What size bench press

[zman33]

Looking to get a press for making rosin. What is the proper size? I see a lot of videos with 20 ton presses. Is that much pressure necessary? 6 or 10 wont work?

 

[projectinfo]

You get what you pay for. Go for 20 and be done with it.

 

[Dan Drews]

20 tons seems aggressive. When I was working out regularly, I could do 225 lbs on a good day with a spotter. If you increase your intensity, workout daily, eat nothing but steroids, and set your goal to 1 ton to start, you might just do it in about 6 - 8 weeks, depending on wind chill.

 

[zman33]

20 tons seems aggressive. When I was working out regularly, I could do 225 lbs on a good day with a spotter. If you increase your intensity, workout daily, eat nothing but steroids, and set your goal to 1 ton to start, you might just do it in about 6 - 8 weeks, depending on wind chill.

Dan, dont let this big shirt fool you. Its all business under there.

 

[Dan Drews]

Dan, dont let this big shirt fool you. Its all business under there.

And to answer your original question, for which I have no experience or qualifications - a 20 ton press seems more than a tad bit overkill, considering there are people making rosin using hair straighteners. The difference between a 20 ton press versus 10lbs of force squeezing a hair straightener is a magnitude of 4000x. When choosing the right press, consider quality #1, followed by temperature control, speed, versatility, variability, and the cost of replacement parts if something breaks.

Some useful info - https://www.trimleaf.com/blogs/guides/ultimate-rosin-press-buying-guide

 

[charface]

There are current threads going in the concentrate section.
I recently got interested and found most info there.

 

[projectinfo]

And to answer your original question, for which I have no experience or qualifications - a 20 ton press seems more than a tad bit overkill, considering there are people making rosin using hair straighteners. The difference between a 20 ton press versus 10lbs of force squeezing a hair straightener is a magnitude of 4000x. When choosing the right press, consider quality #1, followed by temperature control, speed, versatility, variability, and the cost of replacement parts if something breaks.

Some useful info - https://www.trimleaf.com/blogs/guides/ultimate-rosin-press-buying-guide

I thought this was about pressing hash

 

[zman33]

And to answer your original question, for which I have no experience or qualifications - a 20 ton press seems more than a tad bit overkill, considering there are people making rosin using hair straighteners. The difference between a 20 ton press versus 10lbs of force squeezing a hair straightener is a magnitude of 4000x. When choosing the right press, consider quality #1, followed by temperature control, speed, versatility, variability, and the cost of replacement parts if something breaks.

Some useful info - https://www.trimleaf.com/blogs/guides/ultimate-rosin-press-buying-guide

Thank you Dan this is a helpful link. I am doing it for fun. My wife is the only smoker and i want to dabble into the trim and lower buds that havent developed. Let them run two or so more weeks dry and press them.Just to give her something a little different.

 

[BigHornBuds]

https://www.rollitup.org/t/diy-lol.953383/

Do it right the 1st time .
I’m going to build one soon.

 

[GBAUTO]

The size of the plates you want to use dictates the tonnage the press needs. Bigger plates need higher tonnage to achieve the same squish or pressure across the plate. My 3x5 plates have plenty of pressure with the 12T press I use.

 

[waterproof808]

10 tons is more than enough force for 3x5" plates. I usually press up to around 20grams at once with my set up.

 

[waterproof808]

This is a little vid I shot last year with my 10ton 3x5” plate setup.