Fuck the futrola shredder I used to use one of those they’re meant to be in the garbage. That’s from the other stage where I was saying I can get it more fine and bagged as long as u don’t care it’s not packing the sock
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Hows the sock attached?
Hook them up to the dust collector bags and you can mulch 100’s of # in no time. They work great
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they are pretty well built pieces but fuck they are so slow we modded the living shit out of ours and made ours work continuous by installing a hopper on top and slot with 1/8th screen on the bottom we also installed metal blades in place of the plastic bs whips, it’s done us plenty of great work. But man this is so much faster… and less labor
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I see it but can’t help but think about the threads on F42K talking about mystery chemicals showing up in product. Injection molded parts use industrial chemicals to release the plastic from the mold. The machine itself has lubricants, plastics and other parts in the blower are known to outgas, and deburring the flash can happen with chemicals. Am I just being silly or should this be a concern?
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Definitely should be a concern. I’ve done heavy metals testing thru a ca licensed testing lab and it’s come back ND on everything. But of course plasticizers are not mandated tested under the current regs. @AutomationGuy
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My suggestion would be an augur with a hopper and the output tube the length and diameter of whatever extraction socks you’re using. Use a foot pedal to activate it. Place the sock over the outlet tube and push the button with your foot, it fills up like a sausuge casing or a cigarette packing machine, then you stuff the socks in the tube and get to work.
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just bought this and tried it out today…kief everywhere…was able to pack 11lbs into a column though.
i dont understand how the attachment connects to the toro properly when trying to use the toro in reverse…the attachments are made so that the adaptor set cannot be secured onto the toro if thetube on the bottom is attached.
@Concentrated_humbold how did you connect the sock to the bag assembly?
I got the idea feom some guys up here yrs ago, i don’t remember the exact model i started using but it had the dust collector bag kinda like the ones that go one the twister teim machines. It was part of the whole dust collection system for the sanders, planers etc. i got it feom home depot yrs ago, so i think it was dewalt. I try and track down my friend in Oregon and see what brand he was using
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Have you looked at the shop vac accessories in Home Depot? Im sure you can rig something up. Im about to try this too.
What did you end up preferring? the worx or the toro
We got the works one wound up taking it apart removing the contact that stopped operation if the bottom bag was removed, attached a 2 1/2 shop vac hose to the outlet with a house clamp, we also wrapped duck tape around another 2/12 hose until lit would snugly fit into the front, then made a stand for it to rest on, all in all it works fast but generates insane about of pollen
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Nope! Can’t let that one slide…
Pollen is the plant equivalent of sperm.
Only anthers make “pollen”…and that sinsemilla you’re running has, by definition, never seen a pollen grain.
You’re either making dust, or loosing kief.
Calling trichome heads “pollen” is a hold over from prohibition…advertising a device to press kief into hash was a no-go…so it was advertised as a “pollen press”.
We are past that now, and using the biologically correct terminology helps with communication.
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i think im losing yield by using this…i see kief flying everywhere out the bag
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Sorry yes kief! Most definitely not “pollen”
@samurai
You most likely are losing yield, we are cooking up something that could most definitely fix these issues, are you grinding into a bag or straight to socks?
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tried both…this thing grinds it up so fine i see it coming out of both socks and the bag
variac?
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Best method we found was too put a bag around the socks when filling and leave a little hole in the top for the air to vent, but that air needs to go somewhere and it’s going to take the lightest things with it… after say 50lbs Increments we found quite a nice pile of very fine kief! If we added up all the kief that was produced from this we would of had a couple pounds lol. We just wound up mixing the kief from each strain into the last bits of trim to make an extra potent sock! There is definitely loss that’s why we’re cooking up something better!
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We don’t like loosing yield per tube ran so we are finding a way to keep the kief in place.
Put it on its lowest setting. Works fine and minimizes dust. Use outdoors or in a well ventilated room