BillySoCo7 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 So... After playing around today with the hookah lights coming out of the purge valve (See the thread that JD made) I was sitting in my basement watching a movie (Shoot Em Up) and I got another idea. This is what it looks like. Tell me what you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_L2-SxMBkYDon't mind the mess. I smoke in the basement now while i'm home from college for the holiday break. As for this hookah, I got it from a friend in Boston. We were at a party and his friend was going to throw it out or something. So I took it and I was running through the streets of Boston, very drunk, and the base fell off and shattered. I was too lazy and cheap to order another one online so I made this one. The base is just a vase from Walmart that I got. I then got a drain cap for a bathtub from Home Depot and cut it to work as a grommet. Smokes very well I must say. This was all for you JD (no homo). lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clickhea Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 looks alot nicer wheres the led? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterboi Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 looks good. pics of how the leds are in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillySoCo7 Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 I'm going to post a how-to. It was sooo much easier than i thought and can be moved to any hookah.So what I did, quick summary, was took the 2 LED's and attached them to 2 30V button batteries with rubber bands (so that they can be taken off easily). Then I took a piece of thick paper, almost like cardboard, and cut it into a circle the size of the bottom of the base. I wrapped that in aluminum foil with the shinny side out. I then placed the two LED's on that facing up so that they shined up into the base when i placed it on tope resting on 4 small blocks of wood. The aluminum foil helped to reflect the light up into the base. This makes it easy to change batteries, turn them off, or use a different hookah. I could shrink wrap the LED's and just run them down the stem into the water, but that limits it to only one hookah and makes it more difficult. I think it looks pretty good this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clickhea Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 how bout somthing that encloses the LED which u could drop inside the base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camelflage Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) nice man, i was thinking of doing the same thing, only build it as a pressure plate so when you put the hookah on it would light up only then. Edited January 7, 2008 by camelflage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalSoil Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 forgot about scali's lazy suzan like this!http://hookahforum.com/diy-vase-rotator-base-t4884.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillySoCo7 Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 NICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimita_R Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 total respect for this boy, looks awesome, get that tutorial up i wanna try this !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 QUOTE (BillySoCo7 @ Jan 7 2008, 06:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>NICEDarn it I can't see youtube at work... Bumping this so i catch it when i get home JD - Shameless self promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishPhood Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Cool idea and great work.... I may rig something like this up soon for mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishPhood Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) Ok, so here is how I did it... 2 double A batts just held together with electrical tape... Off one end I have one wire going to a switch. Off the other end of the switch I have one wire which splits into 2 one going to each LED. Then there is another wire off each of those going to the other side of the batteries.All soldered together which was easy even for me who sucks at it. I just taped it all up tightly so that I can change out batteries as needed. Feel free to ask any questionsEDIT: I did not solder onto the batteries. Just taped so that it would be secure Edited January 7, 2008 by PhishPhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfaltous Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) You should go down to Radio Shack (or some such store) and pick up a battery holder... it would make that all much cleaner and easier to use. They sell little plastic casings for batteries, similar to what you'd find in say a remote control car, for less than a dollar last time I looked.Edit:Here's a link for a $2 one to show you what I mean: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.js...rentPage=family Edited January 7, 2008 by jfaltous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishPhood Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 QUOTE (jfaltous @ Jan 7 2008, 12:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You should go down to Radio Shack (or some such store) and pick up a battery holder... it would make that all much cleaner and easier to use. They sell little plastic casings for batteries, similar to what you'd find in say a remote control car, for less than a dollar last time I looked.Edit:Here's a link for a $2 one to show you what I mean: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.js...rentPage=familyI just did this with what was on hand.. If it was gonna be a legit thing I would prob use that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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