Tragedy and an Inquiry

Discussion in 'Smoking Accessories Q&A' started by Dopethrone420, Dec 15, 2010.

  1. #1 Dopethrone420, Dec 15, 2010
    Well, last night I broke a piece for the first time. This piece happened to be the first piece I ever owned. Shit sucks bad. But now I need some help. One day when I was high I bought a bong for way more then I should have payed. It looks decently cool, but I broke the bowl. I'll have ~4.5g and a week with nothing to do other then smoke it, so I need a new bowl. The bong itself is the rubber grommet kind with a glass slider (like the one in the picture). As far as I can tell, these come in two sizes: 9mm and 12mm. I need help figuring out how I measure my down-stem to get the correct size.

    The bowl/downstem looks like this
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    TL;DR how do I measure a downstem from a rubber grommet bong to figure out what bowl size I need to buy?
     
  2. #2 Mardhyn, Dec 15, 2010
    There isn't any picture, at least as far as I can tell. But to answer your main question, pull out a measuring ruler. If its .9cm then its 9mm, and if its 1.2cm then its 12mm. I can confirm that as I just pulled out my ruler and both my slides measure at .9cm.
     
  3. #3 Hydroriffic, Dec 15, 2010
    dude just spend an hour in the garage and make something. A slide should be fairly easy to make. Stay away from stuff thats toxic if smoked.

    You could also carve one out of wood.

    You cant go to a headshop and get a $10 slide?
     
  4. #4 Dopethrone420, Dec 15, 2010
    Mardhyn-thanks for the response. I assume I measure the thinner end of the downstem?

    Hydroriffic-I'm buying one, but I need to find out what size of bowl I need.
     
  5. #5 zxzDarkCloudzxz, Dec 15, 2010
    we need pics
     
  6. #6 Dopethrone420, Dec 15, 2010

    Of my downstem? I threw out the broken bowl.
     
  7. #7 Mardhyn, Dec 15, 2010
    Yup, the bowls obviously vary too much between slides to be any help in measuring the circumference needed.

    @ Hydro

    A grommet style slide is anywhere from five to thirty bucks at my LHS, and on the internet probably just as cheap. If worst comes to worst custom order a grommet slide from etsy for cheap.
     
  8. #8 Dopethrone420, Dec 15, 2010
    It measures out to 9mm, I'll post a pic if someone tells me how.
     
  9. #9 Mardhyn, Dec 15, 2010
    Well if you took a picture with your phone you will either need a cord to connect it to the PC, or send it through a picture message to your e-mail. For a camera you need a cord, unless somehow your camera can text or connect to the internet.

    After that just upload it to like photobucket or imageshack. There may be a stoner image uploading service I'm not aware of too.
     

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