Bong help

hey, this is a somewhat simple question, but what makes the smoke enter the chamber of a bong? i just made a glass bong, using a 1 ft tall glass vile (used for distillation of water) with a hole to put my bowl and stem, and a shotgn hole. i know with a grav bong its the water that sucks the smoke through the stem into the chamber. do u have to do anything special with a bong? simply holding a flame to the bowl with ur mouth over the top and finger on the shotgun doesnt seem like it would make the smoke draw into the bong. anyone have input? thanks peace

 

Uhh....breath in?

 

u breathe in while u hold the flame? i thought people always held the flame untill the chamber filled, then released the shotgun and inhaled.

 

No, you have to pull the smoke into the chamber to fill it, then empty it with the next breath. Letting the smoke pass through water on the way helps too.

 

so u really take like 2 hits? one to fill it, then one to clear it?

 

its like a cigerette

you drag then inhale


you put your mouth up to it and inhale to draw the smoke into the chamber and then you shotgun it

 

Can all be done in one hit.

 

so its really just like smoking a pipe with water. what is the point of the shotgun then?

 

by shot gun do you mean rush hole? cause that lets air in so the bud stops burning. or if you have a slider on it just lift that up to clear the bong.

 

yeah i meant the hole u put ur finger over then release to let smoke flow.

 

yea its the same thing as smoking a pipe. you release the rush hole to stop it burning and to clear the chamber.

 

you hold the flame on the bud in the bowl and inhale so the chamber fills with smoke. then you put the lighter down and let go of the shotgun causing a rush of air to come through the hole pushing all the smoke into your lungs. the point of the shotgun is to help you clear it and get bigger hits.

 

i remember my first bong hit i killed myself cause i tried to clear the 2 foot bong and i died coughing.

 

That is all so confusing. I've only smoked joints and I just put it out by grinding the hot end on something. Is there a more conservative way to do put it ou?

 

i usually smother the joint in my shirt or coat or something...not too smart, but im usually blazed when i do it.

 

an ashtray would work....

 

Yeah, just try smoking from the thing and figure it out, it isn't too hard to work =P

 

k i did it guys! cept the bowl wasnt air tight on the bong...gotta fix this. so i just used a bowl instead.

 

ok when figuring out how a bong works, imagine there is no shotty/rush/carb. it is a completely different fuinction.

imagine a bong as a pipe with water in the middle.

you smoke it exactly the same as a pipe, and the smoke goes through the water and gets cooled

however, with teh shape of a bong, the smoke then fills up in the chamber, just how it happens.

now, wihtout a shotty/rush/carb, youd keep smokin the bong, and then when the bud finnished, youd have to keep sucking air through the bong to clear out all the smoke

however, with the hole, you can clear it really quickly, whenever you wish, because when you open the hole, the air your sucking doesnt come from the bowl, it comes from the shotty. if there was no water, this would only work if the shotty was relatively larger than the bowl-hole. however with the water, it works with most sized shotty holes.

all you need to remember is this:

the shotty's function is seperate to the concept behind a bong's function

the shotty is used to clear smoke from the chamber

the only way to really understand is to see one in action while being told.

just make one according to internet instructions, and do as it tells, and youll work it out


oh and you dont need to take it in two breaths, that makes the chamber smoke really foul if you dont do it quick enough.

to use a shotty: take the hit as normal, but instead of taking your extra breath (to push smoke furhter in) from the air, release the shotty and take it from the bong.