kesslercollins Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 The other day I was working on one of my gunsmith projects at the drill press doing what is called "porting" a barrel, and I went "Hey, I got an idea!" I have an extra down stem from an old hookah that I got off of eBay some time ago as my first hookah that I don't use any longer. I am thinking of taking a small drill bit, as small as I can get, and drilling a series of holes in the down stem to create something of a diffuser. The end of the tube will have to be capped or sealed off somehow but not coming up with any good ideas other than silver soldering the hole shut. Thought I would toss it out to the board for discussion or other / better ideas.----------------Now playing: Body Count - Dr. Kvia FoxyTunes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSl0th Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 QUOTE (kesslercollins @ Jan 22 2009, 04:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The other day I was working on one of my gunsmith projects at the drill press doing what is called "porting" a barrel, and I went "Hey, I got an idea!" I have an extra down stem from an old hookah that I got off of eBay some time ago as my first hookah that I don't use any longer. I am thinking of taking a small drill bit, as small as I can get, and drilling a series of holes in the down stem to create something of a diffuser. The end of the tube will have to be capped or sealed off somehow but not coming up with any good ideas other than silver soldering the hole shut. Thought I would toss it out to the board for discussion or other / better ideas.i would go out to a hardware store and get a rubber cap or shave a cork to the hole size so you can have easy access to clean the diffuser out easily.----------------Now playing: Body Count - Dr. Kvia FoxyTunes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1024 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 why does it need a bottom? the diffuser that i have on my leila has no bottom and i have no problem with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesslercollins Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 QUOTE (K1024 @ Jan 22 2009, 11:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>why does it need a bottom? the diffuser that i have on my leila has no bottom and i have no problem with it.I would guess that if I did not do anything with the bottom that the holes in the side of the tube would make no difference, the smoke would go with the path of least resistance or the largest hole.QUOTE i would go out to a hardware store and get a rubber cap or shave a cork to the hole size so you can have easy access to clean the diffuser out easily.that is a good call, this is why I posted! Thanks for sharing your idea and different vision. It is obvious to me now but I was not even thinking that simple of a solution, I guess I was making it overly complicated.So am I crazy or does anyone think this will work even half ass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1024 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 assuming they arent at the very very bottom, the path of least resistance would be the higher up holes, assuming they arent like pinpricked size. just make them the size you see on a heba diffuser and it will work fine without a bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
113 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 It would work - that's all a diffuser really does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. B Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 How about pinching the bottom of them stem together to make a tighter drag on the [still] open end? You could at least keep the drilled holes smaller that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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