Good to know: These cuts are available from Dschinni Shisha

Grinding, better known as standard grinding , is the simplest method of connecting glass elements together firmly and tightly. A distinction is made between sleeve and core . For shisha smokers you can put the whole thing in parallel like with male and female heads. In traditional shishas, ​​the head is the core and the head shape is the sleeve. In modern hookahs, the head would be the sleeve and the head gasket would be the core, so to speak.

In principle, you always put the core into the sleeve, or the sleeve over the core in that order. The connecting surface between sleeve and core is the grinding, visible in the non-transparent, roughened area, which is the contact point on both sides.

What cuts are there?

At Dschinni Shishas we only find Dschinni conical grinds , although there are other shapes such as spherical grinds, cylindrical grinds or flat grinds.
The most common sizes in the shisha area are the 18.8 and 14.4 cuts. The first number indicates the upper diameter in millimeters, the second the length. The pitch of the standard grind is always 1:20, which corresponds to a taper of 1:10.

We only use the 18.8 grind for all Dschinni plate grinds except the Dschinni Baba. Almost all hose adapters in the Dschinni stainless steel series have a 14.4 cut, which are also marked.

The Dschinni head cut is also an 18.8 cut and is used to attach a molasses catcher or other decorative accessories that are intended to beautify the shisha . This requires grinding, as the most common molasses catchers are made of glass.

The advantage of the cut on the plate is that we can move and move the plate and the head as desired without having to transport the shisha, which is very useful if you want to build a new head, for example.

We have a 14.4 cut on our hose adapters because it fits the shisha better proportionally, i.e. visually, and of course because it makes smoking a lot more pleasant.

Exception: Genie Baba

The Dschinni Baba differs from other Dschinni Shishas with a grind of 24.2. This is because it has a larger smoke dimension. Therefore, Dschinni molasses catchers with an 18.8 grind do not fit the Dschinni Baba.

Problems when solving shisha grinds/standard grinds:

Many people are familiar with the problem that precisely manufactured cuts often cake up and can no longer be removed. This is due to the adhesion forces and therefore occurs even if there is no contamination that can gum up and stick together the sections. Such “caking” sections can usually be separated again by quickly heating the sleeve and possibly cooling the core at the same time

Many people are familiar with the problem, so there is the possibility of protecting the whole thing with the help of grinding protectors so-called grinding sleeves made of PTFE (Teflon). These are pulled onto the core and then inserted into the sleeve. This prevents the joints from sticking together!