Ice(d) Bongs: Next-Gen Smoking Paraphernalia

[THEDANGER]

[U][B]CURRENT IDEA OF AN ICE BONG:[/B][/U] [I](Original credits to WoodenSpoon)[/I]
A mold of a bong that you fill with water, and leave in the freezer. The water freezes thus creating a bong made of ice, for cool refreshing hits and an easy way to dispose. Ice bongs are not reusable and will be tossed/melted after a few hits. The mold will always stay to be reused every time you need one.

[U][B]UPSIDES TO AN ICE BONG[/B][/U]
(Feel free to add on to this list!)

1) Hits will be really smooth/relaxing

2) You don't have to dispose of it, it melts away.

3) Doesn't require any work to be made

4) Not that valuable

[B][U]CURRENT PROBLEMS AN ICE BONG FACES[/U][/B]
(Feel free to add on to this list! And a fix if possible.)

1) Anyone who uses the bong in a warm/hot climate will not be having fun, as it will melt too fast and the user will not have enough time for more than a couple rips.

2) How will the bowl/stem accommodate the bong when it melts?

3) Once the bong melts a little, the rubber holding it would lose grip and the bong will fall/shatter.

4) Lips would be pretty cold.

5) Annoying to use in a group session.

[I]6) Water would get everywhere (Fixed) a bowl, as in a container, that the bong sits in so that way water has a place to collect water
[/I]

[B][U]ICE BONG V1[/U][/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/PB6CEFH.png[/IMG]

[B][U]ICE BONG V2[/U][/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mfPCbVM.png[/IMG]

[B][U]ICE BONG V3/MOST RECENT BLUEPRINT[/U][/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DgoM7ch.png[/IMG]

[B][U]CURRENT IDEA OF AN ICED BONG:[/U][/B] [I](Original credits to MindMuncher)[/I]
A bong that is put into the freezer, and chilled to give the user a more sensational hit. Hits are really smooth and feel nice.

[U][B]UPSIDES TO AN ICED BONG[/B][/U]
(Feel free to add on to this list!)

1) Hits would be really smooth and refreshing.

2) The bong would be good in a group session

3) Freezer would smell dank, resulting in dank dino nuggets or ice cream.

[B][U]CURRENT PROBLEMS AN ICED BONG FACES[/U][/B]
(Feel free to add on to this list! And a fix if possible.)

1) Valuable, if dropped will shatter.

2) Causes it to become slippery, resulting in higher drop chance.

3) Really heavy when carried.

[B][I][U]IDEAS TO ADD TO THE ICE(D) BONG[/U][/I][/B]

1) Different flavors of water, maybe you can fill coca-cola into the mold or something (FUCK YES!)

[Cpn Crunch21]

you could have a bowl, as in a container, that the bong sits in so that way water has a place to collect water

[THEDANGER]

[QUOTE=Cpn Crunch21;43280375]you could have a bowl, as in a container, that the bong sits in so that way water has a place to collect water[/QUOTE]

I guess that would fix the mess it makes.

[Widgeon]

I thought of doing this a long time ago. What you can do is take some pink foam blocks from home depot, cut out the center for one half and cover it in like a wrapping of somekind (Tinfoil or Plastic Foodwrap) and then make the other half and then make some sort of weird dowl thing that goes in the middle for the water part and the neck of the bong. Fill the foam block mold with water and then freeze it.

They can also be super simple. Fill a 2 liter with water and freeze it paritly, the water will still be inside (unfrozen), emtpy out that water and then BANG you have a ice bong:

pic:

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[Cpn Crunch21]

The issue would be the bowl, unless you had a joint of somekind or something that would somehow be attaching the downstem to the bottom of the bong and as the ice melted it wouldnt effect the seal.

[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/stupid_shit1.png[/img]

[Missing User]

Why not make out out of a ice/wood chip mixture

[R-money]

yo shit I was hitting one of those the other night, but with snow, shit was so smooth

Here a pic
[t]http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/130/inls.jpg[/t]

[editline]23rd December 2013[/editline]

also you can buy bongs that have ice catchers built in

[editline]23rd December 2013[/editline]

that is one of them

[AppleJackson]

[QUOTE=katbug;43281389]Why not make out out of a ice/wood chip mixture[/QUOTE]

Umm... Why make it out of an ice/wood chip mixture?

[skoinks]

[QUOTE=AppleJackson;43282877]Umm... Why make it out of an ice/wood chip mixture?[/QUOTE]

Melts slower, more resistant to heat. It's called Pykrete FYI

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete[/url]

[iwork3daysaweek]

Well it's just a mold so you can make it with anything you want basically.

Hell you could make a bong out of vodka

[TCB]

well, if this is made, my friend and i will sell it at our future headshop

[AppleJackson]

[QUOTE=iwork3daysaweek;43282917]Well it's just a mold so you can make it with anything you want basically.

Hell you could make a bong out of vodka[/QUOTE]

Vodka doesn't freeze at any temperature you'd get in your house.

[editline]23rd December 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=R-money;43281391]yo shit I was hitting one of those the other night, but with snow, shit was so smooth

Here a pic
[t]http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/130/inls.jpg[/t]

[editline]23rd December 2013[/editline]

also you can buy bongs that have ice catchers built in

[editline]23rd December 2013[/editline]

that is one of them[/QUOTE]

Yeah everyone knows about bongs with ice in them, this thread is making a bong out of ice.

[iwork3daysaweek]

Well I haven't tried freezing vodka before haha

But point being you can mix whatever you damn well please into an ice bong

Including food coloring to make some rad dyes

Yeah sticking a bong in a freezer isn't obscure at all.

[AppleJackson]

Yeah most people keep vodka (and other likka) in the freezer because it gets cold and doesn't freeze lol. Anything over 60% alcohol won't freeze.

[iwork3daysaweek]

Yeah looking back at it now I remember drinking rum out of a freezer. I just don't freeze my shit cause I like my alcohol hot or neat. Anyway I'm getting off topic here, how would we do the downstem? I like that cone idea, should the downstem be part of the bong in the mold?

[Animoz]

[QUOTE=AppleJackson;43283078]Yeah most people keep vodka (and other likka) in the freezer because it gets cold and doesn't freeze lol. Anything over 60% alcohol won't freeze.[/QUOTE]

my old freezer freezed everything, EVERYTHING

[AppleJackson]

[QUOTE=Animoz;43283304]my old freezer freezed everything, EVERYTHING[/QUOTE]

Oh yeah, I've got a deep freeze in my basement. Shit goes -22 degrees. I don't usually keep it that low though, usually at 6 degrees unless I've really got to freeze something :v: Whats awesome is that I can keep just about anything for literally forever.

[editline]23rd December 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=iwork3daysaweek;43283192]Yeah looking back at it now I remember drinking rum out of a freezer. I just don't freeze my shit cause I like my alcohol hot or neat. Anyway I'm getting off topic here, how would we do the downstem? I like that cone idea, should the downstem be part of the bong in the mold?[/QUOTE]

I think making the bowl and stem part of the bong is a bad idea, for smoking's sake. Because fire and ice equals melt, and it would just get your weed wet. I say you make the downstem and bowl separate parts, and just make the hole for the stem a cone so that when it melts it will still fit and seal. Here's a paint image.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/a2ZdaM0.png[/IMG]

[kylel999]

-snip-

[Cpn Crunch21]

oh god what if your lips get stuck to the rim "guys help i cant stop hitting it, ive fused with the bong"

So its agreed that people will need to provide their own downstem. Thus, there needs to be a way of holding the downstem in place, and have it so that as the ice melts where the bowl/downstem attaches the seal is contained. I suggested the cone accessory (im sorry i was really stoned when I made and posted that so ill try to explain it better) where you take a glass cone looking structure that can come in different sizes according to what mold its for (we can have different sized molds and market it from people with giant ice chests to your college students tiny freezer). The cone will be somehow held in place by the mold during the freezing process that way it is embed inside a layer of ice. If the ice melts, the cone will just slightly slide into the bong due to gravity, but the layer of ice underneath it will keep the seal, at least for a little while longer until that layer dissipates. Also I want to address the problem of putting water into the bong. It could melt the ice a lot faster than if it was just ice, but idk thats more of something that is for testing.

[WoodenSpoon]

What also has to be taken into account is how you're going to get the frozen bong out of the mold. I mean ice cubes don't just slip out of the ice tray, you have to twist it around and break em all loose. I think we should go for the simplest mold design in this case so we don't end up breaking any fragile parts. I was thinking that a downstem design wouldn't work well if the downstem was part of the main bong mold, and so I began thinking of how a stemless design could work but I'll have to come back to that idea later. What I did imagine though was molding the bong and the downstem separately in a way so they accommodate each other properly. Something like this:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DgoM7ch.png[/IMG]

1. The main mold will produce the basic bong shape along with a very thick tapered joint section for the downstem to slide into

2. The downstem will be molded separately and will be tapered along the majority of its length so that it will continue to slide into the joint as it melts and maintain a seal between it and the bong. The joint where the bowl slides into the downstem will be tapered as well in order to fit a variety of bowls the user might have.

3. The tapered bowl-downstem joint should allow for a glass on glass type bowl to be used and also bowls that use a rubber ring to maintain a seal.

[Cpn Crunch21]

I like the #2 you got there as the solution to keeping the seal. Looks like it'd be perfect as the circular cone shape will ensure it slides into the bong keeping a snug seal.

[meowmynips]

I've an idea, sorry if its already been presented, I've skimmed the thread:
Why not make the bong out of ice itself, and then use a separate bowl?

[zach1193]

[QUOTE=MEOWTFLOL;43286757]I've an idea, sorry if its already been presented, I've skimmed the thread:
Why not make the bong out of ice itself, and then use a separate bowl?[/QUOTE]

yea they already got past that haha, I had an idea I'm gonna throw out there, what if you make the body and stem, the "vase" shape, and then institute someway of creating the stem hole, possibly easier than fashioning the whole thing in one go.

[Cpn Crunch21]

you'll have to make a pic or something cause I have a hard time following what you mean by making the stem hole. That could easily be made by the design of the mold.

[zach1193]

[QUOTE=Cpn Crunch21;43287192]you'll have to make a pic or something cause I have a hard time following what you mean by making the stem hole. That could easily be made by the design of the mold.[/QUOTE]

Fuck by stem I meant like the necky suck the smoke to mouth long part of the actual bong, excuse my terrible communications skills, I'm baked at the moment but still capable of logical thought I think.
Well if that's true, then that's not a bad idea for a slide with a rubber ring, just make the simple vase shape (besides for the time being in this state of design, simple is best) with a circular hole the size of a stem, and if that hole proves to make the body too weak, or melts too fast, you could install a rubber or some heat resistant material like insert that fits in the hole in the body for the stem possibly increasing the original stem hole size to compensate for this post freeze insert. I can't draw anything right now, but maybe I will later. Just brainstorming ideas tho, so if everyone's already going with a set design, don't mind me haha

[notgeogzm]

a stoner is the best type of engineer

[w1ldstly3]

I have a piece with a removable glycerin coil. Pop that bitch in the freezer for a little bit and voila, chilled smoke.

[img_thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69761651/2013-08-31%2016.52.19.jpg[/img_thumb]

[Cureless]

I just leave my bong in the freezer then add some water and the bowl when I need it.

Trying to mold a whole device is way more work than I'm ever willing to invest in getting high.

[Cpn Crunch21]

Well the point of the thing is to sell a product that can make an ice bong over night (or however good your freezer is) and have a cheap, disposable bong. Im sitting here trying to think of how the mold would look, just working on a simple 2 part mold where its cut down the middle but its very hard to include both a piece that keeps the inside of the bong hollow, leave a hole for the downstem, and at the same time ensure that it will be easy to part from the ice when finished. That last part is crucial cause the last thing you want is a difficult to remove mold on a delicate material as ice.

[brianosaur]

[QUOTE=its shortie;43288290]I have a piece with a removable glycerin coil. Pop that bitch in the freezer for a little bit and voila, chilled smoke.

[img_thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69761651/2013-08-31%2016.52.19.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
Yup I was gonna post this but you said it first.. Glycerin tube is what the op is talking about and they have been around for a while. They can be kinda expensive though