this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2024
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What is this thing?
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I suspect that the metal tube with the fitting could be part of a hydraulic cylinder from a piece of heavy construction or farm equipment, from the part that would lift/lower/tilt something? Not sure what the tube is filled with, but it looks like a lot of corrosion.
99.99% sure, that's a bong.
Decades ago, I smoked a swimming pool, so I'd say this can definately also be used as a bong.
I was going to reply with "you can't use barbed fittings at high pressures", but I looked it up and found some claiming 150psi (10 atmospheres). Huh. Perhaps this did start life as a hydraulic cylinder that has had some parts lopped off.
I don't think it's built up corrosion. The pipe is steel and corrodes to red/brown iron oxide, as visible around the circumference at the end. The green colour in the filling is not an iron oxide. It might be a copper oxide, or some dye in the white material.
That type of fitting is definitely low pressure because it is barbed.