jordanneff Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Well I wanted to make my 500th post something worthwhile. Having been a member of these forums for almost 3 years I wanted to post something with a real 'wow' factor.Thus I present to you all, Oscar - The steampunk/post-apocalyptic hookah.Me and Akammenzind have been working on this thing on and off over the past year. It all started when we were having one of our infamous hookah parties and we realized that we had too many people coming and not enough hookahs or hoses. In the course of only about 4 hours we created a design for a really ghetto-yet-functional 4 hoser, went to the store to get parts, and built it. It consisted of various pvc pipe fittings, a 1/2" copper pipe for the stem, an old glass bottle, and four 5-foot lengths of vinyl tubing. Oh, and a nice helping of duct tape and some crazy epoxy. The first time we used the thing it was a monstrous disaster. It smoked fine but the epoxy we used didn't set fast enough so we washed it out and used duct tape instead. Little did we know some of the epoxy had dripped down into the base and mixed with the water when we filled it and to make a long story shot a couple people got some bad headaches from smoking it and we were all disappointed. The next day we washed it out very thoroughly, every part that had the evil epoxy was cleaned extremely well and we ended up using a fast-setting heat resistant industrial epoxy and made sure none of it was where it wasn't supposed to be (epoxy was never supposed to touch any area where water or smoke was, only to fit pieces together from the outside). Well the next time we used it it worked fine, no crazy headaches or anything.A few months later one day we decided to pimp it out because the thing looked about as ghetto as it gets. We went with the metal look and I painted all the outside pvc with this cool metallic paint. We had my father (who is a woodworker) help us make an awesome "base box" to put the base in and keel it more secure, less tip-resistant, and overall just awesome looking. We decided for something between a steampunk and post-apocalyptic feel so thus lots of metal, fine wood, and cool boiler room-esque looks. Yesterday we decided to finally finish off all our plans for Oscar. For a while the tray (an old stainless steel cooking pot lid) was weakly soldered onto the stem but we wanted it to be more removeable so we used some split washers to hold it into place but able to take off when it needs cleaning. The long put-off addition of green LED's coming from the bottom to light up the water which you can see through the 'port holes' was probably the biggest thing we did and really makes it so much better. Also we made some hose handles out of pvc, nuts, and bolts (used to screw into the nuts to plug up the hoses). It all came together pretty well I'd say. The only thing left to do is just either paint or wrap something around the plastic parts of the handles to really tie it in with the look. We smoked a couple bowls out of it last night and watched Shaun of the Dead as a celelbration. Here's a bunch of pictures and a video of it in action.Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcWh8JLWuJ4&fmt=22Pictures: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanneff Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanneff Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 If you have any questions just ask and me or Akammenzind will respond. Hope you liked it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namenone Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 This is epic.Amazing job! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefin Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Holy shit that's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrum055 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 0_0 I want one that is so epic .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 wow guys, I cant believe you finally finished him off...I really like the new hoses and the way you can plug them.I was just thinking the other day that I missed smoking Oscar and bam...looking forward to the break later in the month and getting to smoke him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkScary Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 That is amazing - reminds me of a good PC case mod. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Ninja Robot Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 AWESOME! Looks like it belongs on the set of Hellboy or something. Digging the steampunk look. VERY cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilmopho Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Obviously he's a genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjako Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 That shit is awesome..need a smoking video And one with the lights on (that video is VERY dark) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delSol_si Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Wow! Except for the electrical tape on the hose ports, I love it! Great job!. Kinda reminds me of a submarine for some reason. I think it might be the clear window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanneff Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 QUOTE (redjako @ Nov 1 2009, 06:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>That shit is awesome..need a smoking video And one with the lights on (that video is VERY dark)Yeah, I know the video was dark, all the lights were off on purpose haha. Whenever I get enough people together to use all 4 hoses, which will probably be around Thanksgiving time, I'll make a new video with the lights on, probably with me, Akammenzind, r1v3th3ad, and another friend or two.QUOTE (delSol_si @ Nov 1 2009, 07:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Wow! Except for the electrical tape on the hose ports, I love it! Great job!. Kinda reminds me of a submarine for some reason. I think it might be the clear window.Yeah, the electrical tape wasn't supposed to be on there. For some reason after we added the other modifications last night there was a heavy pull and we thought it might have something to do with the hose ports not being sealed enough but it was actually just that I put in too much water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobiasKM Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 That is fantastic! Looks brilliant. That wooden box is a beauty, and the green LED just adds that little extra something.. Or quite a lot actually.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 QUOTE (jordanneff @ Nov 1 2009, 07:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (redjako @ Nov 1 2009, 06:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>That shit is awesome..need a smoking video And one with the lights on (that video is VERY dark)Yeah, I know the video was dark, all the lights were off on purpose haha. Whenever I get enough people together to use all 4 hoses, which will probably be around Thanksgiving time, I'll make a new video with the lights on, probably with me, Akammenzind, r1v3th3ad, and another friend or two.QUOTE (delSol_si @ Nov 1 2009, 07:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Wow! Except for the electrical tape on the hose ports, I love it! Great job!. Kinda reminds me of a submarine for some reason. I think it might be the clear window.Yeah, the electrical tape wasn't supposed to be on there. For some reason after we added the other modifications last night there was a heavy pull and we thought it might have something to do with the hose ports not being sealed enough but it was actually just that I put in too much water looking forward to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo_Master Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 It's like a Meduse got hit by gamma rays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromecarz00 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Amazing job.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 That is the most awesome thing since the Hookah Ray Gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKammenzind Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the compliments guys, this was a labor of love haha.By the way, the total cost was very low... the wood was just bits we had laying around, the old milk bottle had been taking up space for years, the LEDs were quite cheap, and the stem/hoses/heart were only a few bucks apiece. I'd say we kept the price probably just about $30 overall, and took maybe a week of afternoons total to make, just spread out a lot. Edited November 2, 2009 by AKammenzind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanneff Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 QUOTE (AKammenzind @ Nov 1 2009, 08:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks for the compliments guys, this was a labor of love haha.By the way, the total cost was very low... the wood was just bits we had laying around, the LEDs were quite cheap, and the stem/hoses/heart were only a few bucks apiece. I'd say we kept the price probably just about $30 overall, and took maybe a week of afternoons total to make, just spread out a lot.Ah I knew I was forgetting to mention something lol. Yeah, I'd say $30-40 total, including the paints and wood stain even though we got that for free. We only spent a total of like 3 actual days working on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Wow, this is epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Man, you shoulda got a KM!j/k, I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayson Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 How are you powering the LEDs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantastik Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Oh man this looks amazing! Totally reminds me of Bioshock.Awesome work, this is a head turner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKammenzind Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 QUOTE (jayson @ Nov 1 2009, 10:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>How are you powering the LEDs?AA's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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