the original ashcatcher was horrible. it was too thin, too small, and I think I drove it crazy because it just leaped right off the desk the other day. I guess I gotta beef it up.

-found a cool little glass bottle at the asiamart, it came filled with what i thought was Amyl Acetate, an imitation banana / apple flavoring agent, but this was imitation Amyl Acetate. imitation. imitation... I'm high.

ok. so i got pictures:


I tried to fit the metal to the glass again, but drilled the hole out some more and fit my vinyl tubing in there after i notched it. the metal tube fits snug in the tubing. and it allows just enough movement so the glass wont chip. I need to glue the copper arm to the glass or make a clamp out of it. it needs to do something.

I ground the outside of the bottleneck trying to make a different connection, so it has no purpose. but i think i will grind the inside of the neck, so the plastic slide will fit in there better. it puts a little pressure on the downstem, so the slide has some resistance.




UPDATE: upgraded a/c downstem Dec 5, 08

the metal stem only fit the metal slide, not the new glass slide. the glass stem fits both securely and airtight. the glass tubing is from test tubes, cut and polished. There's part of a paper wrapped inside there, holding the tube secure to the bottle.


surprisingly, this was actually pretty nice: