lokixragnarok Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 can you guys help me out.... I've tried a grip of hole arrangments... some worked fine and some just didnt cut it... can you guys posts pictures or diagrams of your hole arrangements? im thinking of trying some that you experienced hookah smokers use... I just want to have the best hookah experience all the time.. thanx guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyteboy Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 check my thread with smaller hole pattern in the subject...that has worked well for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyteboy Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 I should add this pattern takes a solid 10-15 minutes to do well and carefully. I just counted to give you an idea, each of the two smaller roles, one on each of the side of the bowl has about 12-20 holes or so, very tiny, just the size of the tip of the toothpick, as if you were making them with a thumbtack almost...The 3 larger rows, one down the center of the bowl and then one half-way on either side of that line have about 25-35 tiny holes. Hope this works. I'm about to smoke a bowl of AF straw with 1.5 3kings and will post my review in my FINAL review thread in a minute...can't wait for some great, mellow hookah-induced sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Holy sh*t, 10-15 minutes to poke holes?! This might be a little bit of overkill. To the OP: This is just what I do, which not everyone will agree with but just letting you know what works for me. I use a pushpin, or some sort of tack that people use to put up posters on the wall, and poke roughly 30-40 holes evenly spaced out over the bowl. I should also let you know that my bowl is a large bowl, roughly 3.5" in diameter. Give it a try, it might work for you, it might not. The way you pack your bowl will also effect the way you poke holes. When I use my method to poke holes, my ma'assel was very lightly sprinkled in the bowl. I don't pack it in tightly at all. So keep that in mind that the way you pack your bowl will effect your holes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyteboy Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 I think I overestimated actually now that I think about it, somewhere between 5-10 mins, definitely not more than 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 10 mins is definately a lot! Do you measure the distance between the holes? I don't really use a set pattern myself. I just poke about 60 tiny pin sized holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 [quote name='ZAP']10 mins is definately a lot!Do you measure the distance between the holes?I don't really use a set pattern myself. I just poke about 60 tiny pin sized holes.[/quote] Yeah, get a 6 inch machinist's ruler and use the side graduated in 100ths of an inch. Mark with a scribe, then make slashes with a chainsaw! Cheers MR Smartass (Formerly MR Bubble) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 More art...less science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Yeah, that's what I say. Higher wages, lower urinals! Oops, wrong thing here. MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Right! Or atleast warm the water in those things! *brrr* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Back on topic though... I use a screenfor everything and am finding that its a matter of heat management rather than hole pattern. Some ma'asells take 2 chunks of charcaol, some only one. Atleast with my screen I know that part is a constant every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrdzak Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 i use push pins and just poke in a circular spiral fashion from the outer rim to the middle. Each whole is about 2-4mm apart. Depending on the fineness of the tobacco and how much smoke I feel like inhaling per puff I make the wholes larger or smaller and closer or more distant. 10-30 seconds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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