Fractured but whole
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for 3 grand, it better!
Best Rosin Press with a budget
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chooselove
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Are you going to install it on the Dake 10?
predd
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I bought the medium one for 800....home use, not commercial
predd
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yup...been happy with it....feels well made,easy to use, and they have a lifetime guarantee also(if they stay in biz lol).
tstick
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That's the current #1 contender.
chooselove
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I guess it comes down to manual vs hydraulic. Does either have an advantage in your experience?
Fractured but whole
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takes a big compressor to get into big tonnage vs pumping with your arm.
chooselove
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Sure does an individual's physical strength directly relate to their expected yield from pressing?takes a big compressor to get into big tonnage vs pumping with your arm.
Fractured but whole
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you get better yields around 2 tons and more. 10 is probably overkill, but I'm a v8 kinda guy
chooselove
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Lol. Any idea how many tons of pressure an average human being's arm can supply on a rosin press?
Bubba's girl
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How much do you plan to press at a time? Are you gonna squish a few grams at a time? Or looking to do bigger presses? Remember bigger plates (actually the surface area of the weed being pressed) require more tons to create the same psi. If you're lookin to squish a few grams at a time, I'd go with 3x3 plates and a 10 ton press. If you wanna go 14-28 grams at a time, you're lookin at 6x3 or 4x7 plates with 20 ton press (not using all 20 tons, you need headroom if you want your press to last).
Bubba's girl
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I bought my plates off Timewizard, and would highly recommend him as well. Did he ever release that full unit he was workin on?
Cletus clem
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Dont know. Was suggested by a friend after i was too deep into my build to justify scrapping it. Checked his stuff out and its going to be hard to beat. Great value for great product.
chooselove
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I'd prefer squishing about 7 - 14 grams at a time but good to have he flexibility for doing more or less. Thanks for those numbers they help alot
Aeroknow
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I squish 20g's of broken up smalls at a time with my setup. 4x7 lowtemp plates 20 ton. I use the 3x6 bags he sells. I've been farting around with squishing more starting with a 3x6 prepress mold, but to tell you the truth, i still like the stuft bags better.
I can crank the shit out. Especially when squishing bubble or kief. I take mine all the way to 20 ton for the last 15 seconds.
DudebeDoobie
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I have a nugsmasher, the middle sized one with the manual press. First smash was 6.5 g and I got 1.2 out of it.
tstick
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I completely changed my plan yesterday when I realized I could get a Low Temp Plates CAGED plate set with controller for $400 and change. I went ahead and pulled the trigger on it. It looks like a nice setup, anyway.
Now, all I need to do is to finalize which press to get. I like the Dake B10, but I just want to find the best price on one...or possibly consider another brand of equal quality. After watching many videos about the Harbor Freight one, I decided against it.
Now, all I need to do is to finalize which press to get. I like the Dake B10, but I just want to find the best price on one...or possibly consider another brand of equal quality. After watching many videos about the Harbor Freight one, I decided against it.
Fastslappy
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The HF 20 ton I got is nice for price ,it's powder coated, as long as u swap out the 4 top bolts & the set pins (mine came with hardened pins ) I am more than happy , the bottle jack works great it's powder coated as well
I got 4 x 7 plates, controller from Lit from Canada
tstick
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Well, I was considering it....but when I watched a video of a guy who bought one, he pointed out the large amount of "slop" between the H frame and the part (beam?) that moves up and down along it..He ended up doing so many tweaks to it and spending so much time before he was happy with it, I just didn't want to go through any of that. In addition to that, another guy tested its pressing power and found that it was nowhere near the advertised 20 ton capacity.
One of the things to consider with setting up one of these up is that the heat from the plates will eventually transfer into the other metal parts attached to the press....and sometimes will heat up the oil inside the hydraulic pump and cause it to leak...which then means you can't build up as much pressure.
With the caged setup, I can keep the ram detached from the plates and lessen the chance of heat transference. And I can set the cage on piece of thick leather or cork or some kind of insulation to keep the setup from transferring heat as well. And, if I get a press that has a detachable pump, then even better!
One of the things to consider with setting up one of these up is that the heat from the plates will eventually transfer into the other metal parts attached to the press....and sometimes will heat up the oil inside the hydraulic pump and cause it to leak...which then means you can't build up as much pressure.
With the caged setup, I can keep the ram detached from the plates and lessen the chance of heat transference. And I can set the cage on piece of thick leather or cork or some kind of insulation to keep the setup from transferring heat as well. And, if I get a press that has a detachable pump, then even better!