Carburetor Problem

Just roll a joint.

What else could it be??????? Bongs are the only thing made from blown glass that have a "carburator" hole in them. (So I've been told by my friends kids.)

you old dog

There are pointed carbide bits that are supposed to work for drilling glass; I don't know what if any lubricant is used, nor how much chance there is of shattering the glass. It might help to flame polish the edges afterward.

How valuable is the glass, or the remainder of the carburetor? Is there no other way other than drilling through the glass? I believe that using a carbide grinding burr, while flooding with water will yield a nicly formed hole.

it's in nice shape but it it did'nt come with a carburator. i can't drive it the way it is.

I have drilled and cut glass many times and I prefer to use my Dremmel and a diamond burr or bit sharpening tool. Its really easy to cut precision holes and other shapes glass or ceramics with those.

As mentioned earlier just use a bit of water to keep the glass dust and heat down and you wont have any problems.

I'll bite...how is this a carburetor problem? Blown glass?

Is this a custom sight glass or bowl?

ahh... yes. yes it is.

This mob is in your neck of the woods;

www.theoempartsstore.com formerly known as Stens. They are very cheap when compared to Stens' Australia prices. US$12 vs A$58 for the same part.

They may have an original fuel filter/carburettor bowl for your engine. Otherwise REID SUPPLY Co. will have tungsten carbide glass drills.

i need a slider.

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There are several ways to do this. I suggest you Google "diamond core drills" and purchase one. You should use it in a drill press and turn it at a few hundred RPM (not critical) and use some water to wash the cut material away. Begin with low pressure to get the cut started because the drill is not self centering. You can increase the pressure once the cut has started, but when you reach the end of the cut, back off on the pressure or the glass will chip badly as the drill exits. A good method of eliminating the exit chipping is to attach another sheet of glass to the exit side of the piece you are drilling using low temperature melting wax. You can warm the wax joint and remove the back-up glass after the drill has penetrated into it. Using this method, you should be able to drill through 1/4" in less than a minute.

Try these 5mm to 128mm diameter

http://www.c-cuttools.com.au/productsinfo.php

I have drilled glass with a triangular small file the first 15/20mm is put on a grinder [fine wheel] on all three sides to sharpen this is then fitted to a hand drill then I make a dam around the site and fill it with parafin some places call it kerasil? and then drill slowly this is a old way of doing this with tools most would have.

just FYI it will take closer to 1200 degrees centigrade to melt the glass, the diamond bit is what we used for drilling 1/2" holes for production in manufacturing CRT's, water cooled as mentioned.

A 1/4-inch diameter Bong carb?

That must be one impressively large Bong!!!!

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I do not know specifically how to solve this problem, but I share a link here. Hope it to be able to help you.

http://www.jackssmallengines.com/carbprob.cfm

Just ran across a mention of this in the local newspaper; looks like it could be a VERY useful source of both information and a specialized tool for this job. See http://www.drillglass.com/bifordrto.html?gclid=CMbJnNvSm7MCFdEWMgodp08Awg. If you Google Dremel "glass drill" (everything that's shown in boldface) you will find links to a video demonstrating this method.

Let us know how this turns out!