Home tobacco press

[tfdickson]

This worked out pretty well so I thought I’d share it. I got the idea to use a noodle press from a friend/fellow member of the Long Island Pipe Club. It cost $18 on Amazon:



I mixed up 70% Sutliff 515 RC-1 and 30% D&R Picayune, then pressed it as tight as I could. I let it sit for 3 days, tightening a little more each morning and night. This morning I opened it up and here is the result:

 

[blackmouth210]

Great job!

That is BY FAR the best home tobacco press idea I've ever seen.
Sure beats the pvc, hockey puck, wooden box, c-clamp ideas I'm used to seeing.

Can you share the Amazon link for the press, please?

 

[tfdickson]

67g pressed into a 1” x 2” diameter plug. At 0.745 oz per cubic inch it is denser than Salty Dogs (0.64). Slices up nicely:



I’m smoking it now and it is a perique pepper bomb. I’ve tried this mix before unpressed and the Picayune dominates even at 30%. Same here if not more so. Good stuff!

 

[tfdickson]

Great job!

That is BY FAR the best home tobacco press idea I've ever seen.
Sure beats the pvc, hockey puck, wooden box, c-clamp ideas I'm used to seeing.

Can you share the Amazon link for the press, please?

Thanks! Here is the link:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019P8B1PU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[blackmouth210]

Thanks! Here is the link:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019P8B1PU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks!

 

[Slow Tri]

That is BY FAR the best home tobacco press idea I've ever seen.
Sure beats the pvc, hockey puck, wooden box, c-clamp ideas I'm used to seeing

I agree wholeheartedly!! I used to just use 2x4s and a vise.

 

[tfdickson]

The 1” x 2” plugs drop right into 4 oz mason jars, perfect fit. The screw on bases that the press comes with have holes in them (the are for noodles after all) so I just cut a folded over piece of aluminum foil in a circle and inserted that in the base. Worked perfectly.

 

[blackmouth210]

67g pressed into a 1” x 2” diameter plug. At 0.745 oz per cubic inch it is denser than Salty Dogs (0.64). Slices up nicely:

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I’m smoking it now and it is a perique pepper bomb. I’ve tried this mix before unpressed and the Picayune dominates even at 30%. Same here if not more so. Good stuff!View attachment 27567

Terrific results.
And only 3 days of press time?

 

[WalkinStick]

That is awesome.

 

[tfdickson]

Terrific results.
And only 3 days of press time?

Yes, 3 days. Tightening each morning and night. I’m stuck home today so I got impatient and opened it, glad I did!

 

[weedsnager]

Very nice press !! Well done sir !

 

[Kiowapipe]

Best post of the week. I gotta try this. Great idea!

 

[Oouder]

Hello early morning plug!

 

[Oouder]

Oh my goodness as with everything we do this is now down to 4 left in stock. I am guilty I bought one too!

 

[WalkinStick]

Only at PSD could we run a noodle press out of stock with one post.

 

[tfdickson]

I already loaded and pressed round two, same tobac but 15% Picayune. 30% is a whopper, probably better later in the day. And with only a 3 day turn around I feel like a I can play around with it.

If that exact model on amazon sells out it’s not the only one- there are a bunch of different listings and they all seem to be the same product.

 

[tfdickson]

Only at PSD could we run a noodle press out of stock with one post.

 

[Billy Joe]

Genius idea!
Thanks

 

[Ozark Wizard]

Phuque yah! That's awesome!!!

 

[Complete Subject Change]

brilliant. Im going to have to get one too.