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yeah, trying to mount plates to an arbor press or 12 ton press eventually
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After busting my ass and nearly being done in by a device of my own creation I had a bit of down time and boredome/craving for a dabber ShortBuss Racing and Performance Dynamics proudly present
The 2017 Waxmongrifier 3000 Limited SE *now infused with Baketonium ULTRA HD*
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Sage was totally pissed at me cuz I wouldn't do a test on it until I had all of our signage and branding applied to it but I feared corporate espionage so had to rush to the patent office to file and she wanted to see if it worked/get faded LOL
It's totally worth it. You would just need to drill some holes for your heating elements. I recommend the 60w blue adjustable temp soldering irons you can find on the bay for 10 bucks. The last thing you would need is a method of attaching the top plate to the press you will use.Hey guys. I've been doing some work at a place that deals with a ton of steel and aluminum, they have a ton of pieces of it all around the compound. Do you think this would be usable? There are pieces that are like 4x6 and about 1/2 inch thick steel, pretty polished but could be polished much more, aluminum pieces like this as well. I'm thinking about asking them for two pieces but don't want to if it's not even worth it...
Really the difference in my 260 dollar press and a better one is the press itself. I am pretty stoked with my ongoing results. At some point I will get a hand pump hydraulic press and that will make mine perfect for 1 gram Nug or kief pressing. I usually press 1 gram now and the quality at 220F or less is amazing. Yield is tip top as well. My primary reason for upgrading would be ease of use. Much easier to pump than to hang all my weight on the operating lever. But first I will just get a long pipe for more torque. My bud chips after pressing are dry so I think I am doing well at 16-22% yield from dry buds (62% Boveda packed). At some point I may get some larger plates but my solution for quantity is to make dry ice hash and then press the hash. A press with 3"x3" plates would run 600 plus.So as exciting as making a $300 press might be, there's a big jump between that and the 50 hmk quik clamp version.. Or something like what Billy has rigged up.
If I have a lot of pressable material is it going to take forever to run through the diy version? Like at what point is it worth it to upgrade to a nicer press?
Really the difference in my 260 dollar press and a better one is the press itself. I am pretty stoked with my ongoing results. At some point I will get a hand pump hydraulic press and that will make mine perfect for 1 gram Nug or kief pressing. I usually press 1 gram now and the quality at 220F or less is amazing. Yield is tip top as well. My primary reason for upgrading would be ease of use. Much easier to pump than to hang all my weight on the operating lever. But first I will just get a long pipe for more torque. My bud chips after pressing are dry so I think I am doing well at 16-22% yield from dry buds (62% Boveda packed). At some point I may get some larger plates but my solution for quantity is to make dry ice hash and then press the hash. A press with 3"x3" plates would run 600 plus.
I'm looking at the high 5 press.. Looks like a manual lever arm though, yours just as good?
Thanks for sharing your field work pal!
My buddy has a tumbler so I will try it out with this latest batch of sugar leaf. Thanks HizzyB. What is 5 star and 6 star?I have learned that dry ice Keif doesn't press out as well as the dry sift I get out of my tumbler.
The tumbler in the first 5 mins of low speed tumbling yields me 12-15 grams of what is something like wet sand crossed between oatmeal cookie dough. The 6 star sizzles a lot sooner
The arbor presses arm compacts on its own more and the yield was 15% more generous. 50% compared to 65%.
The dry ice isn't bad by any means but it's just not as good and doesn't yield quite as high.
I'll try my best to remember to get pics of both.
Right now I'm medicated on the 5 star and it's really nice
The six star is "mad man!!"
"I'll take the mad man!"
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If you work in machining at all, you should be able to drill some fastening holes in your plates and then nut and bolt them to the press.okay guys, I picked up two 3x6 aluminum plates from the place I was doing work at, they are about 1/2 inch thick as well. Looks like high quality stuff, nice and shiny already but I'll obviously polish these more. I'm wondering how I can mount these onto an arbor press or 6/12 ton press. Do you think maybe screwing them to wood blocks then mounting the blocks onto the press would be better? I'm not the most handy of people when it comes to this stuff, not going to lie.
The high5 press is going to be equivalent to the press I have. If I didn't DIY I would have bought the high5. Looks like quality to me and just 100 bucks more than my press. Plus you can use it as an email if you buy a coil for it.
My buddy has a tumbler so I will try it out with this latest batch of sugar leaf. Thanks HizzyB. What is 5 star and 6 star?