Threw this together yesterday quickly. I used wood to prove the concept, I don’t have tools to cut and drill steel. Its a 12 ton press I got for 39 bucks at princess auto and some 3/4" threaded rod. It surprisingly can withstand a lot of force… But I’m gonna be changing the wooden blocks out to unistrut. I’m also waiting on the stuff to build the heat plates. Il try and update this thread.
It crushed the hair straightener I used in it
Put out some decent yield on a tiny little bud.
After playing around with ideas in my head, I built this contraption.
It’s made of deep slotted unistrut, 3/4 threaded rod, 3/8 steel plate (from princess auto), steel pipe from home depot, and some flat strut splices. This was designed for the person who doesn’t have a metal shop; I don’t, I have a Sawzall and basic hand tools and drills. But I don’t have a welder, drill press, band saw, threading equipment or anything else you’d want so badly to have when building a press frame lol. This was the best I came up with.
Changed out the jack for a low profile one, and picked up some old tension rods from the thrift store and broke them for the springs, which I then sleeved over the rods that the plate slides on.
Heat plates and controller to come!
