Extraction Rosin Tech Single Ram Pneumatic Rosin Tech Heat Press (test in progress!)

[iWumbo]

Yeah I'm looking at some of the bags on the Rosin Tech site now, @briman is recommending some to me to try. The reason I haven't crammed more material in is because it's blowing out in the coffee filter (again, possibly just the way I'm making the packet.) I'll tinker with the press and see what I can do with it. Man we need to hang out sometime it sounds like

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@DABaracuss in the house! How ya doin man? Looking good Hobbes! I use the 45u silk rosin tech pouches. I dont cram them full, but filled and flat, if you get my meaning, corner to corner. Coffee filters work, but to up your game, you do need some silk filter bags! I fill them with hash, flatten them, fold the top over on its self, press it, then pull it out and press it again. If there is a knob to speed up or slow down the ram, slow the ram down a bit. It will slowly press the product, melting it as it squishes, then full on squish and squish it a 2nd time. With the rosin micron screen bags, about 2 presses and all the good stuff is out. If you are getting really dark rosin, its impurities mixed in most times, but can also be a strain you are working with, but mostly impurities. Take the impurities out of the screen and spray them down with 99% iso in a small spray bottle and drop them in a tupperware container with a lid, let em soak for a bit, shake the container and pull them out and let them dry and reuse them! I have never had a blow out with a silk screen! We are looking for liquid golden sunshine/honey like colors, like in some of your photos. or like this... Typically, 20-25% return is what most people are getting with hash, after they dial things in. 10-15% on flower pressing as well after a while of dialing things in. It is also strain dependent. Some will squish better than others!

 

[DABaracuss]

I think that bubbleman on the tube has bags too and some special parchment paper .Dude uses dry sift then presses it ..YUMM.

 

[BigSm0]

They make a rolling drum unit for shaking out large quantities of trim/larfy buds like you're talking about; honestly that might be a better option if you're going in it for the long haul. In terms of speed, this is fast man. The longest part of it is waiting for the press, but I've got a 150 PSI compressor on it and even rapid fire pressing, one after another, it keeps up and I haven't any issues with it. With a unit this size, I think you'd be more than set (the plates are so large, it'd be easy to get your packets ready and just go at it.)

I'll be firing this thread back up here hopefully soon; I actually find myself right in the middle of selling my home, so I've had to get a bit clever with where I stick a 155 pound rosin press unit while strangers are trying to decide what colors they would paint the walls if they buy the place lol. I've got a buddy that's been dying to try it out so hopefully I can sneak an update in with it here soon!

Thanks for the reply. Rolling drum sounds like the ticket. Then press that and save hours. Bubble is a pain in the ass to make and I feel you lose so much in the process. Maybe not the rest of you guys but I do. I'm also in it for the long haul so investing in a state of the art press like this makes perfect sense.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Thanks for the reply. Rolling drum sounds like the ticket. Then press that and save hours. Bubble is a pain in the ass to make and I feel you lose so much in the process. Maybe not the rest of you guys but I do. I'm also in it for the long haul so investing in a state of the art press like this makes perfect sense.

I've done the bubble bags and agreed, huge pain in the ass (I've got an 8 bag kit.) Takes forever when you start getting to the last bags and the return is nice but for the effort into it it's a pain in the boys.

I tried a dry ice method recently and wow, if you are able to line that up over doing the bubble bag with ice water, do that instead. CRAZY return on material.

If you had large quantities though, I think the rolling drum would be the way to go. Some of their machines can take a LOT of herb, so there's a target audience there for sure.

We just sold our house and are finalizing things for our move in the next month, soon this beast will be pressing again in the beautiful state of Colorado!

 

[BigSm0]

Congratulations on the sale!

Looks like a drum is on the list. Just found a place that sells dry ice as well. Have you pressed any yet?

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Hey guys, now that we're finally situated in a better place (thank you Colorado!) we're able to do more with the press and let me just tell you, this press NOW has a name.

I officially call it: "How To Make Friends and Influence Your Enemies"

It's awesome. And everyone I've shown it to has loved it. Rosin actually isn't that big of a thing out here where I live from what I've been gathering. But the people that have tried a fresh rosin hit are just blown away, and we smoke shatter, distillate, wax, all that happy harry crap, and when they get to the rosin? SMOOTH. Smooth as ice. Smooth as a baby's butt cheeks. No one coughs after the rosin hits. After the distillate? Coughing. After the shatter? Coughing. Rosin? Smooooooth. Like smooth jazz. Jazz hands!

These were done using Good Value parchment paper (not the cheapest, definitely not the best.) We've been playing with press times and temps. This is 2 day dried from the plant chopped flower from my neighbor, it's White Widow x Vanilla Sky photoperiod. We didn't use any filter obviously so you can see bits of plant material in the rosin, but for fresh bud this thing can squeeze out the juice man. More awesome pics to come! We've been RUNNIN' this beast. And it's not even harvest time yet!

 

[Son of Hobbes]

This was the first run back into the machine; we weren't sure if the buds would press well or not being a bit more wet (more dry seems to be the ticket, we even tried press fresh frozen bud... ohhhhhhh man. lol. That was a MESS. JUICED out the humidity lol!)

Not the most impressive results. SOOOOOOO, we started playing with the settings. More to come (and it gets pretty sweet lol, I think we found our "dial-in" spot!)

 

[Son of Hobbes]

This is still part of that first run. We found the press time was way too low and our temp was too hot, it was actually sizzling through the parchment paper. Became very apparent how good parchment is necessary.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

And here it collected up and whipped. Still produced a very nice gold color. With the higher temps on the press the rosin is noticeably more oily. It stills collects up but it seems to make it more runny and darker.

That was the first time back up and running since our new move. More to come shortly! Also, pro-tips on how to use your pneumatic press to make panini sandwiches! (kidding lol)

 

[BigSm0]

What's the max you could potentially run in there at a time? 1/4 or a 1/2? I have over 10lbs of trim I'd like to press out and those little machines would be murder