Well the advtantage of building things youself means you know everything that's in it. Just don't use any plastic or stuff like that near the bulb. That's why brass is good, 'cause you're not going to vaporize brass (I assume? lol). You do have to worry about what you use to put the end cap on though, like the glue and whatnot.
DIY Halogen Vaporizer
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homerdog
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I used copper, hopefully it doesn't have some kind of coating on it that I'm unable to taste or see. If you use pressure treated wood just make sure it is not burning and being inhaled as that does have some nasty sh*t in it. Other than that the one I built has no glue or tape anywhere that can get hot, the top cap fits snugly with out any type adhesive.
Igotdialup
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I would think that brass, and or copper would produce some sort of weird toxic vapor. Like, tin foil , people use that shit for pipes and shit. Just curious
JohnnyHitch
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you dont drink boiling water
he does have a good point
at higher temps the copper or brass may let off harmful toxins
he does have a good point
at higher temps the copper or brass may let off harmful toxins
Igotdialup
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can someone explain why tinfoil is bad then? Its aluminum right? Heating a metal dry and inhaling what comes off may be bad. And im not saying any chemicals sprayed on, i mean just the metal heating may be doing something?
Tanuvan
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Well, I am not going to go into depth, but you would have to heat the metal extremely hot...not anywhere near what that bulb can do. If you don't want to try it, that's ok.
Where the misinformation comes from was people being concerned about using aluminum foil with Hookahs because the coals sit on top it. That has been proven false. There was thought to be a correlation between aluminum deposits and Alzheimer, but that was disproven.
Again, the bulb does NOT get hot enough to vaporize metal or heat metal to the point of giving of harmful vapors. (Especially brass)
Do you realize people use cast iron skillets and copper cooking utensils?
Where the misinformation comes from was people being concerned about using aluminum foil with Hookahs because the coals sit on top it. That has been proven false. There was thought to be a correlation between aluminum deposits and Alzheimer, but that was disproven.
Again, the bulb does NOT get hot enough to vaporize metal or heat metal to the point of giving of harmful vapors. (Especially brass)
Do you realize people use cast iron skillets and copper cooking utensils?
Igotdialup
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yes.. but they dont heat it up dry... they have cooking oils, fats, whatever... If you ever have gotten drunk, put on something to steam cook, and then passed out and woke up in the morning to the water all burnt out, the flame still high enough for boil.. well then.. its fucking HORRIBLE. It stinks like a fucker, its black as fuck, its nasty..
joesalamon
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hahaaha, i bet that smelled horrible, what were you cooking?
Igotdialup
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some fuckin squash shit... I was hungry and I thought i could stay up long enough, so i wanted to rest on the couch and I passed out. I cant even explain the smell.... It was very pungent and you could be ANYWHERE in the place and you could smell it, it lasted for at least 4 days. The pans were stuck together, i just bagged it up and threw the whole dam thing away. It did have some sort of metallic smell to it i believe.
joesalamon
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that has got to be horrible, i could not imagine that sell for 4 days, everytime you walk in the doorway it would just reak... I hope you get rid of the smell with mary, haha
Igotdialup
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Tanuvan, no disrespect to you our your awesome creation i will have to test out sometime in the next 10 months (probation) ..... But the main how-to and questions/answers is on the first few pages... The thread is dieing and it can only help, but he asked the question and i answered. Hope its all cool
toledoricky
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that smell and the resulting stickiness of your destroyed pan was from the teflon (or non-stick coating) that is put onto most pans to prevent your food from sticking... not from the metal itself. you can throw a cast iron skillet on some pretty high heat for several hours or days and unless you heat that fucker past it's melting point (1000s of degrees?) no harm should come to it.
Tanuvan
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^^ Agreed! A regular stove and flame cannot get hot enough to melt cast iron. You would need a mini foundry with a blower.
