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elcharrosays
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There's always Preston from SGW he does a lot of repairs for fmb members but I think he stays pretty busy and you might have a bit of a wait. And there's also Kind Creations say's $50 for a foot repair right on their site.
I think joining up at the melting pot (talkglass.com) and finding an aspiring blower would be a good idea as well. A lot of blowers enjoy doing repairs for the easy practice and you'll find more of them in that community than anywhere else. They should also be more reasonable with prices as well.
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elcharrosays said: There's always Preston from SGW he does a lot of repairs for fmb members but I think he stays pretty busy and you might have a bit of a wait. And there's also Kind Creations say's $50 for a foot repair right on their site.
I think joining up at the melting pot (talkglass.com) and finding an aspiring blower would be a good idea as well. A lot of blowers enjoy doing repairs for the easy practice and you'll find more of them in that community than anywhere else. They should also be more reasonable with prices as well.
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still beLIEve said: you consider US tubes nicer then illys?
definitely. way better.
one of the big noticeable differences is they make bigger joints. they also using bushing downstems 18-14 (usually comes standard on their pieces however they offer 18-18 downstems now). i'd pick a US Tubes over an Illadelph any day. a US Tubes will be my next one for sure, a 9mm with the thicker joint. (think 32mm) i'd get the 18-18 downstem though cause everything i have is 18mm right now.
bitfreakglass has a bunch of US Tubes and accessories, they make inline ashcatchers now too.
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Re: RIP : The ZOB [Re: usg543]
#306192 - 10/29/09 01:27 PM (15 years, 28 days ago) |
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also beakers are stretched glass usually... US tubes are about the only company who doesn't really stretch their glass, they just use more glass so it remains the same thickness throughout the glass. illadelph just stretches it.
go tap on a beaker and then tap the tube near the mouth and you'll notice a difference.
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Re: RIP : The ZOB [Re: usg543]
#306264 - 10/29/09 03:04 PM (15 years, 28 days ago) |
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ZOB reinforces their beaker bottoms
all reinforced tree-percs as well
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Re: RIP : The ZOB [Re: usg543]
#306276 - 10/29/09 03:28 PM (15 years, 28 days ago) |
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usg543 said: also beakers are stretched glass usually... US tubes are about the only company who doesn't really stretch their glass, they just use more glass so it remains the same thickness throughout the glass. illadelph just stretches it.
go tap on a beaker and then tap the tube near the mouth and you'll notice a difference.
Well im buying the US tube now, I had to pass on the fro diffy and slide cause all this glass was getting too expensive
but I will be selling my Alex K showerhead diffy and one of my bowls soon to make up for some of the money
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elcharrosays said: ZOB reinforces their beaker bottoms
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Re: RIP : The ZOB [Re: usg543]
#306410 - 10/29/09 07:52 PM (15 years, 27 days ago) |
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Cool my US tubes tube arrived at 5:22 AM at my local PO, Hope it comes today. dude said he put a bowl or something in the package too
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so did it come, if so
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Re: RIP : The ZOB [Re: tsollost]
#310922 - 11/06/09 03:05 AM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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How does one access bitfreakglass? I tried to check it out, but it asks for a username/pass...do you have to have an invite?
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Re: RIP : The ZOB [Re: usg543]
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elcharrosays said: ZOB reinforces their beaker bottoms
ok not reinforced but not blown out from the rest of the tube which is what makes beaker's weak. The glass for the beaker is added on not stretched out.
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their
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eh?
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elcharrosays said: ZOB reinforces their beaker bottoms
all reinforced tree-percs as well
thats why 81 gave you the
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elcharrosays
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am I missing something? 'Their' implies ownership doesn't it? There or they're don't work.
I haven't been in school in a good 5 years but I always took pride in the fact that I learned the differences between there/'re/ier very early on.
seriously though this is perplexing me
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get on aim fool!
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elcharrosays said: ?
yeah your totally right maybe I was just super stoned when I posted this
and PM me your AIM SNs f00ls
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elcharrosays
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lol they're the same as here I'm pretty sure
mel's just without the _'s
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