Got my fist pressings out of the dappress and it’s a nice crumble cake. I learned a lot, crunched some numbers and thought I would share. My target goal is macbarren English #1 CC. Because that’s the only Crumble cake I have on hand at the moment. It seems the right consistency. Easy to break up and process. Here are its specs of thr macB.
L,W,H wt.
2.65,5.10,0.275, 1.56oz.
That’s 3.71 cubic inches
1.56 oz/ 3.716 gives me .5oz per cuin density.
My 2x4 press makes 3.34,1.57,0.27
1.45 cuin of space.
So based on the Macbaren density I should use 0.75oz of tobacco. I tried half an oz to start, 24 hour press with no heat and got a good cake that is holding its shape. Density seems fine. I will repeat the test again with different amounts, this is at dead or full compression of the form, since I can’t measure compression force in psi I am using weight of the tobacco and the volume Of the cavity. It’s imprecise I know due to the delta of the moisture content of the tobacco but cheaper than buying load cells. Yea, I am an engineer and a nut.
It did smoke very well.
Cheers.
L,W,H wt.
2.65,5.10,0.275, 1.56oz.
That’s 3.71 cubic inches
1.56 oz/ 3.716 gives me .5oz per cuin density.
My 2x4 press makes 3.34,1.57,0.27
1.45 cuin of space.
So based on the Macbaren density I should use 0.75oz of tobacco. I tried half an oz to start, 24 hour press with no heat and got a good cake that is holding its shape. Density seems fine. I will repeat the test again with different amounts, this is at dead or full compression of the form, since I can’t measure compression force in psi I am using weight of the tobacco and the volume Of the cavity. It’s imprecise I know due to the delta of the moisture content of the tobacco but cheaper than buying load cells. Yea, I am an engineer and a nut.
It did smoke very well.
Cheers.