Hi all. I have done this about a dozen times over the past year or so, and trust me it works.
Things I use:
1)Crock pot with settings of keep warm, low, and high
2)small ceramic coffee cup, Pyrex cup, shot glass, or whatever to hold the oil
3)capsule filler (hold 50 caps to make filling easier)
4)coffee grinder
5)eye dropper
6)teaspoon and a super small spatula or putty knife(slightly flexible is best)
7)raw organic all natural coconut oil
8)1/8 herb
9)00 size gelatin capsules(get online with cap filler, about $20 with shipping)
10)small strainer, mesh or metal
*don't use vegetarian capsules, they have a habit of melting from the oil
Step 1:
Let you weed sit out over night until it is completely dry. A few hours before you start take the coco oil out of the fridge to soften up. Grind the herb in your coffee grinder(if it is still wet it will stick to the grinder). Pump it though, running it strong for 2 minutes could generate heat in some but I doubt it would degrade it much if at all.
Step 2:
Put 3.5 tsp of oil into the cup and place in the crockpot on low. Once it has melted pour the powdered cannabis in with it. Make sure to scrape all the nooks of your grinder. A lot of kief will get stuck in it that you don't want to miss. Stir it in, cover the crock pot, and wait.
Step 3:
Every hour and a half or so open it up and stir. Do this for at least a couple of hours. If you want to speed up the process you can prebake the ground weed in the oven at 300-325 degrees for 5 minutes. Otherwise you need to do it for a longer period of time to convert the THC. I don't do this though because of the risk of vaping it. I usually let mine go overnight (about 12 hours). I'll stir for the first 4 or 5 hours, go to bed, then when I wake up I finish.
Step 4:
Remove the cup from the crock pot and strain the oil from the plant matter through the small strainer into another cup. Let cool for about an hour. If it is too warm it will melt the caps. Place 15 caps in the filler machine. Using the eye dropper put 10 drops of oil into each one. Now using the small spatula or knife scoop up some of the herb and place it in the capsules to fill them to the top.
*if you don't have a steady hand or if you are doing very large quatities just put the plant matter on the filler machine and use a clean credit card or something similar to scrape it over the caps and fill them. This causes a lot of waste though and is messy. The caps will be covered in oil.
Step 5:
Keep repeating the fill process with individual caps until you are out of oil and herb. I usually end up with about 20 capsules. I then put them in a small container and store in the fridge. I used to put them in the freezer but after a few weeks they start giving me headaches for some reason, so I believe it degrades them.
Step 6:
Lick the coffee cup clean
and pop 1 pill. You'll be good for hours.
Things I use:
1)Crock pot with settings of keep warm, low, and high
2)small ceramic coffee cup, Pyrex cup, shot glass, or whatever to hold the oil
3)capsule filler (hold 50 caps to make filling easier)
4)coffee grinder
5)eye dropper
6)teaspoon and a super small spatula or putty knife(slightly flexible is best)
7)raw organic all natural coconut oil
8)1/8 herb
9)00 size gelatin capsules(get online with cap filler, about $20 with shipping)
10)small strainer, mesh or metal
*don't use vegetarian capsules, they have a habit of melting from the oil
Step 1:
Let you weed sit out over night until it is completely dry. A few hours before you start take the coco oil out of the fridge to soften up. Grind the herb in your coffee grinder(if it is still wet it will stick to the grinder). Pump it though, running it strong for 2 minutes could generate heat in some but I doubt it would degrade it much if at all.
Step 2:
Put 3.5 tsp of oil into the cup and place in the crockpot on low. Once it has melted pour the powdered cannabis in with it. Make sure to scrape all the nooks of your grinder. A lot of kief will get stuck in it that you don't want to miss. Stir it in, cover the crock pot, and wait.
Step 3:
Every hour and a half or so open it up and stir. Do this for at least a couple of hours. If you want to speed up the process you can prebake the ground weed in the oven at 300-325 degrees for 5 minutes. Otherwise you need to do it for a longer period of time to convert the THC. I don't do this though because of the risk of vaping it. I usually let mine go overnight (about 12 hours). I'll stir for the first 4 or 5 hours, go to bed, then when I wake up I finish.
Step 4:
Remove the cup from the crock pot and strain the oil from the plant matter through the small strainer into another cup. Let cool for about an hour. If it is too warm it will melt the caps. Place 15 caps in the filler machine. Using the eye dropper put 10 drops of oil into each one. Now using the small spatula or knife scoop up some of the herb and place it in the capsules to fill them to the top.
*if you don't have a steady hand or if you are doing very large quatities just put the plant matter on the filler machine and use a clean credit card or something similar to scrape it over the caps and fill them. This causes a lot of waste though and is messy. The caps will be covered in oil.
Step 5:
Keep repeating the fill process with individual caps until you are out of oil and herb. I usually end up with about 20 capsules. I then put them in a small container and store in the fridge. I used to put them in the freezer but after a few weeks they start giving me headaches for some reason, so I believe it degrades them.
Step 6:
Lick the coffee cup clean
and pop 1 pill. You'll be good for hours.
I wouldn't worry about not enough oil though. You would have to use a high weed to oil ratio to get it to that. 1g to 1tsp is perfect for me, but if I could afford it I would probably do 1.5g or maybe even 2g to 1 tsp. That may be a bit much though. I've never actually tried it before.