i only scrolled 1/2-way through the image & thought that was some crap to rebuild your jack seals…hah. i must be high. 
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No man, this is all about body building; 
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The bottle jack on my rosin press has been leaking slowly. The other morning I woke up to a puddle of pump oil on my workbench. After cleaning up I went out to get me another 6-ton bottle jack. I went to my local NAPA and got myself a new (much nicer) bottle jack for $25 on sale.
That sticker is kind of ugly, how about a new one. There, ReikoXized.
Well I have to test this out right? I weighed out about 2 grams of Durban Poison buds.
Lets take a closer look shall we? These are some of the small (they were all small) buds off the Durban Poison #1. I didn’t even bother to trim these. It’s a shame it yielded so low, they are some nice buds.
Into the pre-press while the plates heat. I like to keep it in the pre-press up until I press them. If you take it out of the pre-press, it will slowly start to expand.
I don’t usually use a filter for these small presses. Between a piece of parchment and a piece of TFX baking sheet around that to prevent blowouts.
Squished between the plates at 95*C for 3 minutes. A little dark, but so were the starting buds.
Nice clean squish!
I ended up with 0.26 grams of some fire rosin. That’s about 13% return. Not too bad! Hitting this you can definitely taste the anise spice with a bit of sweetness on the exhale. The effect rocked me at first. I wasn’t expecting it to be quite so powerful.
I pressed these Durban Poison #2 and only got a 4% return. I hit it and the taste isn’t as good, nor as tasty as the other. I think with a better cure these will press and taste better. The effect wasn’t as strong either. I will have to smoke some flowers after a cure for a final verdict.
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I am liking the back liner.
Textured doesn’t seem to hurt the results. 
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only $20 with free shipping and 150-230 (300-450) temperature control… is that too hot for pressing?
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I am finding that I get good results around 200F give or take 20 degrees on the big one. The @roux press I set for around 270, which translates to about 200 on the vice.
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Yes I agree with @99PerCent I usually press at 95°C for three minutes on my six ton press.
That being said, there are a few things you can do to improve the process. First thing you can do is simply turn the thing off then press. Another option is a fan speed cobtroller (variac) turn the thing on high and dial back the voltage should work. Finally puttin it in a vice or quick clamp will help you get more force.
If you are going to use a hair straightener, I highly suggest making hash first. Dry sift, dry ice, ice water, even scissor hash works. Wrap it up tight in some coffee filters and press away.
Remember 
in out.
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Hey, where can I get one of these?
99%
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if you have a keyboard with a numpad on the right you can do right alt+0176 or 248. otherwise on windows you can press start and search the ‘character map’ program - turn on advanced so you can search symbols then you can copy/paste it from there °¢¿ᴓᴕ
i guess i could use my IR thermo to really dial in the temp… and yes the website also had a little 4" ratchet clamp for ~$4 but the thing probably break
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4" Ratchet will be too flimsy.
You can try, but you will not beat the price and efficiency of the @roux press.
I love it, hit me up in PM and I’ll send you one of mine.
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press is looking badass! freakin’ beautiful piece of equipment 
Why do you need bigger plates? To do bigger pucks of herb?
I’ve got a few more canna-stickers for you
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Glad it made it. I gave you a bunch of each seed because I know how you like to share. 
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Progress is made. I really wasn’t getting the desired results.
I upped my temps a little and dropped my pressure a little, and boom.
First Pull
Second Pull
Third Pull
All packed up
1st is on the left, 2nd & 3rd together on the right.
So, now it is probably worth getting some sort of a scale on the scene. I put about a half ounce in. No idea what this weighs.
It will continue to lose weight steadily, 
99
Finally filled one.
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it’s “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” for grownups!
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