BHO Shatter VS Rosin

I spent 175 for the press plus a 3yr warranty, and 380 for my plates. Can't get a better deal than that. Oh, and 17.00 for grade 10 hardware vs the grade 4 that the press comes with.
 
Airwalker16 said:
Just how are your plates made? Where's you get the press and what mods did you do to it, and how'd you build the frame?
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Everything was made with parts from Amazon, metal from a supply house, and a Harbor Freight drill press ($60).

Plates are 3"x1" circles. Heaters are 8mm by 60mm , 120watts (2 per plate). 1 K-type thermocouple per plate. The computers (PIDs) are MyPin TA4-RNR which have build in mechanical relays, no external SSR to deal with (I don't mind the click on/off). Electronics are wired just like an Enail, you can actually use a "DIY Enail Wiring" guide.

I used wood between my platens and frame for thermal insulation and it works awesome! I can leave my press on over 24hrs and the frame does not heat up.

The frame was build by me on the fly with a half-vision in my head. It quickly evolved into what you see. It's all powered by a 12T bottle jack from Harbor freight.

Total cost (excluding drill press) ~$180
Total Weight - 35Lbs .
 
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wsntme said:
Everything was made with parts from Amazon, metal from a supply house, and a Harbor Freight drill press ($60).

Plates are 3"x1" circles. Heaters are 8mm by 60mm , 120watts (2 per plate). 1 K-type thermocouple per plate. The computers (PIDs) are MyPin TA4-RNR which have build in mechanical relays, no external SSR to deal with (I don't mind the click on/off). Electronics are wired just like an Enail, you can actually use a "DIY Enail Wiring" guide.

I used wood between my platens and frame for thermal insulation and it works awesome! I can leave my press on over 24hrs and the frame does not heat up.

The frame was build by me on the fly with a half-vision in my head. It quickly evolved into what you see. It's all powered by a 12T bottle jack from Harbor freight.

Total cost (excluding drill press) ~$180
Total Weight - 35Lbs .
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So you're using peltiers?
 
Where do I get the plates/dies? I can get a hf press with a 20% off for less than $100. Need some blocks to press into. My goal was to press some blonde kief into thin hash bars with rosin as the residual.
 
Airwalker16 said:
So you're using peltiers?
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No, just chunks of metal that I drilled holes into, then inserted cartridge heaters. Each heater is 120watts and measures 8mm x 60mm .

blackforest said:
Where do I get the plates/dies? I can get a hf press with a 20% off for less than $100. Need some blocks to press into. My goal was to press some blonde kief into thin hash bars with rosin as the residual.
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Industrial Metal Supply is the store I bought the chunks of round stock from, them I drilled/bored holes into them with a drillpress for the heaters and thermocouples to slide into.
 
If anyone is interested I know a guy on another forum who makes custom plates for vises, arbors, etc from CuNi with a pretty clever design for the low buck builder. His plates use 2 60w soldering irons for heat sources instead of costly PIDs, they are slower to heat (20mins) but cost $11 to replace vs whatever a PID costs ;). I can't say what he charges, it seems to depend on the persons needs, but I have seen happy customers who spent under $300 for their whole build, arbor press included...

Here's a quick snap of one of his first plates and a link:

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http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/custom-copper-nickel-vise-and-arbor-jaws-for-rosin-tech.19491/


I'm not a customer or in any way pushing product, just putting it down if anyone wants to pick it up ;)


EDIT: Looks like about midway in that thread he states they go for $150 shipped through PayPal...And they look more like this now:


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