curves.

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I have no idea! I'll ask a local friend of mine and see what he says, he's made them in the past now but only sells with ti nails these days. I'm curious where to buy the materials, how to make them, tools required, etc...

my buddy gets them. not sure from who. he brought me a handful one day. i can try to get a hold of him.

If u can design a a pocket pack to take a few hits of oil and a way to smoke it, that would be awesome.

Be perfect to take to the bar or a party.

i want an oil rig that fits in my cup holder

you have to be careful with ti, the good stuff gets gobbled up by defense contractors the rest is lower quality and may off gas

off-gas? What is that referring to, do you have a link I could read up on?

impurities burning out. industrial grade metals arent as pure as medical or aerospace grades

Ohk I feel like I understand. Kind of like the tents off-gassing as well?

thats why we have different grades of metals, like titanium..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_alloy

See "grades" for more information

Nice thread, will be following...+rep

Lanternslight said:

Ohk I feel like I understand. Kind of like the tents off-gassing as well?

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sort of, pvc with hid produces dioxin

cool project, but you can buy a glas pipe for a few bucks from a head shop?

nog said:

cool project, but you can buy a glas pipe for a few bucks from a head shop?

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a few bucks will get you an asian sweatshop child labor pipe. when you buy asian/arab pipes you supporting some unsavory people.. we discussed this a page or two back, check it out, no one should buy those pipes

nog said:

cool project, but you can buy a glas pipe for a few bucks from a head shop?

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Yeah I mean who goes and buys a painting like this for $100


When you can have this for $2?



They are both functional art, you stare at them both all day, but HEY you just saved less than $100!

Id rather

A) have something made just for me, or something custom that I really like

B) support a friend learnin to blow glass

C) get QUALITY work for an even better price than headshops

My first try at a Layback Bubbler........ For oil or herb.....

not bad, dont be afraid to bridge multiple times and cook your seals in a bit more, your front one looks like it could go more. nice work though, ive never been brave enough to use asian black. have you seen the alientec tubing?

malignant said:

not bad, dont be afraid to bridge multiple times and cook your seals in a bit more, your front one looks like it could go more. nice work though, ive never been brave enough to use asian black. have you seen the alientec tubing?

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Thanks, your thoughts echo mine exactly...... The bridging and welding work is what I've not done much of at all, this was my first real go with it.......... The black is jet black (northstar) but the 19mm joint, as all colored not clear are, are indeed black china. I've yet to have any issues with them, just gotta know how to cook em right, but arent all the other joints like that too?

I've never tried the alien tech tubing, but have seen a lot of pieces with it. Usually when I order glass everyone is out of stock of it.