Bought in NY state near Woodstock
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I have a chromium crusher but I feel like grinders kill the taste and knock of all the trichs. Scissors gang for life fam.
I picked up this United Machining grinder last year. Pic was when it was new. Itās made from FDA food grade 303 stainless steel. Itās got some heft to it and shouldnāt flake over time. Held together with rare earth magnets so you donāt have to work your hands or wear the threads down screwing/unscrewing to get to the bud every time you grind. It has a removable reducer that makes the holes smaller to get a very fine grind. I donāt use it myself. takes 2x as long to grind it up. Replaceable kief screens with different micron levels, and the whole kief sifter is removable in case you donāt care about collecting kief, and it also makes it easy to empty the bud thatās in it after it has been ground. Beveled edge in the lowest chamber prevents buildup that normally occurs in grinders with 90* corners, and allows you to really grab a pinch.
I got it because I didnāt want something made from aluminum, and it is held together with magnets instead of threads that wear out. This should be the last grinder I ever buy lol.
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Iāve had a few of the plastic ones. I had problems with the wood ones also.
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Damn, thatās easily the nicest grinder Iāve ever seen. The details really make it! It does sure look like a buy once cry once option. How much did that guy run you?
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People might like this, the first patent in the US for an herb and tobacco grinder, from 1905:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US795746A/en
Thatās the ā1905ā reference made by this RYOT company, whose Fly grinder I used to have and loved before it got stolen:
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I love the square body on that! Bet that thing was easy as hell to twist! Why arenāt more grinders square shaped? Seriously makes more sense!
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They used to be around $165, but I preordered at a discounted price of $140. Listed on the site now at $175 holy crap! I had to wait 6 months for mine because the magnets were backordered at the time. The other ones I was looking at was the Hoj Klip, the Phoenician, the Herb Ripper, and the QUBUS.
The QUBUS is a lot like the one I got as far as design and itās like $100. Itās aluminum, held together with magnets, and has the removable basket like mine does.
The Hoj Klip is fully magnetic and has a more scissor-like way that it grinds. Itās pretty cool! Def check out a vid on it.
The Herb Ripper is Stainless Steel and comes as 3 or 4 piece option. It uses a threaded design, but the threads are super hefty. You can swap out the sifting screens and the grinder plates for course-fine grinds but it comes out to be more expensive than the UM after everything. Itās def a nice piece though.
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Not sure if this was for me, but I made it. Happy to make some for others on the side if anyone is interested 
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@Reefer I was referring to the United Machining grinder @VAhomegrown posted, but tell us more about yours! You made it yourself?
Yeah it was great, I might get another one just because it was such a good lightweight travel grinder compared to my Mendo Mulcher. I was a bread baker at the time and had a ton of RSIs in my hands and wrists that gripping round grinders set off, and this helped a lot.
Made with resin, pigment, mica powder and metal flake. Iām going to start drilling them out on the bottom and make the so they can be placed on a mason jar lid so I can grind straight a jar if needed. Itās nice to look at something beautiful while I grind beautiful nugs 
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So the whole thing is made of polyester resin? That must have been a really tricky mold to make, did you use an existing grinder as a mold template or a 3D print or something? Or is it just printed in resin?
Itās a standard mold with lots of layering. Iām a wood worker and artist and this was a fun experiment with getting to know epoxy resin for the first time
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If Iām not being lazy and using my coffee grinder for everyday smoking I use my HOJ Klip mini for my stuff I wanna keep trichomes undamaged on. It cuts with a blade vs grinding and crushing, everything comes out nice, fine, and fluffy vs a powder. Thereās other brands but this was the first I came across a year or two ago so I splurged and spent the 120$ on it.
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I agree with that. They hurt my wrist. We sound like a bunch of whining hens. No itās true they actually hurt my wrist twisting them. I had one one time that was an old coffee grinder had to crank. I see new ones like that now. @TestOfOath I donāt blame you man. Some of those metal grinders can be almost $100. I donāt have a problem spending a little extra. The coffee grinder is only for making edibles. I just chunk it in. Iāll break it up a little bit but not too much. And I donāt like a lot in my bowl either I like just enough.
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my Christmas present showed up today! Waring WSG130 from Wasserstromās. Of course itās a gift from myself 
Never used a machine grinder on herb before but I think I"m going to like it
Looks like you get your moneyās worth, they include 3 grinding bowls with lids, stainless steel just like I wanted. Very satisfied with this purchase! No more killing my weak-ass arthritic fingers when I need to vape some herbā¦
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Nice! I have been eyeing that one for a minute now since I could use it a lot in the kitchen for grinding grains, spices, and herbs too. Iāve used older versions of it in bakeries and kitchens before. Itās easy enough to get $5 Krups or Braun whirlybird coffee grinders at the thrift store and I have a few, but the interchangeable, washable cups and greater volume/power on that are definitely on another level.
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Itās easy enough to get $5 Krups or Braun whirlybird coffee grinders at the thrift store
Didnāt think of that! My late-80ās CD player is finally dying, been meaning to stop by the thrift store to pick up another one, they usually have 3-4 on the shelf
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