4 day bud dryer for $40.
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panhead
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Why tank you,the design has worked very well for me.
Good luck on yer harvest,its the best time of the grow
surreydistrict36
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I just added a rheostat and an on/off switch to mine. Now I have infinitely adjustable speed and and nice lighted switch to round it out. I'll post some pics when it's done being used. An added benefit of the speed control is the voltage regulator puts out some heat, it's not much but a little and the heat sink helps spread it. I can find the link to a circuit schematic if anyone wants add variable speed to their pc fans as well. Cost of the parts was like $5 from radio shaq.
tokinwhiteguy
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Hey can you put some pics of the new modified system up? I read through all 17 pages!
MEANGREEN69
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i dont think a budd dryer is for everyone:if the budd drys to fast ur messing up the dry/cureing of the budd...it's good if u
dont care about that..but if u like FINE budds that taste great a dryer is not how to get them...but it is a very nice setup
and it's cheap too!! all and all good job!...peace..meangreen69
dont care about that..but if u like FINE budds that taste great a dryer is not how to get them...but it is a very nice setup
and it's cheap too!! all and all good job!...peace..meangreen69
I've read that if you dry the bud too fast it becomes harsh to smoke. Is that
true?
What's the best way to dry it and get the smoothest possible smoke?
T@ll T33
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they say water sure but thats a whole new level....
panhead
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Most smokers have not even smoked a bud that was ran through a quick dryer that they know of, but still, most people write all kinds of things about drying in a bud dryer.
People confuse alot of things about quick drying vs what i call stupidity drying,if you put your weed in an oven,or in front of a heater,in a microwave,on top the ballast,lay it out in the sun ect ect ect,most any method involving lots of heat,these practices will ruin the taste & high,most the methods i outlined above have been used by people who ruined their stash then equate what they did with how a bud dryer works, which is not the case at all.
The main goal in drying any weed is to get most the moisture out evenly & allow any remaining clorophyll out of the bud,chlorophyll is what makes weed harsh & makes you choke & cough,slow or fast drying does nothing to break down micro elements like boron,zink ect,same goes for macro elements like nitrogen, these are released from the bud through moisture & evaporation,once all the moisture in the bud has gone no more elements will leave the bud no matter how long the bud sits,thc does not get better with age,the one & only thing that may increase in content or strength over time is cannaboid content.
These dryers are not for everybody,if a guy is only growing a few plants then why even bother with a bud dryer,it makes no sense to even worry about it,just hang the plants & when they are dry they are dry,these dryers are for people with larger quantities of bud that cant have buds hanging in every room of a building for months on end.
If you have a small grow then normal drying methods might be the best method if one is concerned.
SHOTTY6868
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hell yhea. i love this setup dude. never really thought about this, i just remember, i gotta xtra 6" inline booster sitting around. hell yhea, im getting busy
panhead
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Glad my dryer design helped,i'll get off my lazy ass perdy soon & post some updated pics of how i solved the problem of light inside the dryer.
I love these dryers.
livesoul
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The ceramic heaters seem like the perfect answer. Also Panhead, I didn't see that you had addressed making the box easier to work with for rotating your buds. What about just making the trays connect so that you can just pull the whole setup out at once and just set it back in when your done? You wouldn't need the holes on the side for the bars but you could still have them as your intake vents. Sorry for the wack sketch! lol.
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lilmafia513
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Hey man, i think i read earlier, way earlier on, that the holes helped create airflowm, as an intake, to work with the inline fan, as an exhaust. So i think the holes were an important part.
Just my guess. Pan can answer it better than me though.
motoracer110
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First of all I want to say that I love the setup you have made 
I was reading half way through the thread and you were talking about maybe sticking a heat source into the tub but wanted it to be safe. Here is a little idea that might work. all that you need is a computer radiator about $20 used, computer fan, a bucket, some hose, a small pump, and a fish tank heater. in the lid of the bucket make three holes in the top lid. one for the outgoing water, one for the return water, and one for the heater. you could run the water lines to the inside of your dry box where you would stick your radiator with fan in. just hook everything up and adjust the heat on the fish heater to the heat that you want in the container and the water will stay that temp. here is a picture for reference. with this setup you can be assured that the plastic will not melt and you wont start a fire.
I was reading half way through the thread and you were talking about maybe sticking a heat source into the tub but wanted it to be safe. Here is a little idea that might work. all that you need is a computer radiator about $20 used, computer fan, a bucket, some hose, a small pump, and a fish tank heater. in the lid of the bucket make three holes in the top lid. one for the outgoing water, one for the return water, and one for the heater. you could run the water lines to the inside of your dry box where you would stick your radiator with fan in. just hook everything up and adjust the heat on the fish heater to the heat that you want in the container and the water will stay that temp. here is a picture for reference. with this setup you can be assured that the plastic will not melt and you wont start a fire.
panhead
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I stole & copied my design from ALbfuct who used to frequent this site,his design is based on the collapsable shelf system.
I used collapsable shelves much like what your speaking of in one early design & it did not work to my benifit,i have large hands & i fumble around quite a bit,i think i got some kinda michael j fox shit going on where my hands arent real steady anymore,i had a hell of a time fukin around trying to work inside the collapsable shelves.
It sucks getting old
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panhead
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I had lots of help from the membership here while designing my version of the dryer,when it was still in its infancy we discussed using a fish tank heater,i cant recall exactly why i scrubbed the idea but it was discussed,i did solve the heat problem though.One of the main problems was supplying enough consistant heat to make a difference in dry time,another problem was keeping the heat at a constant 79 degrees so as to not degrade the THC content of the buds.First of all I want to say that I love the setup you have made
Here is what i came up with,i mounted a light fixture in the center of the tote on the outside of the tote,the bulb screws in from the inside & does not make contact with the plastic, inbetween the light fixture & the power cord i used a rotary light dimmer control,i can regulate the heat inside the dryer by turning up for added heat & down for less heat.
To overcome the issue of THC degredation from light i then installed a water heater cap that is made from galvanized over top the light bulb,i got that idea from a participating member in the thread,the metal cap not only took away any chance of thc degredation but it helped speed up the drying process as well,it made the surface area where cool air was being drawn across much larger, which in turn sped up dry time.
There are a ho-gillion ways to build these things,my plan was to keep it as simple as possible & as cheap as possible,i dont think there is a wrong way to build them as long as heat is constant as well as adjustable, & that air flow is heavy & continuous.
The main thing is that we can get our harvested buds off the plants & in to smokeable form in 3 days or less.
lilmafia513
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pan, would a 6" in line fan be too much for this?
Gonna make one, but i already have the 6" fan, but would this be too much airflow, or should i reduce it down to a 4" pipe into the tub from the 6", with a scrubber on the fan?
Gonna make one, but i already have the 6" fan, but would this be too much airflow, or should i reduce it down to a 4" pipe into the tub from the 6", with a scrubber on the fan?
panhead
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A 6 inch fan would be better than the 4 inch i used,you cant ever have too much air flow to cause problems.
lilmafia513
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thank you sir, i'll start building this weekend!