Are you seriously asking if I can calculate PSI? Do you realize I run round Stainless plates not square? Also 1018 Psi is the 20000psi distributed over the 5" round plates evenly. It is now clarified.
Volume you say... I do half gram flower per press. Does not amount to large scale...
I guess I am in the wrong forum. Press Company? I built my company from trial and error with no help from no one. 15 years ago, I was too thinking of the cheapest methods. I have now grown up and matured. Yes, I do have a dick to wave around... at least the wife tells me that. I started my...
A full extraction with rosin?
Bit of a contradiction, no?
Is this directed at me? I do not believe I was quoting you and the discussion was not directed at you.
I have not nor ever built a 70 dollar press... you are right, I don't know. I don't shop at the thrift store either. I build...
10 tons = 20000psi. 5" plates = 1018psi over area.
I do not think there is an in between cheaper version. You get what you pay for... bottom line.
Affordable means rosin loss. So are you really saving in the long run? If you lose $10 per extraction, how many extractions do you need to...
I just repressed pucks from a rosinator and yielded over 10% more over weight. 1 gram pressed at 20000psi (which is way more than anyone can physically press) and pressed another 10% of weight from it. A puck (left over Bud) should be no more than 2mm thick when pressed. That is how you know...
No hair straightener will ever compete with a full built tonnage press. Laws of physics. One thing to note, is to ask these guys to do a complete video from start to finish. I bet their yields are a little over stated. Who am I to second guess the internet and all it's truth?
Wait until you see my TDF plate prototypes. TRUE DIRECTIONAL FLOW. Much different application and is designed more for commercial use. Coming shortly : )
1600 top and bottom is maybe a little more than normal. I do not want heater rod burnout and time and temps needed to get the plates to a...
It all depends... Normally I press at 207 F. Seems like an odd number but enjoy the terp taste so low temps have more taste but yield a bit less.
I run my press for 45 seconds after 10 tons has been reached. I do not go slow, I get right to 10 tons quickly and hold. None of this slow press...
Good for you! What you did was apply more pressure to a smaller area and you now see the results. The smaller the nug, the more pressure (psi) that can be created.
Next time instead of breaking it up, roll it in a ball in your fingers. Then squish. Should be slightly better yield...
Just a note... some strains produce very little rosin. I had some Sativa Dominant flower and produced less than half of the yield of some Dominant Indica I had. I have ran about 20 strains through my 10 Ton Press and yield varied for all of them. Indica with lots of Trichomes gives great...
Very small nugs... like .3 to .5 max. Sounds like your rosin is not making it out of the patty. Try much smaller buds. Should give you a yield. Post a picture of your left over patty.
Bloby, send me a PM and will explain in better detail what is needed to make a functioning AND reliable Rosin Press. If you are in the GTA area (Greater Toronto Area) I would be more than happy to let you press some flowerand see what results you get with variable parameters such as time and...