Mrknotty23
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Could you possibly take the time and do a video showing how you fold and place your material on your plates. That ooze is some sexy squish ya got going on my friend!!!
Could you possibly take the time and do a video showing how you fold and place your material on your plates. That ooze is some sexy squish ya got going on my friend!!!
How much relative force do you have to put into the handle? Body weight, or less? Yours is a 1 ton right? I think the ratio on the gear/pinion is around 20:1 on most of these. I really like the arbor press form factor for the small size and ergonomics, and your mods are pretty sweet.So, I settled on aluminum. This baby kicks butt. I'll get pics of inner workings later. I'm busy using it lol.
A 50mm long 50mm diameter rod of aircraft spec aluminum was loaded on a lathe. And 2/3rd the length was turned to 16.15mm then half of that was turned down and threaded. The 50mm face was cut square and filed smooth. This was repeated to make 2 screw in plates that would be heated by "16mm" e-nail coils that were snug on the middle 16.15mm section. Two shields were fashioned from aluminum pipe that was notched on an end mill to allow the coil lead to exit. These also function as compression limiters for the edges of the plates. They are held in place by the contact of the heat plate when tightened. The ram of the arbor was loaded in the lathe and faced square then drilled and tapped to allow the top plate to screw in. A 4mm stainless steel plate was drilled and loaded in the lathe and turned into a 55mm circle. This goes between the top heat sheild and the ram end to allow the shield to tighten. A section of 10mm aluminum plate was shaped, drilled and tapped for the bottom heat plate and drilled and countersunk to allow it to be mounted to the press via the arbor spindle hole which I tapped. As I owned an e-nail I needed a second so made one from parts on Amazon for pennies.
It depends on the dimensions of the plates, the surrounding shroud/covers, the composition of each of these parts and temps used etc. It would probably be easier to ask which straighteners can be used with an irwin clamp without breaking.Will a 600 pound irwin clamp have enough force to crack ceramic plates?
Can you give me a suggestion?I suppose titanium but i would like to use a remington and their all ceramic.I plan on using the plates outside the straightener melted into the irwin clamp so i can apply more pressure just not sure they will crack with the force that the irwin clamp will have.It depends on the dimensions of the plates, the surrounding shroud/covers, the composition of each of these parts and temps used etc. It would probably be easier to ask which straighteners can be used with an irwin clamp without breaking.
Have you guys seen the "rosin technique" yet? Before I forget to give credit this is from @soilgrown on instagram.
Basically you take a flat iron or hair iron, place a bud in parchment paper, press really hard on the hair iron to sandwich the bud for 3-5 seconds, let it cool, and the oil will be stuck to the paper while the bud stays compressed to itself.
I know this sounds insane but just check it out. Its been flying around the internet for the last 24 hours.
I'll be buying an iron today at some point and getting to pressing out some solventless. It looks REALLY good and I can't believe something so simple is just now being discovered.
Enjoy!
Brother, You're reading my mind!!! I've been trying to squish everything in sight. I had to practically lock my stash up from myself.It's funny how something new can become habitual and the new norm almost immediately. I just love pressing weed.
I always have a little oil left on the edges of my pucks. I dip them in 190 everclear to get any oil off the pucks and I discard them. There is a rosin chip thread in the concentrate section worth reading.. You can grind and vape them, I usually get a hit or two. You can wash them, turn them into edibles. There is definitely still some goodness left in the pucks.This has to have been brought up before; what actives if any are left after pressing?
Does it make any sense to grind them up for further utilization?
Will a 600 pound irwin clamp have enough force to crack ceramic plates?
How much more yield do you usually get from those vice grips?I really doubt it, i actually eventually broke my 600lb irwin clamp before breaking any plates. I have switched over to the vice grip 11SP, more pinpoint pressure, and still no broken plates.
It's the *only* way I mess with rosin lolAnyone mess with rosin in VapeXHale EVO concentrate nails?