Pressing Hash with the Piecemaker

[Oz]

What you will need:

• Hash.
  
• Piecemaker Pocket-Press.
  
• 2 x Pressing Foils.
  
• 2 x Stamp Inlays.
  
• 1 x Bench Vice.
  
• 1 x Hair Dryer.
  

The hair dryer and bench vice can be found in almost any household or hardware store, the Piecemaker Pocket-Press and press inlays can be obtained through our affiliate sponsor EDIT.

 

Open the bottom of the Piecemaker slide in your first press inlay (in this case the ying and yang sign) and then the pressing foil as shown in the below images. Notice the other press inlay (leaf pattern) and pressing foil ready to go in on top once we have filled it with the hash to press.

 

Now pour in the hash you are pressing and place in the other pressing foil, then the press inlay with the pattern facing in as shown in the below images.

 

Now screw the press down with your hands as tight as you can get it and wait 10 seconds then repeat till you can't screw it down anymore. Grab your hair dryer and warm the end with your compressed hash inside, once warm hold the Piecemaker in your vice firmly and screw down as far as you can with it now secured in the vice and slightly warmed. This should give you a compression of around 3000kpa. Let it sit for a few minutes at maximum compression before releasing the pressure and opening the bottom. Once the bottom is unscrewed carefully screw the tap in again till your compressed hash slides out as shown below.

 

Now just peel off the pressing foils and your all done!

[Al B. Fuct]

Wicked cool, Ozzie. Great post.

 

I want.

 

Will be checking out EDI.

[Al B. Fuct]

Just checked out EDI's stock of presses. The Piecemaker is nice... but $AUD270! Holy guacamole. They do have some cheaper ones for cheaper people (like me. )

 

...but the embossing plates in the Piecemaker are very cool.

[bongonaussie]

very nice Oz..

 

I just got the 8 bag ..5 gallon bags from meerkat,(and I was talking to a local mate at a party on the weekend and he said he just purchased a Bubble Now machine from meerkat and said I could use it whenever) so I might look at a buying a press.. they not cheap though ..

 

cheers

[sunnycoaststoner]

very cool oz, i might have a look at one later i think, thanks for the heads up on it..

[Oz]

Main thing that makes the piecemaker pricey is it's made from high quality food grade stainless steel

[racingsnake]

Awesome man... I can only press these shapes by rolling with a glass jar...

http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n152/ra...nt=DSCF1309.jpg

What weight can you press in one 'puck'?

Cheers

[Pam]

Thank you! I have always wondered how those worked.

Better than putting the kief in foil and between metal plates then putting those between a hydrolic jack and the car and jacking up the car!

{crazy Americans...using a jack, easier to just run it over with the car!}

[Oz]

What weight can you press in one 'puck'?

Cheers

Up to around an ounce but you have to pack it down a fair bit before closing it up to fit it all.

[kushingpeng]

that's fucking nice man!!!!!!!