By the way, I think the easiest, quickest and cheapest way to make hash would be to get a small kief box from a head shop or EBay. You can sift the herb over the screen in the box and collect the crystals (kief) that go through the screen. Those crystals are the best part of the herb and like you said, it would be like taking a few hits combined into one. You can press the kief into hash in plastic wrap with a rolling pin, or with a film case and small C-clamp. Or you can just sprinkle the crystals over a bowl of bud but they'll burn up faster that way.