Some food for thought ...
Or at least what I would like to get for my Air ,made from Ed's hands .
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But a different ( design) approach ...
From left to right : The light blue tinted part is the bowl ( ~20 mm in length ).
Could be made out of 316L stainless steel or out of Titanium
(grade 2 is relatively easy to find ).
The white part is the "joint/screen" part .It has threadings at the bowl side and it's plain on the
wooden mouthpiece side .Could be made also from stainless steel or titanium if the mouthpiece
is made from wood.If the mouthpiece is going to be made of metal then it's better the joint part to be made out a heat-resistant and inert/non-toxic polymer,like pure teflon(PTFE) or Zytel FG.
That ,in order not to conduct heat .And also being lighter .
This joint part can be made at the lathe from s.steel / titanium/ PTFE rod .
The next is the mouthpiece made out of some exotic wood
(BTW,being greek ,my favourite is the olive tree wood ).
The wooden mp is connected to the joint just by sliding in .
Like the old-style tobacco pipes ,with the ebonite mouthpieces ,
pushed tightly into the pipe's main body ..
(could it be threaded ? )
Also ,by using -of different thicknesses -threaded washer rings as spacers ,
screwed on at the joint part-before the bowl ,the volume of the bowl is increased .
"Adjust-A-Bowl " concept !
I hope that Ed will appreciate the whole idea ...
-Not any small parts ,like o-rings,screens,retaining rings,pins,etc are utilised ...
-Easy to clean (seems so ) ...
-"Adjust-A-Bowl "
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And I'm pretty sure that it's a piece of cake for him ,to make some test-stems ...
I'm willin' to buy these "test-stems" ,anyways ...