So I tried out my method. Got mixed results.

I didn't end up having quite as nice bud as before. It ended up being from some brick. Pretty low quality obviously. I used 1/4 oz and ended up with between .3 - .5 gram. Closer to about .35 gram. Scale didn't really like registering something that light.

StinkyAttic's idea worked perfect. :thumbsup: I heated the quarter to about 225 degrees F for about 3:30 minutes in the oven. Then I ground it up in a metal grinder. It came out almost like a fine dust. I think drying it out in the oven really helped a bit since it came out really brittle. I was afraid that the bud would be either too fine and clog up so the butane wouldn't be able to drip through or that a lot would come through the pipe screen. It went right on through fine though and ended up bringing the ground up bud closer together (was up to the top and then was down to about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way up.) I think the only stuff that came through the screen were some trichomes.

I had two 3.06 oz cans. I used the first one with my metal extractor and then used the other by taking the (same) bud and bundling it up in cotton fabric. I put it in a glass bottle and put in the butane. I wasn't sure if the pressure would crack the bottle and I heard it hissing out after I put the top on so I only let it sit for a few minutes. Then I poured it into my drying dish with first batch of extract. Due to using two different methods twice I don't know which yielded better results.

Using a razor I scraped up as much oil as I could. Hash oil has got to be the stickiest stuff on earth. I had to leave a lot behind and cleaning the collection dish out was a chore. I went through Goo Gone, dish soap, and Gojo trying to clean it all out. I still don't think I got all of it. There was a reasonable amount that got discarded.

In the end it worked surprisingly well. I did get hash oil after all. My extractor seemed to work pretty well. I just don't know how much, if any, machine oils I extracted from the pipe in the process though. Some machine oils are made from organic fats so I imagine the butane would pull any remaining from the initial cleaning. The biggest part that needs improvement is the collection though. I ended up leaving it on the razor blade and sticking it into a piece of styrofoam and then into an old medicine bottle. I think in the future if I'm able to find 190 proof ethyl alcohol (Everclear for example) I'll extract directly into that. I would like to use grain alcohol as a stabilizer that would also dilute the hash oil. Only problem is in my state it's unavailable and so far I haven't been able to find a definite list of states where it is available online. I think a 200ml bottle of Everclear and an ounce of bud would work OK for applying to papers. If anyone out there wants to try this I would empty the Everclear (or whatever high proof alcohol you have available) out first and set it aside. Then take a quarter oz each time and extract directly into the bottle making sure to only use enough butane to fill the bottle. Let it evaporate. The hash oil will be at the bottom. Continue going on until you've extracted oil from each quarter of the entire ounce. Then add in your alcohol again and hash oil should dissolve and mix together with the alcohol allowing you to apply it to papers with an eye dropper.
FreeThePot Reviewed by FreeThePot on . My industrial strength hash oil extractor! Hi, I've been interested in making some hash & hash oil since I've found out how relatively easy to make it is. I've been fortunate enough to been able to find commercial grade bud for $50 per half-ounce. It's really dry (which is good since you get your weight's worth) and crumbly so trichomes are just falling off of it. Granted, they're not the most potent and uber plentiful trichomes but it definitely seems worth it for the money. I don't know how much the honey bee extractor's go for but Rating: 5