Open Source Glass Thread

Welded perc is an excellent idea. I'd like to see a larger slightly lower perc so there's no restriction. The joint arm should come out slightly lower on the top half and it should have the standard support like the CCG egg. I think the neck looks alright, it just needs a wider opening to the splash guard. And the bottom half of the egg needs 12 holes, not 8. The hole configuration of the CCG egg is perfect in my opinion.

Just purchased my FC-1000, i've read half of the existing comments on here hoping i didn't miss anything too major, just was wondering how thick the MS is and any recurring joint/perc problems if any? Thanks! And i'm new to the site (as you can probably see) i like to mess around with photoshop and illustrator so hmu if anything!

Are any of the colored eggs on dhgate actually made of colored glass? Or are they all painted? I've been wanting to order one of the colored ones, but I have read reviews on some that say the color is painted on and that is a total deal breaker for me. Links to any legit colored glass eggs would be appreciated! Please and thank you!

Pretty sure all of CCG's colored eggs are legit glass, not glazed. I think it's just all of the wigwag eggs and neon colored eggs that are glazed instead of real colored borosilicate. I only have the clear CCG egg, so I can't give you a 100% guarantee on their colored eggs, but I'm 99% sure it's legit colored glass. CCG's eggs are the closest replica of the original moship currently available on the gate, so, as their video guy likes to say, "highly recommended."

This is the same post as I've put in the other design thread....

FC1000/FC707

As (some of) you you know my FC 1000 broke at the neck.

Design weak point. However I was able to rig up temporary set up see pictures attached.





As you can see I have jammed in a 18.8mm elbow piece from Arizer EQ model. With this I have silicon tubing to straight connector and mouth piece.



Design works very well and with ash catchers at front looks beautiful.

My Suggestions as to improvements are as follows:

Suggestion 1. If you make a 18mm joint instead of mouthpiece directly opposite intake joint then you can have replaceable mouth pieces like you have designed for the UFO models.

Suggestion 2. For FC 707 make mouthpiece as thick as possible. And Add Ice pinches. Neck should be big enough for ice cubes. And quite a tall neck maybe another 20cm high.

Below ice pinches you could put a slitted dome. This keeps all the vapour in the main chamber.


I have communicated these ideas to Steven. And asked him what he thinks.

In my opinion if the changes are made both will become BIG sellers. And also will stop a lot of breakages.

Any Thoughts...?

Zufi Raj said:

As you can see I have jammed in a 18.8mm elbow piece from Arizer EQ model. With this I have silicon tubing to straight connector and mouth piece.
Any Thoughts...?

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Thoughts:

1.) Be careful when "jamming" glass into broken glass; as you're likely to cause more damage (if not immediately, it can over time).
2.) WHY do you have two ash-catchers (one of which is a recycler)?! Don't you think that might be a little bit too much diffusion? Especially if you are vaporizing.
3.) Could you please explain how "ice pinches with a slitted dome" would make the airflow change to the point where it "keeps all the vapour in the main chamber".

Frederick (or anyone else), want to throw some out some thoughts? I don't personally own a FC1000 so is difficult for me to talk of changes in it's design. These don't seem like important/necessary changes (IMO); nor would it help the piece become a "BIG seller" if he were to take the advice.
Maybe I simply don't understand how water-pipes work?

^ re: #2, look at the pic again, pretty sure he's combusting

GratefulVapor said:

Thoughts:

1.) Be careful when "jamming" glass into broken glass; as you're likely to cause more damage (if not immediately, it can over time).
2.) WHY do you have two ash-catchers (one of which is a recycler)?! Don't you think that might be a little bit too much diffusion? Especially if you are vaporizing.
3.) Could you please explain how "ice pinches with a slitted dome" would make the airflow change to the point where it "keeps all the vapour in the main chamber".

Frederick (or anyone else), want to throw some out some thoughts? I don't personally own a FC1000 so is difficult for me to talk of changes in it's design. These don't seem like important/necessary changes (IMO); nor would it help the piece become a "BIG seller" if he were to take the advice.
Maybe I simply don't understand how water-pipes work?

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I'd be down for making it a removable MP.
I don't think it would boost sales too much, but I def think it would be a bit of an upgrade.

I can see how a longer MP would help with the splash issues for the 707, but Imo the bubbler spacing is so much better than tube spacing for this piece...

I don't know how to feel about giving it a crazy long neck... 20cm would almost double the height of it...
It would certainly help with the splashback issues (I probably wouldn't bother about the dome splash guard if you were going for that long of a neck), but I daresay it would be a turnoff for most folks?

I'd think making it that long (~50cm) could also increase shipping costs as it's basically like having to ship 2 FC-1000s...

Edit:
@Zufi Raj , holy shit that's a lot of water...
I usually only fill the matrix chamber, with no water in the initial chamber (maybe like 1cm at the most)..
It looks like you've got yours higher than even steven did for his water test video
You could probably remove a fair bit of drag dropping that water level a bit...
I'm guessig you find all that extra water helps cooling smoke or something?

" Hey guys, So i'm planning on getting a torus (stevens), was waiting for the 2nd version slit perc of his to be selling, but since i've come back i see some other are now doing torus's as well.

Anyone recommend which one is "best" for someone running theirs with an 18.8 (cloud EVO) in relation to size, function, and cost?

I will in return send positive thoughts to any lovely lad or lass that lends some knowledge."

posted in cheap bubbler thread but realized this would be more appropriate ( since I was a lonely man with no responses on that page )

gigaurora said:

" Hey guys, So i'm planning on getting a torus (stevens), was waiting for the 2nd version slit perc of his to be selling, but since i've come back i see some other are now doing torus's as well.

Anyone recommend which one is "best" for someone running theirs with an 18.8 (cloud EVO) in relation to size, function, and cost?

I will in return send positive thoughts to any lovely lad or lass that lends some knowledge."

posted in cheap bubbler thread but realized this would be more appropriate ( since I was a lonely man with no responses on that page )

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I finally caved in and bought this piece. I plan on using it with my EQ via whip. I expect it to not recycle whilst hitting but I usually clear my pipe after a hit, so doing this will fire the torus function, allowing me to stare at the vortex in super high bliss.

This piece has intrigued me a lot, it's just such a cool design. I'll try and post some pics, maybe a vid when I receive it.

Thanks for the thoughts.

GratefulVapor said:

1.) Be careful when "jamming" glass into broken glass; as you're likely to cause more damage (if not immediately, it can over time).

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You are right; but since the piece is broken anyway it can't make things worse! I was thinking that a 18mm joint could be put there and you could have "side car" type arm which could rotate both ways for both LH and RH.

GratefulVapor said:

WHY do you have two ash-catchers (one of which is a recycler)?! Don't you think that might be a little bit too much diffusion? Especially if you are vaporizing.

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The set up I posted was a combusting set up to try to keep the main piece as clean as possible. (@rakka - Correct!). I do not notice any reduction in flavour when going through multiple ash catchers. The ash catchers don't hold that much water anyway.

GratefulVapor said:

Could you please explain how "ice pinches with a slitted dome" would make the airflow change to the point where it "keeps all the vapour in the main chamber".

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My other bong HAS an Ice catcher and Dome Picture Below - It also has a long (ish) Neck and I can tell you from experience that ALL of the vape/smoke stays where it is supposed to till you apply suction! Picture below:




@Frederick McGuire Looking through this thread one of the ideas was interchangeability (which I like). The devastator clone and UFO are applying this principle. Having this in FC 1000 would be part of this philosophy!

You could also then add it to yet another bong and have a crazy long air path, but it would be a fun set up to play with!

I've tried the FC1000 with different water levels and it works good with less or more. There was more water because that was a combusting set up.

Here is the set up with the EQ - I do vape as well y'know..




Finally I have ordered a big Torus from Steven and told him about my trouble with the FC1000. He is kindly sending me out an FC707 replacement so once again excellent customer service from him.

I would love to see Steven take a shot at some of Hamm's Waterworks designs. I really like the hard edges and lines, but the price tag...ouch. A Window Pane, Sputnik, or Tumbler clone would be sick!

toolbox12 said:

I would love to see Steven take a shot at some of Hamm's Waterworks designs. I really like the hard edges and lines, but the price tag...ouch. A Window Pane, Sputnik, or Tumbler clone would be sick!

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Check out the 2 pages before this one in this thread; some one just ordered a Hamm knockoff. I forget which model, but it's the recycler with a square base and a sphere for the recycling chamber
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Whoops, check out the 3 recent pages of the cheap high quality bubbler thread, not this one

blankrider said:

Hey everyone, I was just getting caught up with Steven and figured I should post an update.

The UFOv2 is now available for sale with new improved higher joint connection and longer neck
http://www.dhgate.com/product/2015-...based-water/233447446.html#s1-0-1b|4294724462

Steven has his workers cranking out straight fabs at the moment and when they complete 100 they are going to work on some other things...

Ball rigs are coming

The drop down donut bubbler is going into production

There is talk of a smaller scale straight fab. Just under 8 inches tall, 50mm can, and 14mm female joint. It will have 2 layers of 3 fab holes. Current full size version is almost 12 inches tall and has 3 layers of 4 fab holes. Smaller version should hopefully be around $50 if things go as planned

We are getting a knockoff of a vapexhale devastator

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What ever happened to the Devastator design?

toolbox12 said:

I would love to see Steven take a shot at some of Hamm's Waterworks designs. I really like the hard edges and lines, but the price tag...ouch. A Window Pane, Sputnik, or Tumbler clone would be sick!

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I would buy all 3 of those from Steve!

desitdt said:

What ever happened to the Devastator design?

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I think it's just on the backburner for a bit with all the interest in the binary matrix and torus clone

Sadus said:

Just ordering 'singles' I am at 2/3 being OK

I just tossed the Torus (not the latest model - it seems like it might actually work, but from these horror stories I'm thinking twice on that)

I am liking the FC-710 just fine, and I'm liking the new Straight Fab just as much if not more

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What straight fab is that? That one looks like the pokes reach the bottom but not quite. I really like it.

I searched dhgate for straight fab and three came up but one was an egg and the other two were:

http://www.dhgate.com/product/mothe...w-height-27/239957059.html#s1-0-1b|4229230397

http://www.dhgate.com/product/mothe...w-height-22/246905669.html#s1-2-1b|4229230397

It says they are both the FC models, but I want one that has the pokes all the way to the bottom or nearly there.

Please point me to the straight fabs with more pokes. Thank you.

Edit: And are there any fc propeller perc pieces? That would be nice.

The first one by Steven looks like the holes don't go all the way to the bottom in the pic, but in the piece I actually received they do. About 1.5" from the bottom to the top of the perk and another 1.25" from the top of the perc to where the holes start

Oh I see. I'll have to send a message saying I want it like that just on the off chance they aren't all like that. Hmm.

Although my short attention span has been taken over by the propeller perc. I saw a video of a pukinbeagle glass piece with a propeller perc and have been searching high and low for a cheap piece that has that functionality. I would like a piece bigger than this one:
I even sent steven a message letting him know I was interested in a propeller perc. That way if enough people have messaged him he'll make one. Or perhaps he has one in his store! I asked. Who knows. I looked up by likely keywords and did find rotating perc bongs but not propeller percs.

Anyone else entranced by the moving glass?

12 days in and my FC-1000 is in NY, two days have passed that probably waiting for shippers to update location, but what are your guys's opinion on dabbing with the FC-1000? i'd put a small condenser recycler to act as a claim catch otherwise whatcha guys think? too big? i also have a honeycomb ash catcher to turbine that i bought from wintergirl1 on DHgate its on sale for $13...came in a week, is the FC-1000 hard to clean? or would the ash catcher be overkill, and make the function of the pillars undesirable?

eastcoaststoner said:

12 days in and my FC-1000 is in NY, two days have passed that probably waiting for shippers to update location, but what are your guys's opinion on dabbing with the FC-1000? i'd put a small condenser recycler to act as a claim catch otherwise whatcha guys think? too big? i also have a honeycomb ash catcher to turbine that i bought from wintergirl1 on DHgate its on sale for $13...came in a week, is the FC-1000 hard to clean? or would the ash catcher be overkill, and make the function of the pillars undesirable?

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I find the FC-1000 a bit large and over-diffused for concentrates, but if you just want to take the biggest dabs you can, it certainly makes that possible. Are you planning on combusting in it? If not, the AC is definitely not necessary.

pacifica333 said:

I find the FC-1000 a bit large and over-diffused for concentrates, but if you just want to take the biggest dabs you can, it certainly makes that possible. Are you planning on combusting in it? If not, the AC is definitely not necessary.

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Yeah definitely combusting sorry guys just heard a lot of rave reviews for pillars being flower pieces, it probably would be a shame to lose the flavor of some good solventless though. i have a 6in worked mini it just can't hold the weight of the enail :/ but i guess ill experiment! Thanks for the quick response @pacifica333 !

eastcoaststoner said:

Yeah definitely combusting sorry guys just heard a lot of rave reviews for pillars being flower pieces, it probably would be a shame to lose the flavor of some good solventless though. i have a 6in worked mini it just can't hold the weight of the enail :/ but i guess ill experiment! Thanks for the quick response @pacifica333 !

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If u want to preserve flavor(and ur lungs), just VAPE!

To each his own tho, enjoy n welcome. Hopefully u difer from the dark side bud.

Is there any way to ask steven to shrink the straight fab egg for a new version of it? 14 mm female joint. Same design except more slits on the perc below. Maybe a little over or at 8 inch tall. Same bent beck but just a bit more bent to be vertically aligned. Just wondering. Would be cool if somebody did a mock up of this.

eastcoaststoner said:

12 days in and my FC-1000 is in NY, two days have passed that probably waiting for shippers to update location, but what are your guys's opinion on dabbing with the FC-1000? i'd put a small condenser recycler to act as a claim catch otherwise whatcha guys think? too big? i also have a honeycomb ash catcher to turbine that i bought from wintergirl1 on DHgate its on sale for $13...came in a week, is the FC-1000 hard to clean? or would the ash catcher be overkill, and make the function of the pillars undesirable?

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When you're combusting the Ash catcher (s) are definitely useful to keep the piece clean. They do not effect the function of the pillars at all. Be Very careful with the neck of the mouth-piece when cleaning. I think the neck is the weakest point and there have been breakages there (including my one!).

There is a big thread on the Forum on cleaning glass - PBW and the Chemistry of Clean. Follow the instructions there and you won't have have any problems keeping your glass clean!