What size bench press

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zman33

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Looking to get a press for making rosin. What is the proper size? I see a lot of videos with 20 ton presses. Is that much pressure necessary? 6 or 10 wont work?
 
Dan Drews

Dan Drews

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20 tons seems aggressive. When I was working out regularly, I could do 225 lbs on a good day with a spotter. If you increase your intensity, workout daily, eat nothing but steroids, and set your goal to 1 ton to start, you might just do it in about 6 - 8 weeks, depending on wind chill.
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zman33

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Dan Drews said:
20 tons seems aggressive. When I was working out regularly, I could do 225 lbs on a good day with a spotter. If you increase your intensity, workout daily, eat nothing but steroids, and set your goal to 1 ton to start, you might just do it in about 6 - 8 weeks, depending on wind chill.
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Dan, dont let this big shirt fool you. Its all business under there.:hump:
 
Dan Drews

Dan Drews

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zman33 said:
Dan, dont let this big shirt fool you. Its all business under there.:hump:
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And to answer your original question, for which I have no experience or qualifications - a 20 ton press seems more than a tad bit overkill, considering there are people making rosin using hair straighteners. The difference between a 20 ton press versus 10lbs of force squeezing a hair straightener is a magnitude of 4000x. When choosing the right press, consider quality #1, followed by temperature control, speed, versatility, variability, and the cost of replacement parts if something breaks.

Some useful info - https://www.trimleaf.com/blogs/guides/ultimate-rosin-press-buying-guide
 
charface

charface

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There are current threads going in the concentrate section.
I recently got interested and found most info there.
 
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projectinfo

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Dan Drews said:
And to answer your original question, for which I have no experience or qualifications - a 20 ton press seems more than a tad bit overkill, considering there are people making rosin using hair straighteners. The difference between a 20 ton press versus 10lbs of force squeezing a hair straightener is a magnitude of 4000x. When choosing the right press, consider quality #1, followed by temperature control, speed, versatility, variability, and the cost of replacement parts if something breaks.

Some useful info - https://www.trimleaf.com/blogs/guides/ultimate-rosin-press-buying-guide
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I thought this was about pressing hash
 
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zman33

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Dan Drews said:
And to answer your original question, for which I have no experience or qualifications - a 20 ton press seems more than a tad bit overkill, considering there are people making rosin using hair straighteners. The difference between a 20 ton press versus 10lbs of force squeezing a hair straightener is a magnitude of 4000x. When choosing the right press, consider quality #1, followed by temperature control, speed, versatility, variability, and the cost of replacement parts if something breaks.

Some useful info - https://www.trimleaf.com/blogs/guides/ultimate-rosin-press-buying-guide
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Thank you Dan this is a helpful link. I am doing it for fun. My wife is the only smoker and i want to dabble into the trim and lower buds that havent developed. Let them run two or so more weeks dry and press them.Just to give her something a little different.
 
GBAUTO

GBAUTO

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The size of the plates you want to use dictates the tonnage the press needs. Bigger plates need higher tonnage to achieve the same squish or pressure across the plate. My 3x5 plates have plenty of pressure with the 12T press I use.
 
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