sounds like you never practiced enough to get good yield.using dry buds and a low pressure application like armstrong or foot pressure and a hair iron doesnt typically yield very well.
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vitamingreeninc
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Here's my thought...use dry ice extraction and get massive amounts of a kief like substance and then rosin that and it should be the best way to yield Rosin?
Perpetual Nooch
Active member
That is true. It was the first time trying it. I'm sure we weren't maximizing our yield by any means.
I have two different types of product I have been crushing atm. Can let you guys know yields at temps if you would like. One product produces a nice shatter onto the paper while the other produces a dark honey almost consistently. I just need to work on my way of collecting it all with a razor or something.
I'll look into the dimmer switch idea, I've heard dimmers can damage some electrical equipment, mostly led arrays from my understanding. Do you think the dimmer would have any detrimental effects on the whole flat iron?
I'll look into the dimmer switch idea, I've heard dimmers can damage some electrical equipment, mostly led arrays from my understanding. Do you think the dimmer would have any detrimental effects on the whole flat iron?
I am using a dimmer switch with my iron, it will lower the temps, under 200* the yield is way less, if it damages the iron no big deal i have more... As far as a viable product i am getting great yields from year old kief, better than i would separating the kief to 99.99% and more rosin than oil from the 30 min tumble. I will have a large press this winter to make lot's of rosin...
nootch, try using much smaller pieces. you gotta do a lot of presses but the yield is much improved. little pieces less than 0.4 grams seem to work the best for me.
i also usually compact them further into a little ball. the tighter i get the ball the better the oil return IME.
also as has been mentioned, more pressure will help dramatically.
check out my HMK press!
the foil tape is a temporary solution until i grab a conair, or i crack through the plastic brackets. whichever comes first
thanks for sharing your design homie. this is sweet---especially for 45 bucks.
the foil tape is a temporary solution until i grab a conair, or i crack through the plastic brackets. whichever comes first
thanks for sharing your design homie. this is sweet---especially for 45 bucks.
nice man! but how come you kept the plastic brackets off the hair press if you think they are going to break?
A tip for pressing, i press snake style, pieces up to about 1.5 grams at most. instead of a ball, roll a super tight tube, then you can press that in the length of the ceramic presses, right down the middle.
A tip for pressing, i press snake style, pieces up to about 1.5 grams at most. instead of a ball, roll a super tight tube, then you can press that in the length of the ceramic presses, right down the middle.
!00 pages in the thread, i will try a snake next time i do some, with the ball you need to make sure the bottom is on the plates, that it doesn't squish out...
Hell i am counting on you for the press plates/ ideas. From the 30 min tumble i get 300-400 grams of oil per kg, i can do better making rosin.
So we managed to get our pneumatic press up and running and what a treat!
First experiment was 2.5gs at a time just in parchment (no filters/tea bags)
did 7.5 grams for a 1.5 return totalling 20%
I hadnt been able to get over 16 or 17% with the shirt press. and this was SO MUCH less time consuming, cleanup was 3 pieces of parchment.
Did 2nd squirt and it also had some, but not much. by the end the patties are BONE dry. we use marble plates and they broke with the heat and pressure, so we have some new plates to try out, the key is to mimic the rosintechnologies videos to where the oil squirts out the sides and off of the heated plates. it just ooozes out of the flowers, was trying to keep it under 5 seconds.
So stoked to see the yields increased instantly! This is all I was hoping for , and then theres the cleanup which is SO much simpler, we are waiting for an order of Rosin filters to mess around with that, I wonder if we can press more than 2.5 at a time.......
Where does one find steel plates? I have thinner ones that we double and triple up, for strength but I need something more appropriate.
First experiment was 2.5gs at a time just in parchment (no filters/tea bags)
did 7.5 grams for a 1.5 return totalling 20%
I hadnt been able to get over 16 or 17% with the shirt press. and this was SO MUCH less time consuming, cleanup was 3 pieces of parchment.
Did 2nd squirt and it also had some, but not much. by the end the patties are BONE dry. we use marble plates and they broke with the heat and pressure, so we have some new plates to try out, the key is to mimic the rosintechnologies videos to where the oil squirts out the sides and off of the heated plates. it just ooozes out of the flowers, was trying to keep it under 5 seconds.
So stoked to see the yields increased instantly! This is all I was hoping for , and then theres the cleanup which is SO much simpler, we are waiting for an order of Rosin filters to mess around with that, I wonder if we can press more than 2.5 at a time.......
Where does one find steel plates? I have thinner ones that we double and triple up, for strength but I need something more appropriate.
2000pm
Member
Lovin the innovation everyone. I have the same press HMK and was trying to figure out how I was going to mate the two - thanks for the pic!
My plates upon disassembly however will not screw on like that - what kind of adhesive would be suitable for this purpose? I'm thinking some kind of silicone for the heat resistance.
Are yall squeezing as hard as you possibly can with the irwin clamp or just taking it to a certain point?
My plates upon disassembly however will not screw on like that - what kind of adhesive would be suitable for this purpose? I'm thinking some kind of silicone for the heat resistance.
Are yall squeezing as hard as you possibly can with the irwin clamp or just taking it to a certain point?
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now that the plates are mounted in there, i can overpress if i go as tight as possible. i find its better if there is a tiny gap as opposed to almost flush to each other.
I feel like it's going to explode. Where's the rosin going to go of the silicone ring is sealing the two heated surfaces? Expansion will happen in don't think it's good to have external positive pressure around the material either.
fwiw I pressed some bubble hash in my pressing screen and the finished product was almost like rubber or something like that goo that they use to stick credit cards to paper...it was some straight up flubber, I wasn't willing to dab it...there was no way that there wasn't some foreign substance that leached out of the pressing screen into the oil.
i'm having the same issue.
HMK that's why i used the plastic brackets, for now...
someone earlier in the thread recommended JBweld. they make a high temp epoxy that's rated to 600psi at 400*F.
http://www.jbweld.com/products/highheat-epoxy-putty
