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The trim has to be pretty dry or else it clumps up under the wood slats. But since i'm using a stepper motor i can reverse direction and that would probably help. Also thought of making the slats into cement mixing style. But I don't have a grow anymore so i can't r&d anything ATM. Gonna get...

I've made some solvent extract before, did butane inside a thermos and also went for hexane hash. This was like 10 years ago. But the rosin i got off the press had that same chemical taste after a big hit, so I guess it was all in my head. Still though, i wouldn't go that route unless I could...

Yeah man, the other thing I did was build a pollen press. I used two 36v PTC heating elements inside some wood with a cavity to fit them into. Then I cut out two plates of aluminum. Used a bench power supply to adjust the temp, and had it all pressed together using a vise. Didn't get everything...

Yeah, the first one I made I was able to catch the last few plants I harvested. It worked like a charm, about 6 hours and I had about two joints of kief. I made this one just to sell. It's been up for a good month and nobody is biting, even though it's the only one as big as the 300$ tumblers.

I was browsing etsy and came across someone that was selling diy 3D printed kief tumblers and thought that I could do it better for just a bit more money. So I went and made one using a 28byj stepper motor with a arduino nano driving it. I'm setting it up to change directions every 5 minutes, a...

Yes I saw that video also, I was aiming more for smaller personal growers, people that grow one room of plants at a time. Well I dont really agree its easier because the difference between the right moisture content and bone dry is like 10 grams of water an ounce. Even some guys on youtube who...

I finally got my head around what this machine I made actually means for the harvesting workflow. On the left is the budcure box which uses weight to track the moisture content, and the right is the cannaster. Going to just focus on the cannaster right now. The lid is motorized and so you...

Nope, what are you talking about? I had to go build and entire structure around the plants to keep the smell down, then a week later they just stopped smelling altogether. I mean I can still smell them but it's not like staining the ground like it used to.

I had a smell problem outdoors. You could smell them on the trail that was about 40 feet away, and about 15 feet higher. It smelled really good, and then one day it didn't smell at all unless i was right at the grow spot. The only thing that had changed was I didn't use fertilizer on the last...

Ive been working with the Cannaster for a few weeks now. I absolutely maxed out the ATMEGA328 memory at this point so the software is pretty much done until next year, when i can update the hardware. Right now i turn on the pump down to 7psi and hold it there for 5 minutes, every hour. And then...

What a weird day. I woke up and started working on the last part of the Cannaster, and after a few hours I finally got the machine into its final form before trying it out. The way it worked out is that i can only change one variable using the controls (others can be changed in code as needed)...

Got AI to generate python code to visualize this. As you can see, the weight started off at 130 grams and dropped pretty steadily over the course of 3 days. The status of the marijuana is that it went bone dry and i stuffed it all into this 3D printed jar... I'm making a rosin press so I'll be...

I have finally deployed the budcure box into the field, and off of my desk! While I consider this machine to be a prototype of something better, its about 100% functional with the cheap parts that I built it with. Next year I'm thinking about using thin insulation in the box so i can both heat...

Wow, quick update on the budcure box, I finally got around to using the wifi connectivity feature of the d1 mini. So how it'll work is you press the selection button on the home screen and it runs code to connect via wifi. I can turn on tethering in my phone, and the d1 mini will connect to it...

Allright its been a while but I'm still at it! I started realizing I wasn't gonna make it very long if i didn't do something about the smell, as the trail is just 30 feet away. I made a containment thing with tarp and green netting, I can also protect it from rain by just folding over the tarp...

SO... I feel like I have accomplished my goals for right now and I'm just enjoying putting in the small details. I'm testing out the BudCure Box with a larger load of roses to dry. The humidity level rised up to the 80's yesterday when I hung them up, and the weight was at 170 grams. Today I...

The authority guy, I like it. I have a nice sling too The authority guys did all they can do last year, so moving on.... The plants are getting way bigger, and I haven't even used any nutrients yet. One issue that came up is security. I'm right in with the rich people and the across the river...

Website for the BudCure Box and cannaster is up! BudCure I'm starting to close into the core functionalilty of the machines. For the BudCure Box, I have to find a work around the fact that cheap load cells from china will have significant drift in the measurements, so I'm either gonna have to...

Ok guys, we are in position to bring in the harvest later this year. I have 10 really good looking transplants thats been in the ground for about a week now. The weather has been beautiful and these guys look like they're going to pack a punch! So much better than autos.... The soil i'm using...

So I've decided the arduino nano has got to go! I need real-time updates for my variables. And I also decided I wanted confirmed numbers from my hydrometer. So I decided to make the effort to switch to the D1-mini, which is totally different from the arduino boards. It can communicate using...