watchyoursix

I recommend this one for all cheap stoners
all you need is 3.75 (without tax, i didnt include tax because different states = different sales tax, but in PA its 6 cents on the dollar)
its a pipe made completely of galvanized steel, using a 1/4inch galvanized coupling, 2 1/4 inch galvanized pipe nipples (lol nipples), a 1/4 inch galvanized reducer coupling , and a galvanized steel pipe 90 degree bent coupling (that's what im gonna call it, because i couldnt find a name for it on the packaging lol)
you can pick all this stuff up at your local hardware shop, it will never break (you try breaking galvanized steel, i dare you) and its easy to disassemble, is airtight when screwed in tightly and has a big bowl
what do you guys think? ( i found my nice canon camera, so high quality pics this time, and i like pics big, there better to share!)

budsmoker61

once again, good job. looking might fine for only $3.75

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talamant3z

lol nice dude

Feorge Gorman

Before you smoke out of your pipe...read this!

I wouldn't chance it! And it looks like they're talking about a single exposure. I can only imagine what might happen should you really stoke that bowl on a daily basis!

Here's the full page...

The Arador Armour Library

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watchyoursix

Hmmm, but thats something like the idea with Tin foil causing alzheimers, how hot do you have to heat it?
Considering i dont use a butane lighter (haven't used one since high school), i think that it shouldnt heat it enough to burn away the zinc oxide.
And this article is adressed to metal workers (look at the title "Health Hazards Associated with Heat Treating Galvanized Steel"), who heat the steel enough to bend it/shape it, im just going to expose it to a lighter, which is a big difference :P
But hey, its only 3.75, ill just go down and get brass parts next time.
EDIT: Googling has yielded the information that zinc oxide melts at 1975 degrees celcius and zinc's melting point is 787F, making it impossible to get to that temperature with a lighter, no matter how much you heat it.
it should be safe to use this pipe

EDIT2: It is very risky to smoke out of a galvanized pipe with a bic lighter
why? because zinc's melting point is 787F
but the thing is, you have to heat it to that point (787F) with the lighter
so if you hold the lighter to it for that much time, i can begin to melt, but im not sure how long that is.
Since this pipe is made of galvanized steel, i might get a welder friend to heat it up in an oven to burn off the zinc layer (to reveal the zinc/iron layers, which are much more heat resistant)
or ill just make a new pipe out of brass.
I have not smoked out of this yet, but it seems safe if you do a quick toke and not hold the lighter to it for long. Otherwise im sticking to my other pieces!

420budcut

Hilarious...back when I started smoking I made something with exactly those parts. I didn't use what you're using as a bowl, but instead i used the curved pipe as a bowl. But yeah, exact same parts.

After I bought/made it though, I figured out it was galvanized steel and only used it a couple times, when I had no other option. I agree with what some others are saying...don't risk it. Sure, $4 for a pipe isn't bad, but if you consider the potential health risks, 30 bucks for a glass pipe starts looking very attractive. Dunno if you're "of age" yet, but its worth getting somebody to buy a pipe for you. Hell, I found an asian dude in some mall that sold me a pipe when I was 16...glass = well worth it.

Peace.

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watchyoursix

I bought my first pipe when i was 15
being 21 now its not hard to buy a pipe :P
but the bowl is a pipe reducer, from 1 inch to 1/4 inch
im replacing it with some brass parts today, to make this pipe safe to use!

watchyoursix

Sorry for the double post!
But the bowl on this pipe has been replaced by a brass pipe coupling, to remove the health issues associated with heating galvanized steel!

Feorge Gorman

I never bought into the tin foil/alzheimer's correlation...although I DO remember hearing about the dangers of smoking outta galvanized steel early in my weed-smoking days.

Kurt

I apologize for dragging up an old thread. I have good reason. I also apologize for its length, but this is required knowledge.

This was one of the first results when looking up negative effects of using a galvanized pipe for smoking, so I feel this is necessary, no matter how ancient of a thread.

First, my credentials. I am an Engineer at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, one of Canada's oldest Universities. Also, I will cite Wikipedia to back myself up.

1) You do not need to melt a metal to oxidize it - The oxide is what causes the harm, it is unlikely you'll get shards of any metal from a pipe in your lungs or stomach. Steel wool is just plain old steel, but with a high surface area. Take a lighter to it, and it goes up in flames. That being said, if you take a lighter to a steel bar, it does not.

2) Zinc oxide is hard. If you completely oxidize the zinc on the surface of the pipe, there should be no additional oxides formed when you take a lighter to it and inhale, and the existing oxides will remain stuck to the metal.

THIS IS THE BIG ONE THAT MADE ME REGISTER:

3) I acknowledge there are risks to zinc poisoning. However, there are much greater and much more serious risks involved in brass poisoning.

Perhaps you are unaware: Brass can contain LEAD. It's simply not worth the risk.

From Brass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Leaded brass is an alpha-beta brass with an addition of lead. It has excellent machinability."
Machinability = threads and patterns and things like that.

Zinc Poisoning goes away, is not serious, and its symptoms are reversible, fixing themselves in a few days.

From Metal fume fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The symptoms are nonspecific but are generally flu-like including fever, chills, nausea, headache, fatigue, muscle aches, and joint pains."
" Milder flu-like symptoms will normally disappear within 24 to 48 hours, and someone suffering from metal fume fever will usually feel well enough to return to work the next day, despite the fact that they may still be feeling a little bit under the weather. It often takes 4 days to fully recover."

HOWEVER, if the brass you have contains LEAD...

From Lead poisoning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Lead may cause irreversible neurological damage as well as renal disease, cardiovascular effects, and reproductive toxicity."

IRREVERSIBLE NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE.

For those unfamiliar with the term...
Neurology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Think epilepsy, permanent loss of touch, loss of viable sperm...


In Conclusion, I'll stick to steel.