Suggestions on rosin presses

[Smoklahoma]

I've been kicking around the idea of buying a rosin press. Wondering if any of you folks have one, and if so, do you like it? Looking for a way to extract some products to use for dabbing and making edibles. The solventless extraction looks like it produces a cleaner product as opposed to alcohol extraction for rso oil. Any suggestions and advice are much appreciated.

[Tersky]

This is my rosin press lol

[Ckbrew]

The wife has had one of these for years, who knew?

[Smoklahoma]

Saw one of those on Amazon. It came with a c clamp.

[Puglover1]

My flat iron is very narrow, not worth even trying.

[Ckbrew]

When you are done pressing, do you process what is left in the bag to try and recover residuals or is there not enough to bother with?

[Smoklahoma]

Might be able to freeze the flattened bags. Shake them in some everclear to get any that's left on the bags. ? I bet we find out in the end.

[Puglover1]

On YT videos several pressers saved theirs to add while making butter.

[Smoklahoma]

The dulytek retrofit has some decent reviews. Caged plate set for up to 20 ton H frame shop press. About equal size plates as the nugsmasher pro. But the OG is looking pretty good.

[Ckbrew]

Is the resulting rosin de-carbed after going through the press?

[Puglover1]

Wouldn't that defeat the purpose if you wanted it to dab? I figured I'd decarb in my little Pyrex jars while adding thinner to make it syringe viscosity for cooking.

[Smoklahoma]

From what I've seen so far, no. I don't think it holds high enough temp for long enough.

[UndergroundFarmer]

I only just got a workable dab rig and would really love to smash some Tangie for rosin. Maybe Sanity Clause is listening.

[Smoklahoma]

After looking at all the presses available out there, I am going to build my own. My machinist brain really gets off on building things. It will probably be a little bigger than what I need but you never know. Already received the 30 ton bottle Jack, 4x7 plates should arrive today. Scrounging around work for some scrap metal to build the frame. Hoping to put this thing together for $500.

[Poppa]

I love building things myself and have a question for ya. How do you plan to heat the plates and control the temperature of the heat?

[Smoklahoma]

I wish I had enough knowledge and patience to build the electronics myself but know nothing about circuit boards and such. I bought the dabpress 4x7 uncaged set that comes with the controller, elements, and plates. All the caged sets I found didn't seen to open very far.

[Gingerbeard]

Y'all probably figured out by now that I am a dabber. I only have a dab rig. My dog's name is Dabber. I blast my own wax.
Rosin is my least favorite thing to dab. To me, it's harsh and tastes like hash and smells like burning. My banger gets real dirty after one dab of rosin.
That being said, the best rosin is not made with bud. For the best product, press hash. The press temperature can be done at high temperatures that will decarb. A little research says dry sift can be pressed at 150-190°. Way below decarb temperatures.

[Puglover1]

My banger looks like crap from the first hit of whatever my nephew picked up for me. I want a press to make oil.

[Gingerbeard]

If that's happening Puglover1 you either have crap or you burn at low temperatures. Low temperatures are great for terps but leave a lot of the higher temp terps. There's a saying. 'You have to waste it to taste it.'

[Puglover1]

No, Ginger, it was hot! New torch, just filled. Crap from the street, I let it sit for a week before I even touched it, seems 'wet' when he brings it by, in wax paper. I gave him some sheets of parchment to give to his friend. I have gotten some decent in the past, esp after letting it sit a bit. His friend gets all the popular flower, smaller buds but tight as heck and trimmed like dispo. Must be grey market/back door.

[Puglover1]

Press your hash, press your clothes.

[Gingerbeard]

Can it julienne cabbage for slaw? I don't hash or press anything but my butt on the couch.

[Gingerbeard]

My dad used a heat ribbon or heat strip for bending plexiglass. You can mount something like that on the back sides of your plates Poppa .

[Smoklahoma]

Gingerbeard how do you blast your own wax? Guess I will be using my rosin for edibles, I ain't smoking it, if it tastes like shit.

[Gingerbeard]

My bad Smoklahoma . I meant it tastes like hash and I think it smells like shit. Rosin is not as pure a product as people think. That is, there are still bits of plant matter and lipids and stuff that smolder in a banger like it would in a bowl. This is my experience. I've tried a few grams because people tell me I was getting junk. As you see, there are lots of folks who dab rosin. Let's not get into what a 'pure' product is, readers. Solvents. I said it. Solvents happen. We're not talking about resin, yet.

Now, we're talking resin. I have graduated to a dewaxing column and butane to blast. Heated vacuum chamber to purge. This, from the good ol' glass dick/blasting tube. After a few runs of live resin, I've decided to dry blast. There is an extra step or two the pros go through to get a particular taste out of live resin. Other folks recognize the taste but think it is what it is. It reminds me of wet grass. It has been in everything I've run so I know it's not right.

Plus, more dry bud goes into a column than does fresh.

[Smoklahoma]

Very interesting. I will be doing some more digging. Thank you