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FizZle
11-28-2009, 12:37 AM
anyone know were a good place to buy rubber rings/adapters for downstems on water pieaces....
petto
11-28-2009, 03:42 AM
Honestly these days you are better off making glass on glass instead of rubber grommets. But to answer your question I do not know a good place.
HOSS
11-28-2009, 04:10 AM
Glasscraft (http://www.glasscraftinc.com/product/product_list.cfm?txtcat_level_id=Stoppers&txtlevel_1_id=Stoppers&txtlevel=2)

But Petto is right nobody wants grommeted bubs anymore, GonG is where its at.
jr23
11-28-2009, 08:16 AM
yep but some places are still in the backwoods and want grommet stuff.

I have no prefrance. I got some from Curtb He had a load a while back.

But recently I have seen ones that fit 14 and 19 mill females so you can make the bastard child as I call them.

Still glass on glass but little work, They are great for that shop that wants 5 dollars off all the time You just put the welded on gong back in the bag and pull out one grommeted in and say here ya go bro.
dnug42
11-30-2009, 09:09 AM
thats bs man- people still use grommits- gimma a break-
ummmm big co. is gage rubber- dont have # but i can get it or hq mag. has it-
what about for hookaha or humming bird feeders? need rubber for those- not everything is heady........
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dnug42
11-30-2009, 09:11 AM
who said for bubblers....?
Deez
11-30-2009, 01:06 PM
winship has em
petto
12-01-2009, 01:22 PM
who said for bubblers....?


In the first post


place to buy rubber rings/adapters for downstems on water pieaces....
RamblezMarblez
12-01-2009, 09:37 PM
Lowe's Home Improvement has them in the Drawers of the Nuts and Bolts section. I even saw one hole stoppers both cork and rubber. Lots of gromets. Don't spend Money ordering from a glass mag. when it's the same thing at the store. Home Depot has them in the Drawers too. Latex tubing in the pvc section. Just buy the swivel from mga'z. I also buy swifters to clean my glass from dust (the inside of the tube too). I'm still looking for a good place to buy humming bird feeder parts with the bb. I'm probably better off making them myself. Wild Bird Seed Unlimited raised the price on me when they realized I was making them. I've been seeing crazy glow in the dark gel and was wondering if a hollow marble filled with this stuff and a little silicone would look good or bad. Lots of idea's at Lowe's. Hope this helps......Slick
SoberstoneGlass
12-02-2009, 02:12 AM
chinook or-rings in beaverton, oregon has any type of o-ring / grommet / anything. they will even manufacture any type of special ring/grommet/etc.

last time i got stuff from there i just walked in with one of everything i needed and they helped me out. they have a website also. http://chinookor.com/


hope this helps.
dnug42
12-02-2009, 08:51 AM
well gage rubber is cheep- that is all they sell...in big bulk- so i did come accross there number- 8189059028- jeff is the guy- why not support someone in our industry instead of a big box store? jus my oppionion...
FizZle
12-07-2009, 12:44 PM
...yea i realize that gong is all the rage these days...and rubber grommets are oldschool...but prodo bubs dont always deserve a gong...plus i live in the wisco...pretty much the northwoods were anything goes...many people have no idea what gong is...plus i like to make gong downstems that can convert odlschool waterpipes to gong...or make the gong stems removable for cleaning...thanks for all the replies everyone...gonna go check lowes..
HOSS
12-07-2009, 08:19 PM
...yea i realize that gong is all the rage these days...and rubber grommets are oldschool...but prodo bubs dont always deserve a gong...plus i live in the wisco...pretty much the northwoods were anything goes...many people have no idea what gong is...plus i like to make gong downstems that can convert odlschool waterpipes to gong...or make the gong stems removable for cleaning...thanks for all the replies everyone...gonna go check lowes..

If you can still sell 'em, then more power to ya. But don't be surprised if that suddenly changes at some point. Less than a year ago, I was making them too... the high-end shops steered clear of them, but most places didn't mind... then almost overnight NOBODY would touch them anymore, no matter how cool the piece was. Left me with half a case that sat there for 6 months. :bangHead: Finally had to make a road trip to a backwards part of the state to sell them. The 9.5 slides by themselves still move, but I wonder for how long...
dnug42
12-08-2009, 10:02 AM
i dunno guys i dont see pull bowls disappearing any time to soon...but who knows.....
FizZle
12-08-2009, 11:28 AM
Finally had to make a road trip to a backwards part of the state to sell them.

that is hilarious...what state r u from...
HOSS
12-08-2009, 12:17 PM
that is hilarious...what state r u from...

Well shucks I'm from Texas, pardnah! :cowboy: Yeehaaaw!


Its really not hard to find a bass-ackwards part of Texas, that pretty much just means anything more than about a half hour away from Austin. ;)
Pogo
12-08-2009, 01:19 PM
^:D
*I'm 2.5 hours from "capital A"