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WesWolf88

Yeah I'm pretty sure bamboo holds it's green color, at least for awhile. I need to make the bowl bigger. I used a head of a wrench nut, but too much of the weed falls through if it's not big enough.

The bong idea is much better, just takes more work and supplies. My cousin made one (it hit TOO hard, but it broke).

Oh yeah, also bamboo is built on various different sections, like a foot apart. (like tree rings). Cut right after one of the sections while making the piece. One side of your bamboo log will automatically be closed off (no need to make a base or hold the smoke with your hand).

Here's what I had in mind for my next creation http://youtube.com/watch?v=812Hv5JHtbU

 

KiwiLaser

Oh, I should have mentioned, the hole usually is way to big at the bottom of a ratchet head, but if you go down to your local head shop they should sell little screens for bowls that work perfectly for what you need. It's like a little round meshy thing that fits perfectly in the bottom of the ratchet head and prevents all the ganj from falling through. They work really well for regulars spoons and stuff too if the hole is too big. At the head shop by me they only cost like a nickel so I usually pick up a bunch of them for whenever I need them.

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ZephyrEire

OK
so I have spent a bit of time today attempting to make a bamboo bong, and thus is my progress so far
I used the bottom of a section of bamboo for the base, and punched out the top section to get a little extra height on it. The hole I just drilled using a boring tip at an angle, more or less eyeballed it. Then the down stem is a wooden dowel, and drilling through it proved to be a bitch and a half. I have a drill press in my garage, but it was still really hard to do. The bowl is another piece of dowel that i drilled a little bowl into and made it more or less fit into the stem :P
then i sealed up the stem with JB Weld (thanks for the tip on that!), and also put some at the tip where the bowl goes, for some extra seal. I'm not going to let the bowl set there, I just want it to be more airtight.

WesWolf88

Looks good man, just need work on that bowl. Bamboo just looks so sweet. I hate smoking out of things that look unnatural. When you're smoking out of something like bamboo, you just get the feeling you're doing it the real way, like out in some jungle or something.

When I make the bong I'm gonna make with a water chamber and slide. I just need to do some more research. I'm really surprised this idea isn't more known...

ZephyrEire

it works

tested it out last night for a trial-run. The wooden bowl is nice - very natural feeling and dosn't get hot quickly so it's easy to pull out, which is good because theres no handle for it or anything.

It's still a little awkward to use because the top is pretty big and theres a piece sticking out that makes it hard to get a good seal, but i can fix those problems with a little more work

my friend named it Jungle Fever :P

 

Nuke0063

This thread has inspired me to build my own out of bamboo.

its all bamboo, including stem and bowl. No glue needed. all i used was a knife and fresh bamboo out of someone's backyard




(sorry for quality, it was taken with a phone)

The Kush

Ok, im convinced i gotta make one of these. I get off on making homemade stuff to smoke out of haha.

Joffy

hey guys. i found a mad idea on the net while searching and researching its an awesome idea , the bottom of the bong is a coconut but im pretty sure you would sand it down or something at the bottom for a flat surface. then the pipe is bamboo and all that jaz. also i highly recomend getting some lacquer/varnish for the outside of the bamboo as a finish, it looked pretty mad. Coconut and Bamboo Bong --- Pipes and Bongs Superstore - Weedcity.com

Hypetrain

BAHAHAHAAHAHA that got me. I can just see this dude walking through all this bamboo looking for the perfect piece.

seanof_thebud

when i made my piece out of bamboo i just made a zoomtube it was alot easyer