Homemade Rosin Press - Money Saving To Build Your Own Hydraulic Rosin Press

Homemade Rosin Press - money-saving to build your own hydraulic rosin press

Your best choice is to make your own setup if you always squeeze a large amount at a time. As usual, we still don't recommend getting a small-pressure pneumatic or electric rosin press machine unless you are not able to operate the machine with your hands.

Budget:

A pneumatic rosin press costs about $500, and you have to buy an air compressor to work with it.
An electric rosin press costs above $1000, while the pressure is smaller than a hydraulic press.

Pressure:     

Most pneumatic, electric rosin presses are not able to provide the high pressure as hydraulic presses do and there is only a 2-ton real force of pressure, well works with less than 7 grams of materials.

No Durability:

Pneumatic, electric presses are easily broken, and you have to spend a lot of money and time on maintenance. 

If you build your own rosin press, after tens of times' pressing, you'll realize that you have saved money in the end.

Here is what people said after pressing flower rosin using the hydraulic rosin press:

"Saves a lot of money. That's the reason I got into squishing rosin, to begin with. Doing bubble hash and sift is fun but it takes time and is a lot of work. Squishing buds into rosin is quick and very effective. Not to mention, no solvents. This is a big part of why we love rosin so much.

My squish with medical cannabis cost $13/gr for rosin when buying ounces of flower at a time at $90. To buy rosin from the caregiver, it is $35/gr on the cheap end. Nearly 1/3 the price to squish your own medicine with a DIY rosin press. I would assume you could easily pay for the unit over the course of 16 grams of squished flowers vs buying rosin outright.

I am preheating for about 30 mins, I think it helps to ensure the plates are fully saturated. Also, it seems the PID is more accurate than I thought, it reads nearly spot-on, maybe 2-3 F off in either direction depending on where you check the temperature on the plates."