I have smoked a lot of joints from machines, they always burn nice and even. The $ trick always works well too. Then when I was about 17 I decided I needed to learn to do it myself. Sat down with an oz and a pack of papers, a few hours later I was stoned out of my mind and could roll a good joint. Now about 14 years later I can roll one of the best joints you will smoke. I can roll it like a cig or a cone and they all smoke even and slow. Now I need to work on the 1 handed rolling.
Smoke on!