. Along with puck press and 8 bag system. I ordered a straightner that gets down to 176F an oris. This friday im ordering my press.
damn you 
Oh man @2clicker if you can get your hands on good bubble you are on a one-way trip to squish town! YMMV depending on the quality of the bubble so I definitely recommend trying a sample first and seeing how it measures up in the squish test
The website showed it as all red so I was planning on painting, but now I don't have to@Monsoon sexy press man! Black and red looks wayyyyyy better than my gray and blue. Now I have to go get some spray paint and paint mine black this weekend
@Monsoon sexy press man! Black and red looks wayyyyyy better than my gray and blue. Now I have to go get some spray paint and paint mine black this weekend
@2clicker by far the best complete DIY press to date! Looks so nice. Seriously very well done! I really want a smaller press like yours but I'll probably wait until my H press gives out. I showed a friend a pic of yours and he went out and bought a bottle jack that night lol.
Wasn't there a parts list somewhere for your setup? Time for me to do some searching!
Some words of wisdom for everyone (mostly common sense but I guess I don't have much of that haha). Don't keep sap/pull n snap and shatter on the same piece of folded parchment. I pulled the parchment apart quickly (to keep the pull n snap in one piece) and the shatter went flying sky high. Now I can't find it anywhere hahaha. Maybe it's in my hair
Me neither bro, I was given to understand that most don't use screens for bud squishing?
Definitely! I normally make a little rosin every night so it gets all used up within hours (I use parchment for this). But if I press out a couple days worth I always put them in the little nogoo containersAlso avoid leaving it on the same folder parchment because exposed to the elements outside of an airtight container, you will get more nucleation happening. I have found some of my flower rosin autobuddering, which in this specific material ends up in less of a nice taste! I do also need to dry these nugs out some to prevent this happening in my specific case too
Me neither bro, I was given to understand that most don't use screens for bud squishing?
I squished a quarter twice in two hours a few days ago. I don't mind making bho as long as im not completely out of dabs n without anything to squish*haven't smoked flowers in quite a few months* I actually just blasted 3 oz of trim, no fans real sugary.I'm excited to see how pressing larger amounts turns out!
I was also used to doing large batches of BHO (1/2 to 1 oz at a time) every 2-4 weeks, but that was only because purging took 3-5 days so doing smaller runs wasn't reasonable.
However since rosin takes 0 days to purge I find myself doing it much more often. Usually 2-5 days per week. If I know I have a slow week I'll press every night or every other night. If I have a busy week, I'll spend 30 minutes on Sunday and press a 1/4.
If for some reason I knew I was going to have zero free time over the course of 2 weeks, I would press a 1/2 oz. This still wouldn't take very long doing 0.5g nugs at a time. Here's the breakdown: Heat up time only takes 10-15 minutes, cutting 28 pieces of parchment takes 5 minutes, squishing 28 half gram nugs takes about 30 minutes, and collection takes 10 minutes. So overall I'd say you could squish a 1/2 oz in under an hour. That would easily last me 1.5-2 weeks. I'd miss using my press if I waited more than 2 weeks lol
Plus you can't beat fresh rosin
BHO was a bit of a pain and took forever. Rosin is the exact opposite. Fun and quick. You may find yourself doing it more often than you think. At least I did
still 3 days away from hash rosin. Has h20 in the hash rosin been proved to actually increase yields in a positive way? If so how long do I actually wait till I squish it?
Damn, this sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun! I did my monthly grab today and now have Chocolope, Sour Diesel and Girl Scout Cookies ready to press when everything comes in. Before I'd have to wait up to 3 weeks to try them all. I've tried all 3 before with alcohol extractions but there's always something missing from the flavor since I lose a lot of terps during the purge (I can smell them coming off). And I also still have some ChocolopeXPowerPlant in flower form so I can do a direct comparison between rosin and QWET both in taste and yield.I'm excited to see how pressing larger amounts turns out!
I was also used to doing large batches of BHO (1/2 to 1 oz at a time) every 2-4 weeks, but that was only because purging took 3-5 days so doing smaller runs wasn't reasonable.
However since rosin takes 0 days to purge I find myself doing it much more often. Usually 2-5 days per week. If I know I have a slow week I'll press every night or every other night. If I have a busy week, I'll spend 30 minutes on Sunday and press a 1/4.
If for some reason I knew I was going to have zero free time over the course of 2 weeks, I would press a 1/2 oz. This still wouldn't take very long doing 0.5g nugs at a time. Here's the breakdown: Heat up time only takes 10-15 minutes, cutting 28 pieces of parchment takes 5 minutes, squishing 28 half gram nugs takes about 30 minutes, and collection takes 10 minutes. So overall I'd say you could squish a 1/2 oz in under an hour. That would easily last me 1.5-2 weeks. I'd miss using my press if I waited more than 2 weeks lol
Plus you can't beat fresh rosin
BHO was a bit of a pain and took forever. Rosin is the exact opposite. Fun and quick. You may find yourself doing it more often than you think. At least I did
The best part is, having a friend over that has never even heard of rosin. You show them the whole deal from start to finish and I swear they will think it is the best thing ever. It's even better when you tell them to bring over some of their favorite bud, then you provide them with a dab of their yummy strain a minute later
They won't believe how quickly you turn bud into liquid gold Scrape up a dab right off the parchment you pressed on then bombs away! It will blow their mind 
I think they'll do the job okay, I didn't feel like waiting for a better solution and it's something I can replace on my own if it does break without worrying if the company still exists. I figure I might end up upgrading in a year or so when there are more developed presses on the market too so it just needs to make do for now. If there's any uneven heating with these, I'll post here to let people know.
Keeping the plates touching during heat up may help with even heat distribution?
They posted a chart for my plates to use as a guide, I'll have to test different configs to see what works best. Each plate has 2 flat coils each so I think that should help things out a bit.Keeping the plates touching during heat up may help with even heat distribution?
Seems to help with my plates, as well as making sure both plates are the same temp. Equilibrium and such
Interesting. I wonder why the bottom plate requires more heat? Is it thicker/different shape? I thought they were the exact same.They posted a chart for my plates to use as a guide, I'll have to test different configs to see what works best. Each plate has 2 flat coils each so I think that should help things out a bit.
There's no insulator on either one so I'm guessing it's because the the frame plate acts as a giant heatsink.
Shall we call this panini tek? I feel like someone needs to try pressing Rosin on their George Foreman grill now. For all we know, it could be the holy grail of cheap press equipment.