Jeff_T Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Last night while I was at Smileys hookah lounge Roger aka Smiley and I were talking and he told me was was taking some glass blowing classes, i though well cool for him. after this he told me the first batch of stuff he was going to blow were going to be glass diffusers. he showed me a drawing which looked pretty sweet. I guess they are going to be maybe 1.5" diameter, its pretty much a circular bulb that will fit onto the tube in the vase. its gonna have about 8 holes in it and its going to be sold with a rubber grommet/gasket thing to seal it on the tube. Should be badass, when he gets them done i'll smoke one and post a review about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApoC Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 OK, my lathe is now fully functional, and i can produce several fine diffusers for you guys. however, i need to know several things first: 1-for those interested, what types of hookahs do you have? it would be best to make them for mya hookahs, since the end of the stem is the same in all myas, so interchangeability is good. with egyptians, theyve all got those damn hex nuts welded onto the end for unknown reasons... not to mention the inside diameter is very small so theres no way i can fit atomizers into those without chopping the end off. 2-price? remember these are handmade, so each atomizer takes several hours to complete. also i have a limited amount of material (ill be using 6063 aircraft aluminum). the more money comming in on em, the nicer i can make em. please email me with the title "Custom Atomizer" at josh@acp-products.com if youre interested. this will be a very limited first series run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supachink Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I have a hex nut on the end of mine, but ill probably chop it off. how do your diffusers attach to the end of the stem. Im not exactly sure what kind of hookah i have... i bought it from carvansini ipmorts off of ebay... if that helps... let me know how much you are looking to charge for one... i might just cap off the end of the stem and drill holes in to the shaft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApoC Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 my diffuser design slides inside the stem, and is adjustable in length so its always right to the bottom of the base. it will only fit Mya hookahs right now (they have a wide, open ended stem and theyre all the same size). Mya hookahs can easily be picked out of the crowd by the section above the base... either its got little steps up and down it, or its spherical. you would recognize it if you had one. so far i dont believe i can make atomizers to fit egyptian/syrians, without making several versions, and i have NO way to tell if it will fit yours, unless you have some calipers handy (accurate to .001" or less). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Not to be nagging anyone, but so many of you are asking how to make one, and iknewmroctopus explained in GREAT detail how to make a quick working one. Maybe you would do well by tring this out to see if you like it before you go cutting and drilling on your machines. Just a thought. Cheers, MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApoC Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 yes, ID would help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 ApoC.... Sorry for taking so long to get back to you, got caught up with other stuff... Anyway, my hookah stem isn't the best and is DEFINATLY not round, typical Egyptian hookah... But I took a couple of readings and it is about .430" to about .435" I.D. Guest(Jon12)... The Hookah is OK nothing great, but good enough.. But I think I now want a MYA... I heard those are Top Notch... and I think that is what Apoc has(Right ApoC ??) Actually going to start up a bowl right now -Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon12 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Thanks craig, I ordered a medium acrylic monday though. It won't be here till monday though I'm going to try to shape a large bulb of mesh around the base of mine when I get it, It's about the same consistency of a bong/pipe screen so it should have many tiny bubbles. I'll let you guys know how it turns out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supachink Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 MAde a Ghetto rigged diffuser... and it works wonders. take a piece of clear flexible tubing and a lighter and seal one end of it til its airtight... i cut mine in a slant so that it woud be pointed a little. Then cut it off so its about an inch and a half long. Take a nail and heat it up and pierce a couple of holes in to the tubing. I say heat it up so that it melts holes, because if you just poke them the tubing closes them back up. Then notch hte top end of it and stuff it IN to your stem.. not around.. or at least hte size i had laying around wouldnt fit over... then insert and smoke... its actually pretyt cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahCulture Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Yeah I got a hex nut at the end of mine too. Mine is a 34 inch Egyptian. The thing is, you have to remove the diffuser for cleaning. Is that easy? Is it OK to constantly remove and re-attach it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chown Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 anyone have any luck with that mesh screen diffuser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NERV Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 i made a diffuse by melting holes into a bowl grommet, it is really helpful, it helps my smoke last longer because if i pull too hard and get the bubbling, it tells me im pullling too hard, just getting the fizzing is smaller pulls so the coal lasts longer with no possibility of burning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seandoo Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Holy crap these things sound awesome... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApoC Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 lol wow, this threads kinda old, and thanks for reminding me to make some good diffusers! ive got lots of extra scrap brass at work, ill whip one up soon, probably make one for my stargate too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seandoo Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Haha I haven't been on the forum since the end of last summer, so I've been checking out all the new/weird crap going around. It's pretty awesome...I remember one of the sweetest threads was this one I started a while back (it was sweet because of somebody's whack invention to super-cool the smoke with a several-gallon tank...definately worth a look). Your stargate doesn't happen to be the legit silver one, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApoC Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 i havent got it yet, just ordered it from samir, its the black nickel medium size one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seandoo Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Did anybody successfully make a diffuser out of one from a fishtank? I saw that some had considered going to pet stores for cheap alternatives.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipeSmokeMcGee Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Very cool! Sounds like these diffusers make a big difference. I don't think I would've ever thought about it. How exactly does it work...it just breaks the bubbles up smaller? Also, props on the metalworking ApoC. Do you do it as a living or just as a hobby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Did anybody try the rag diffuser, yet?rubberband or otherwise attach the corner of a rag bulgy over the shank. Like a bag over the bottom of the shank. I.e., the bottom of your shank would resemble: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Wrong picture!!Try this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donetodeath Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I actually just made one for my hookah last night, not a cloth one, but i made mine out of a travel shampoo bottle, it just slips on the end and i poked several holes in it. The thing im curious about is, how many holes is good, i mean does it make a difference? I tried it a bit last night, and i didn't notice anything different than the sound and bubbles, but im gonna try again tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 saw a year-old post up towards the top of this, and thought i'd share my recent experiences in diffusers. as i've mentioned before, i was one of the ones to jump on the tj-maxx-vase bandwagon (probably the second actually) , and this left me with a stem that was about 2 inches too long. i could barely put any water in my vase, and the smoke ended up being pretty harsh and flavorless. well, i took this opportunity to try out something that's been discussed before, and i drilled a series of holes up the stem in a somewhat spiralled pattern (so as to avoid bubble overlap, no 2 holes fell into the same vertical line). this is actually super-effective. i did NOT need to cap off the bottom of the stem, because the holes i used were with an 1/8" bit (the only one i had rated for drilling stainless steel). the draw becomes much more effortless, it feels like breathing pure air - a very interesting effect. unfortunately, when i got more batteries for my drill and went back to drill some more holes (i wanted it to be higher and more dispersed) , i forgot to take the stem off and just started drilling with the entire stem assembly propped there on my work surface. the pressure was too much for it because of the odd angle, and the downtube of my stem snapped right off. actually, it looks like it bent a little bit first, because the end that was left got slightly disfigured, but whatever. the workmanship is not to blame, it was my own carelessness. thanks to mya's awesome screw-together design, though, it was a simple fix. i'm sure at some point i can get a brass pipe threaded to the exat specification, but what i ended up doing was getting some fittings from lowes- almost the exact same ones i use as my 2/3-hose adaptor. there's a piece originally designed for compression-fitting tubing, but the threaded section for the tube is almost exactly the right size to go in where my stem went. i got a piece that screws into THAT piece with a 3/8" ID barb fitting - the same exact piece i use for my hose adaptor - i used some teflon tape to fit the pieces together and into the pipe, and attached a piece of hard, inflexible plastic tubing to it. the entire setup cost me 4 dollars, and i have enough tubing left to replace it twice. the tubing was only 18 cents, actually - the guy at lowe's thought i was crazy to buy only 1 foot i'm sure my rambly explanation was far too verbose and not nearly concise enough, so none of you even know or care at this point what i was talking about, but it works really well, and gives you a downtube that's super easy to cut , drill, whatever you want. in fact, the design opens up whole new worlds of hookah smoking as a flexible hose could be attached and put to all kinds of uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seandoo Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 okay that first picture you posted tangiers was priceless. =) i was like wow i must either really not be seeing what you meant, or you were telling us we had tiny brains for believing the whole diffuser thing. that was pretty damn funny would rubber-banding a piece of cloth to the bottom affect the pull in an adverse way? it seems that it would obstruct the flow..or are you referring to a piece of cloth that's pretty thin that may just chop up the bubbles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 h mmm, i'm gonna try it with cheesecloth, but i can't find it at the moment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Like a piece of cotton from a t-shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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