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I'm sure you have herd of the technology of vaporization, and this is a small vaporizer you can make out of house hold products!

If not:


Vaporization

Vaporization is the key to the future of smoking cannabis. The vaporizations technique uses heat instead of flame to convert your cannabis matter into a fume rather than smoke that contains carbon monoxide. If you’ve ever done blades or used blades on a stove or with a torch you have performed the art of vaporization slowly heating the knife until the cannabis turns to a fume. However most of you have probably heated the knife too much, where the cannabis begins to burn and gives off the gray or blue smoke, this is when the carbon monoxide is given off. This is when the temperature of the knife increases to the point at which cannabis reaches combustion threshold and starts to burn. In other words you do not need to burn the cannabis in order to smoke it. All you need to do is heat the knife to the point at which THC vaporizes. The boiling point of the active chemical in cannabis tetrahybrocannabinol (THC) is 200C (392F). Between 200C and 300C will release the THC more quickly. Between 300C and 400C carbon monoxide will be released along with the THC. Temperatures of 500C and above result in complete combustion with maximum carbon monoxide emissions. Vaporizer users stick with the 200C to achieve the desired effect of keeping carbon monoxide levels either at zero or to natural levels present in air.


Vaporizers can be bought in all sizes, shapes and forms, Pharmaceutical companies spend hundreds of thousands on industrial vaporizers in order to reduce carbon monoxide emissions from their factories. Make sure your vaporizer ahs an adjustable temperature function so that you can choose how hot you want the element to get. BUT!!!! Here comes the point of this thread.
Before you buy a vaporizer you may want to check out the low-cost, do-it-your-self method described below. Remember though, that you are much better off buying a professional vaporizer to ensure that no carbon monoxide is released.

The Light Bulb Vaporizer


The light bulb vaporizer is a simple vaporizer that you can make using common household products. It allows the user to smoke cannabis with inhaling carbon monoxide in the process. This is one of the safest ways you can consume marijuana!

ITEMS NEEDED:
1.A screw-type 100-watt domestic light bulb (incandescent)
2.A normal plastic screw-type bottle top (591mL coke bottle)
3.Two straws or a 10cm glass tube and a 3 cm glass tube
4.A multipurpose pocket knife
5.Water

PREPARATION:
Be careful when you hold the bulb that you do not break it. Very little pressure is needed to complete this procedure. Hold the bulb in a think cloth or use padded gloves for protection if you need to.

Step 1. Use the knife to cute the base of the bulb at the last screw-threading groove. The knife should sink in easily because this metal is very light.

Step 2. After cutting the base of the bulb if should come off easily. You might need to cut a wire or two if they haven’t already broken.

Step 3. If you look into the bulb you will notice some glass in the way of the element. Push done on this area very gently with a knife, turning the knife as you do so.

Step 4. With very little pressure, the glass inside will crack and the element will become dislodged. The knife will pass all the way through.

Step 5. Empty out the contents. There will be broken glass here so be careful. If you have trouble getting the element out, keep tipping the bulb back and forth until a wire protrudes through the opening. Catch this wire and you will be able to pull the element out.

Step 6. Using the knife, churn out any remain glass still present on the trim of the opening.

Step 7. You now have a bulb which has the end cut away and all the inside contents removed. Look inside to make sure that all the glass has been tipped out.

Step 8. Give the bulb a rinse with water to remove any of the remaining dust particles or glass. If your bulb is not the clear type, then this process with wash away the inside coating, making your bulb transparent. Make sure to let the bulb dry before using it again.

Step 9. Take the plastic bottle top and make two holes in it using the pocket knife. By using the screwdriver part of the knife you can easily make a whole. Or by slowly spinning the point of the knife until it protrudes through and you can slowly spin the blade shaving away a hole.

Step 10. Insert your straw or glass tubes into the holes in the bottle cap. (Glass tubes last longer than plastic tubes)

Step 11. Screw the bottle cap with the straws attached into the bulb. The bottle cap should easily screw onto the bulb's grooves.

Step 12. If you are using straws you can cut them down to size. One only needs to slightly exit the bulbs cap, for it simply allows air to enter the bulb as you inhale cannabis fumes through the top straw.

Step 13. Unscrew the cap and put some bud in before sealing.

Using your light bulb vaporizer:

Use a naked flame to heat the bulb just under the bud. Swirl the flame around in a circular motions like a scientist. Inhale through the longer tube. After about fifteen to thirty seconds you will taste some vapor. This vapor contains various cannabinoids without carbon monoxide. You can inhale this without inhaling carbon monoxide. As you continue to heat the glass, more vapors will be released. However the longer you heat the glass, the more the temperature will increase eventually passing the boiling point of THC so that carbon monoxide is released. You will see this clearly in the glass because it will begin to fill with smoke. You will also taste the difference. The taste of carbon monoxide mixed with cannabinoids is like hay. Do not inhale this if you want to stay healthy. Although this smoke does contain cannabinoids, it also contains carbon monoxide. Have a tissue nearby to wipe the glass after you are finished. Unscrew the cap and bump out the used bud. A black residue will develop on the outside of the bulb. This is the result of the flame coming into contact with the glass. You can wash your bulb after a few uses and start all over again.

Conclusion
Vaporization is a safe and effective method of smoking marijuana as long as you do not release and inhale the carbon monoxide. Regulating the flame can also help prevent the bud reaching temps that cause carbon monoxide to be released. Professional vaporizers are more controllable than the light bulb method because the temperatures of the heated bud and be kept well below the point of carbon monoxide release.

My knowledge of this method was introduced to me from the amazing author Greg Green and his wonderful book "The Cannabis Grow Bible". I bought it from chapters, they shipped within 4 days! I hope you all enjoy this little bit of info this book is filled with 305 pages of wonderful growing techniques, soil, and hydro! lol before I become an advertisement I am going to stop :lol:. ENJOY! And happy smoking!

 

4/20

Thanks for the info, I'm gonna try making one later tonight!

P.S. Can you taste the weed, or do you only taste vapor?

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4/20

OMG...I made it and it only took me 15 mins! I can't wait to try it out...I'll post how it works when I'm done testing.

Weet

About 2 and a half yrs ago I saw a post similar to this but with pictures. I did it. It wasnt really practical though, unless you keep it at your house only. Those bulbs are very easy to break. When I made one I went through about 3 of them. Plus you have to worry about the weird green glue stuff inside that holds that metal piece to the glass. I was always so sketched about a little chunk of that weird green glue **** to fall into the bottom where I was vaping the bud. In my opinion just get a quality vaporizer. Homemade usually never better than bought.

4/20

Well, I tried it out...and I can taste the weed perfectly. No smoke flavour or anything. I am not high or anything however...is there a certain amount of weed you must put in it?

 

Grow2

well to tell the truth, i built one today, but i never got the chance to test it out... i was hopein people would get back to me on how she works.

im guessing you shouldnt have to put any more than you would a bowl. or the amount of 2 bowls if you usually smoke that much. all your getting is the THC... there are other substances like CBN that i dont think get vaporized wich might change the high. this should be more like smokeing oil, only without the whole process of makeing it. the whole purpose is to have a healther smoke, the amount should be the same.

lol hey 4/20, how did you hold the bulb? just wondering lol. im guessing you grab where the bottle cap screws on. hopefully ill get a chance to try it out soon. and report back my experiance with it.

troublemaker_42

The lightbulb vaporizer has been covered a good many times in the past, both here and in the methods of use forum at www.marijuana.com/420 Please do a search before posting a "new" thread idea, and many topics have already been covered in great detail.

thread closed.

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