CentralValley05
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Reading up on presses, and had a question. When pressesing flowers, does trim job matter? No water leafs of course? But is a tight trim needed?
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Plant juice ie h20 i think. Wonder if weight diminishes as it ages due to evaporation
It's the full 'body' of flavor, the excellence of this tech.
I'd like the freedom to be able to have flowers pressed right at the store or farmers market, provides a good test of nugg quality.
Thanks again HMK!
No tight trim needed CentralValley.
My buddy in LA goes to a dispensary where they have three rosin presses manned by staff that will press your purchases for free. He got 38% and 33% as i recall on his last two samples of 3.5gs he had pressed.
My buddy in LA goes to a dispensary where they have three rosin presses manned by staff that will press your purchases for free. He got 38% and 33% as i recall on his last two samples of 3.5gs he had pressed.
I'm still doing a lot of testing with this press. what I noticed was the display temp is very different from what the plates really are. If I set the temp to 250f the plats is 150F. There a huge outset of 75-100f from the displayed temp. After we got that figured out its working great. I also would like to know if you guys are using those smash bags or not. Could something post up thee best recipe for me to try.
Lyfespan
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Lyfespan
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we were having big issues with the china controllers, the thermocouples sucked, so you have to get a temp gun to find out what your unit is actually working at.
Lyfespan
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you can tell if youre carrying water in the rosin if the paper gets wrinkly. and yes after leaving it in low humidity it does loose the water weight.
usually have these returns happening when we are squishing 62% and above cured buds or just harvested barely dried. if its below 50% theres nary any water, and usually yields are very stable too, unless cbd high. i think those terps are acting like a solvent and keeping the oils viscosity higher
Cadfael
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Just remember the temp IR gun reads different on reflective surfaces. Some folk have been using tape and then aiming at that.
Cadfael
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After reading a up to page 122...and the last 30 pages....I have joined the "Great race" for making a production type unit for my own purposes.
I got the 20T HF press pneumatic one. I went with newvape.com for my 4x6 plates with heaters. And am now waiting impatiently for everything to arrive.
I am going to use a roll of parchment paper from the kitchen initially. Before looking into the duo pads or different paper.
My thinking is that if I like the plates, I can upgrade the press to a good quality in the future.
Anyone test out the difference between a bud with a 62 RH Boveda and a 72 RH Boveda?
I got the 20T HF press pneumatic one. I went with newvape.com for my 4x6 plates with heaters. And am now waiting impatiently for everything to arrive.
I am going to use a roll of parchment paper from the kitchen initially. Before looking into the duo pads or different paper.
My thinking is that if I like the plates, I can upgrade the press to a good quality in the future.
Anyone test out the difference between a bud with a 62 RH Boveda and a 72 RH Boveda?
Lyfespan
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as the humidity in the bud goes up, i noticed an increase in water in the end product, but this can be overcome by pressing in extreme low humidity conditions, or you can purge the water in an oven and get the cookie coins
I have some Type K thermocouples and Kypton tape to attach to the plates on the way.This will gives us a very accurate temp. I can then see how much the controller set point differs. I'm not sure if they even setup the controller properly I will look into this. If there is a issue I will see what they have to say. I have a IR run but never had much faith in there accuracy.
Lyfespan
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fucking smart right there.
i do know on your unit that you may need to shim your press ram as well, seems the welding inside the plate sleeve makes it not level when pressing, this will affect the amount of total pressure achieved
I dont see any gaps when the plates are touching. Wouldn't know where to shim it. We have used every inch of the 2x5 space it looks good. No difference front to back
Lyfespan
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that bottom plate is just sitting on the ram, you can squeeze it off by putting thumbs on the top of the machine and squeezing it up off the ram. we had more shim issue with the double ram than the singles so you might be good, if youre not seeing gaps or hearing that "i cant go" clicking sound.
I get that clicking sound sometimes. Most times it happened when we pushed the up button to much or held it on. Heat has a impact on pressure. After its heated we always can get a bit more pressure. If we hit the button to much we will get that clicking. I herd that happens on all these type presses?
I found some pressure paper that will tell me where the high/low points are. Free samples on the way.. Do a search for Pressure indicating film. Cant use these hot but will work.
http://www.pressurex.com/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...rd_wg=3bUUm&psc=1&refRID=M4JGB19YDP5JMDMJ1KCB
I found some pressure paper that will tell me where the high/low points are. Free samples on the way.. Do a search for Pressure indicating film. Cant use these hot but will work.
http://www.pressurex.com/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...rd_wg=3bUUm&psc=1&refRID=M4JGB19YDP5JMDMJ1KCB
ChasingGreen
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Has anyone tried pressing buds that are right off the hanging plant (after drying before curing) vs cured buds and compared the results? I plan to do so tonight, but I feel like the buds are more dry before curing, even though they're technically not, but the moisture is instead just in the stem at first and then goes into the leaves.
ChasingGreen
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I also do this but just touch the K Probe to the surface of the plate. Where do you tape yours that it's not in the way when pressing, but still gives a surface reading?
I have not revived them yet. Suppose to be here today. I will place them in the center of the top and bottom plate. They will not be left on while pressing. That would ruin them. they cant handle the pressure.
Once I know the offset I should be able to fix the Omron controller
Once I know the offset I should be able to fix the Omron controller
