No problem , You live and you learn . I believe only half my headaches are from IEDs and fumes in iraq the other half is probably from the years of stonerengineering out of everything on the do no use list . There is also the Do Use List in the sidebar but pretty much the consensus of the safest materials is lead free Brass and glass . A D r a gonClassicDesignHookahdpB 01 LX 0 F 6 R 0 refsr 12 ait ? ieUTF 8 qidtelsr 82 keywordstobaccobongbowl and a 12179 D O WNSTEMSTANDARDDIFFUSERdpB 01 L 0 XH 8 BYrefsr 11 ? ieUTF 8 qidtelsr 81 keywordsdownstem eliminating the need for your carb is available for pretty cheap on amazon , glass shops , and smokeshops which would be great for that mason jar or buying a cheap bowl with a long downstem attachedJOINTADAPTER 121658 STANDARDdpB 01 LWZCF 2 Orefsr 15 ? ieUTF 8 qidtelsr 85 keywordsbowlwithdownstem for what you already have . I couldn ' t find a good example but theres some with longer stems etc . Just keep your eyes open for cool pieces of glass you see in the artglass sections of walmart , thrift stores etc and get a glass drill bit and watch some youtube about drilling into glass . cheers .