is the glass market back up yet?

BTW, the background is cool as hell

I just had the realization that threads like these are doomed to people posting in them forever unless the admins do something. Anyways, is that a gridline diffuser in the DD picture with water?

They might have mimic Grids on the slits like SGs technique that everyone copies, but a gridline is a completely different tube. Doesnt use a downstem. Although gridline, also, was replicated by less experienced artists aswell.
heres a gridline
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...DSC_0004-6.jpg

I think those diffy in the dd are just slits like most use.

^^ Possibly. But they only put slits (or maybe gridded slits) on one side. So its lil different. If its gridded, its the exact design as an sg gridded diffy.

God those gridlines are sexy. What I'd do for one of those rigged up with a nice oil dome... seems like the end-all when it comes to percolation.

Gridline and an oil dome? Doesnt seem like the ideal setup Lol. The gridline tubes were 65mm bore and mostly double chamber.. BUt even as single, 16 inch 65mm bore doesnt sound like the ideal oil tube hehehe. Good luck dabbin and then trying to clear it Lolol.But for buds, Mmmmm loved my gridlines.

Clearly the glass market was a big part of this site and very important to members, the sheer volume of responses is proof of this. Like many other member I was drawn to FMB by the glass market and to be honest I spent little time looking at the other information that FMB had to offer. While I was enticed by the photos of the hash making and trichrome closeups the majority of my time was spent clicking through pages and pages of beautiful glass for sale. It even lead me to purchase a bubble box which I absolutely love. The glass market introduced me to so much variety of glass that I never knew was out there. I come from a area where PHX is about as good as it gets, I now own a toro thanks to the aid of FMB. So many of us are not blessed by being in areas with high quality glass and FMB introduced me to a hole new side of the glass world. While I understand the glass world is not where you guys want to reside, I believe that it is an important aspect of this site and drawls people in that will lead them to looking into hash. If it were not for the glass market I would of never came to FMB, and if it were not for coming to FMB I would have never known about bubble bags or box's or about the hash making process.
I just wish there was some way to get the glass market back while avoiding all the problems that concerned those who run this site. I feel that a membership fee would help to weed out some of the bad ones. On top of that have strict enforcement of rules where violations result in a temporary or permanent ban with no refund of registration fees.

No matter what happens this is a great site and those who are behind this site seem to be genuine good guys.

RUNDOWN

I talk to much so heres my rundown...The glass market is a valuable part of this site that drawls in members who would otherwise never have joined. these members will inevitably look into hash making and bubblemans products. If the glass market could be operated correctly and respected by the members it is a huge advantage to this site.

Thanks for listening to me

You seriously could not have said it any better. Without the glass market on FMB, i would have still thought that a straight tube roor is the most amazing bong you can own. I mean its a ROOR. Little did i know there were companies like TORO, SG, Stoneglassworks out there producing glass that blows roor out of the water. If it wasnt for the market i also would not have my Josh Sable Vortex slide

Hell if it wasnt for the glass market, i would not have noticed the blower Sheepdawg, and i would not be in possession of my favorite bubbler in the world.

Now i know the market isnt coming back, but man am i happy i was able to be apart of it.:smoke1:

Basack,
Those diffys did just have the slits on one side. I got some inlines in today that have 7 slits in them but are grided to 14. They are really nice.
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/x...t/IMG_0792.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/x...t/IMG_0793.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/x...t/IMG_0794.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/x...t/IMG_0797.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/x...sart/hand1.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/x...sart/hand2.jpg
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/x...sart/hand3.jpg