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Apollo11

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Made this last night from what I had laying around a Remington s5520 hair straightener, 2 blocks of wood my girl uses for wood burning, and loctite premium construction adhesive 3x I picked up from a Wal-Mart right by my house. Cost me $3 lol. I'll post a squish or two when it's done curing. Also I realize I probably should have used electrical tape but the packing works. Added a screw to keep the plates in place easier.
 

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Dr.Botany

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Boy, you can afford all that shit and a nice ass house but cant afford a press mayne?

Haha im just giving you a hard time, my man. But thats some real macgyver shit right there haha. Props, my friend
 
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Just used it I got exactly .03 from .2 so %15 yield I think it could be closer to .04 and be %20 though. My scale only goes to the hundredth decimal so idk how big that .03 was. The yield is in the pic. Yield aside it was a great dab and worth the .2 in my opinion .
 

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Apollo11 said:
Just used it I got exactly .03 from .2 so %15 yield I think it could be closer to .04 and be %20 though. My scale only goes to the hundredth decimal so idk how big that .03 was. The yield is in the pic. Yield aside it was a great dab and worth the .2 in my opinion .
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What kind of heat element is this?
 
Rolla J

Rolla J

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An i swear i thought i was the only one doing that hahaha i do like .4 nugs and i step on the thing and get like .2 rosin is amazing especialy when u got a good weed strain that is extra resinious
 
Indacouch

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I have friends who have done this ....not taken the straightener apart ....basically left straightener as is and squeezed the fuck out of em ..lol.....stacking weight on em ((smh))....if it works and people are satisfied who cares .......I remember using a mason jar and coffee filters to make cold water hash as a youngster ....what a mess ..lol....for a pea sized piece of hash in the end .....we all start somewhere I guess

Happy smokin guys/gals
 
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Apollo11

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Hair straightener broke so I had to buy a new one and replace it. This time I glued it using gorilla glue. Been getting a lot better yields since the last post usually above %20.
 
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Jedb said:
Your solutions looks pretty awesome, is it as much of a fire hazard as it seems? haha
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Thank you and lol probably but I just make sure to unplug it everytime I finish using it. The glue isn't affected by the heat at all the only thing id worry about is the wires staying in tact and making sure where the flat iron cord plugs into the fat iron is well connected. Mine was a little out once when I plugged it in and it made a huge flash of electricity then set on fire. Haven't had that problem after I started using electrical tape and making sure everything was secured. Be careful touching the circuit board if it's plugged in too I shocked myself a couple times on it then wrapped it in electric tape no more issues. It sounds pretty scary but its really simple to make and after working out a couple kinks I've been using it for months now no problems.
 
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