[Med-Grower_TOm]

Okay, this thread will document my journey with Rosin. Except for the last month or two, though I might dig the pics and try to start with that. Like most of you, I started with the straighter, then got the quick grip. Well, now I have a 20 ton press.

I am building new plates right now, waiting for the heater elements and a couple other goodies, though a lot of things came in today. I will take some more pics tomorrow, and kind of outline my journey so far, and where I hope it will take me.

I have squished buds, trim, kief, bubble hash. I have bought the empty tea bags, I have the lil bags from bubbleman, I have not tried the metal mesh bags yet...

The things I like the best about the larger style press, as many of you know, is being able to press at a lower temp and get a whole lot more flavor going on. And dang, they sure press out a lot flatter then the quick grip and seemed to produce a bit more.

Anyways, I will share the start of the journey with you tomorrow, but I will leave you with a pic of todays goodies...

Have a terpy night...

[DoubleTripleOG]

That look super nice!! How much material was squished in that second pic? Then you say you have tried all the different material containers, which do you prefer, or prefer to have the material naked on the parchment?

[Med-Grower_TOm]

Originally Posted by DoubleTripleOG

That look super nice!! How much material was squished in that second pic? Then you say you have tried all the different material containers, which do you prefer, or prefer to have the material naked on the parchment?

1 gram came out of the squish, it was 1.5 of 73u bubble.

I have not tried the ss/metal mesh bags yet. If I am squishing bubble or keif, I use the bubbleman rosin bags. If I am squishing buds, I don't put them in anything. I do notice that with the larger press, there is less contaminants for me to get out.

small update...
started on some wiring

[pbard1]

Originally Posted by Med-Grower_TOm

1 gram came out of the squish, it was 1.5 of 73u bubble.

I have not tried the ss/metal mesh bags yet. If I am squishing bubble or keif, I use the bubbleman rosin bags. If I am squishing buds, I don't put them in anything. I do notice that with the larger press, there is less contaminants for me to get out.

small update...
started on some wiring
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Looking at your choice of SSR in image. Make sure that you are not dropping voltage across the SSR's output. Do not go cheap. Many SSRs made in Taiwan/China use poor components. i.e. Counterfeit. My experience with many of these devices has not been positive. Several volts dropped across SSR will result in higher device temps and possible failure of driven device. In the case of the heater element, this is not as big a deal as if one were driving a motor, for example.
Crydom makes the best SSRs. You can pick up used 25Amp Crydom SSRS for less than $25.00. Spend the $$$s.
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Just my .02

[Med-Grower_TOm]

Yeah I hear ya, will see how it goes, just a test at this point. But I will say that I wired it up(minus the enclosure) and plugging the nail into it, def nice to not use torch lol. That and I forgot it was c instead of f for the temp haha, took me a sec to remember that one haha.



Should have enclose soon, then I ill get the other one all wired up and both in the case Can't wait for them heater elements and tc's to show up...

[Med-Grower_TOm]

...plates came in today, enclosure came in yesterday, now where's that darn dremel...

[Med-Grower_TOm]

...lil late, but its update time...



...Still waiting on the heater elements and the tc's to show up, 5 days to 2 weeks yet says usps...coming from hong kong...

...more updates/news/pics tomorrow...have a terpy night folks...

[Med-Grower_TOm]

...she works...



..can't wait to plug in the plates lol...

[Med-Grower_TOm]

...well, did the dry ice thing last night, got 44 grams of kief out of it. 8 grams of really nice light blonde from the 90 bag, 25.5 grams from the 220 bag, and another 13 out of the 220 bag from another shake. So, did the 90u for a 2 min shake, the 220 for 3 min shake, then the 220 again for 2 min shake. It was from my trim and small popcorns that are simply not worth my time to trim lol.

The middle grade one, yielded 40% return when I squished 4.20 grams. figure 20% maybe from the worse grade, but hoping for about 80% from the blonde lol. We shall see, I will share the pics when done squishing. I found out my heater elements and tc should arrive in the next day or two, so I only be squishing what I be puffing till then, will squish the rest when the plates are wired up.

Getting very excited to use the plates all wired up lol, put the quick grip into retirement haha.

[FoothillFarming]

Looks super tasty, nice work