20 Ton Rosin

[randydj]

I Do Have 2 SSR's However They Do Not Fit So I Have To Find Another Housing. Update I Now Have Everything I Ordered From China And Still No Press From Northern Tool. No Wonder We Go To China For Our DIY Projects Lmao

Be sure to ground the box the SSRs are mounted to; I had one fail to ground on the metal heat sink once?

 

[randydj]

Hey @The Dawg you still waiting on that press?

 

[The Dawg]

Hey @The Dawg you still waiting on that press?

Nope Just Got Back From Northern Tool With It. Now I Will Pull This Project Back To The Front Of The Line

 

[randydj]

I added a knob to the release valve and a padded grip to the pump handle.



I am learning how to handle the rosin. It is not as easy as it sounds. Some strains do pick up easily others are more oily-sticky. They need to be worked nearly frozen. I experimented using dry ice in various ways. The most effective was to freeze the end of the tool on the dry ice and work with really cold rosin. sometimes freezing it by placing the parchment on the dry ice momentarily. This really worked well with the oily rosins but dry ice is expensive and inconvenient. A frozen cookie sheet works but only for a few minutes before it warms too much. So next I will be experimenting with some refreezable ice packs I have molded while thawed into a 6" round aluminum cake pan. I will let you know how that works out.

As to the pressing of the rosin: I have tried 6 strains at various temperatures and volumes of bud. The individual strains have almost the same consistency over the range of temperatures from 180°F to 220°F so if they are going to be oily they will be oily regardless of the press temp. I want the best flavors I can get so I will be using 180 - 190 most of the time. The difference in yield to press at the lower temperature is about 5% so far. This may change with other variables I am still working with. 4g in the 2x3 prepress had very poor yields whereas 1.5g in the 1 inch square prepress had very good yields. I just got the metal to make a 1.25" x 1.75" puck using 3g of bud. I am hoping this will be the magic combination. I still have some filing and sanding before I can test it out.

My vape mix which get you floatin is 50 drops of EJmix to 1g of rosin yields about 2.5 ml liquid. This is still thicker than syrup but flows enough for the cartomizer. I have ordered some different cartridges that are wickless with ceramic heaters and batteries with a preheat mode that are purported to work better with better flavor - I will let you know the results. They are coming from Florida so they could be delayed?

 

[The Hippy]

I prefer the ceramic cartridge in my Puffco Plus...very nice flavor and easy to use and clean.
Nice job on the upgrades...good thinking on both tweaks.

 

[randydj]

I prefer the ceramic cartridge in my Puffco Plus...very nice flavor and easy to use and clean.
Nice job on the upgrades...good thinking on both tweaks.

Thanks,
I am trying to find the best disposable cartridge for a one time fill so I can share these beautiful meds. I don't want the flavor to suffer over bad equipment but they need to be less than $2. and work on a reasonably priced battery. I made a kick ass chocolate bar that tastes really good with some Girl Scout Cookies rosin.

 

[The Hippy]

Thanks,
I am trying to find the best disposable cartridge for a one time fill so I can share these beautiful meds. I don't want the flavor to suffer over bad equipment but they need to be less than $2. and work on a reasonably priced battery. I made a kick ass chocolate bar that tastes really good with some Girl Scout Cookies rosin.

That sounds yummy..I haven't tried making any cookie rosin yet...but will soon.
Sharing that would be very generous...good luck finding those.

 

[randydj]

This worked like a charm. Two ice packs tucked into a cake pan inside a cake pan and frozen. Then I placed a couple of towels under the ice packs to hold the them tight against the pan's working surface. I worked for about 30 minutes but probably would last hours. Working with the parchment right on the pan oily-sticky resin just picked right up. Then other better consistency rosin I just cooled the tool against the pan.



This is the new Pre Press I made for less than $20.00. The interior dimensions are 1.25" x 1.75" x 3" tall. it comfortably holds 3.25g before pressing. I had good yield with this size puck on my 3" x 4" plates.

 

[The Hippy]

I find for the gooier ones if left on the paper for a few days exposed to the air they dry out a bit and pick up easy. Yes the lower the temp the more gooey.
Nice job on the pre-squish unit...good idea and execution

 

[randydj]

I find for the gooier ones if left on the paper for a few days exposed to the air they dry out a bit and pick up easy. Yes the lower the temp the more gooey.
Nice job on the pre-squish unit...good idea and execution

Thanks,

I don't have anyplace I can just leave it sitting around. My wife does not like pot or the smell. I tried putting some in the freezer and now she is complaining that the ice tastes like pot. Maybe she is right which would mean I lost some terpenes I would rather not. The same thing goes for just leaving it sit around to "dry out". So I try to work it as fast as possible in order to prevent losses. This jerry rigged cold table seems to work but I will need to complete a few more squish sessions for a final blessing.

 

[The Hippy]

Just squished some superb low temp B93 ( blueberry ) sap last eve.....mmmmm so tasty and potent.
Does anyone else find Rosin seems to the MOST potent form we have....I'm feeling like the buzz from rosin is better than my oil can produce...or I'm getting old and weak...lol

 

[randydj]

I squished some Zambeza Blueberry Auto yesterday. Good yield ~18% 185°F 3 minutes. Mixed 1 g. with 50 drops of EJmix yield 2.5ml. Took ONE hit off the vape and I had to go sit down in my recliner for 30 minutes before I could move around again. So yes I cannot think of any other extraction I have done that put me down like that.

Did a run of Fast Buds Girl Scout Cookies today. This is the one that is so oily/sticky and the Cake Pan work surface made picking it up easy but the Yield was really poor at < 5%, 185°F 3 - 5 minutes. What I did get looks good. I can only sample hit one of these a day as they just put me down. What a problem