If you want to get some of the biggest hits of pot smoke possible on a limited budget, why not make your own gravity bong? Smoking your weed out of a gravity bong can allow you to inhale significantly more smoke than you can with a rolled joint, a regular pipe, a standard bong or water pipe or a hookah. What's more, a gravity bong is relatively simple to fashion and does not require any complicated designing or even any expensive specialty products. If you want to learn how to make a gravity bong, this page will show you everything that you need to know.

Because gravity bongs are made, for the most part, out of disposable, plastic items, they are not intended for long term use. After a while, the plastic will likely get dingy from the tar in the smoke, and dings and cracks are somewhat inevitable. Also, you will not get an optimal flavor from your pot, as the plastic contributes its own taste to the mix. However, a gravity bong can allow for some impressively massive tokes, and if you are not a flavor connoisseur when it comes to your marijuana you will likely be quite pleased with your gravity bong for the duration of its life, however short that may be.

A gravity bong is somewhat similar to a regular bong, but has a wider chamber (allowing more smoke to enter) and is used in a slightly different way. With the majority of standard bongs, the smoker will light the bowl (which has been filled with marijuana, tobacco or another substance) while at the same time sucking up the air from the top rim of the bong, causing the smoke to be pulled through the water, into the chamber and then into the smoker's mouth. The carb is then released so that all of the smoke may be cleared from the chamber.

A gravity bong, however, has a different construction and thus is used in a somewhat different fashion. The chamber of the bong has an open bottom, and sits in a bucket of water. The bowl of the bong is located at the top of the chamber (rather than on the side, as with traditional bongs). After the bowl has been ignited, the chamber of the bong is slowly lifted up so that the sucking action (caused by gravity, hence the name of the bong) causes the flame to burn the marijuana in the bowl and the smoke to be sucked down into the chamber, filling it up. Once the chamber has filled, the bowl is removed from the top and the user sucks up the smoke from the resulting hole. http://www.water-bongs-glass-pipes.com/gravity-bong/tp/ib/i-253/

The materials needed to make a gravity bong are fairly basic, and most of these will either be found around your home or may be easily purchased at a grocery store or pharmacy. The only item that you may not immediately have on hand or be able to quickly locate is the bowl. These are generally found on metal pipes (the type that screw apart and back together again). If you do not have a metal pipe of this fashion laying around, you can find a metal bowl at any well-stocked head shop. You may be able to go to a local head shop if you are lucky, or you may need to order your metal bowl over the Internet if this is not an option. In any case, here is what you will need in order to begin crafting your gravity bong:http://smokingwithstyle.com/gravitybong.htm

1. A large bottle -- this can be a two liter soda bottle, or a gallon sized jug used for water or milk
2. The cap from your bottle (or any cap that will fit it tightly, without allowing any air to pass through)
3. A sharp pair of scissors
4. A bucket, tub or bowl large enough to easily contain your plastic bottle
5. A metal bowl from a pipe
6. A lighter

Once you have all of your materials on hand, you may begin to assemble your gravity bong. Remember to be careful with your scissors -- if you accidentally puncture the plastic in the wrong place, you will have to get a new bottle and start all over again. With that in mind, here are the necessary steps:http://www.ehow.com/how_4487614_make-gravity-bong.html

1. Use your lighter to heat up the plastic cap of your bottle until it is soft and pliable
2. Push the metal bowl into the heated plastic bottle cap until it goes all the way through, and the top of the bowl is settled at the top of the cap (this process should form an airtight seal around the bowl once the plastic cools back down
3. Cut off the bottom of the plastic bottle so that it is completely open -- keep in mind that the longer you leave the chamber, the more smoke you will be able to fit inside, so cut right around the base
4. Fill your bucket, tub or bowl with water so that just the neck of your bottle pokes out when submerged
5. Fill the bowl with your weed or tobacco
6. Light the bowl
7. Slowly pull the bottle up from the water until it is almost completely out
8. Remove the cap
9. Place your mouth where the cap was and inhale, slowly sinking the bottle back down into the water

Marijuana is still illegal under federal law, although it is legalized for medical use in fourteen states. The content in this page is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical or legal advice. Please do not think that just because it is legal in your state that you can freely smoke. You must have a medical card that allows you to smoke marijuana.