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Well its not that simple. What you need is what they call bubble bags. They have a silk screen in the bottom. You line the bucket with the bags and poor ice water and leaves in it. mix it up with a mixer and let the chrystals fall threw the bottom where just the chrystals are cought. You will have a mud like substance at the end. Let it dry out and then press it. Now you have hash.

Wow. Can't wait to get stuck in. Do I throw in the whole plant? Sorry, you just said the leaves. Can't I throw in the whole plant, isn't there thc in the stem? Is there a water to plant weight ratio? Thanks for your help.

Yeah you can put the stems in but they get tangled in the mixer and become more of a pain than anything.

Do a google search for bubble bags.

Not worth bothering with the stems and branches then? How do the peasants do it in cambodia, india etc? I would really love to make it the peasant way my first time.

They probably use silk screens. This is how I did it the first time. i bought a silk screen at the photo supply store and put leaves and small buds on it and shook it over a glass coffee table. Probably wasnt the purest, but it was time consuming and a pain in the ass. If thats what youre looking for. A friend of mine made a tumbler system that used a rotisserie oven motor. Here's a link to one you can buy, but it doesnt seem too difficult to make Original tumbler

Cheers sublime, you've given me a great idea. Checked the link and I think I know of a material that'll do the job. It's a polymer and is at present the screen around one of my house lamps. Very tightly-spaced, extra small holes on the thing.

Did you rub the leaf and other material into the screen? or is it best to merely shake it around?

glad i could help. for the tumbler just load it in and let it roll. i tried to contact that guy who made his but he seems to have fallen off the planet. for the screen method i just kind of patted it to break off the trichomes/calyxes. but i wouldnt do it too hard because you might crunch up the leaves and such and get a lot of unwanted stuff through the screen. it takes a while but it works.

Thats pretty neat. Set it and forget it. lol.