What weed grinders do you like? Do you even grind?

[Zen_seeker]

I've been using this card grinder with this holder. Does a nice coarse grind for vape use. Cut up an old credit card to push the flower around without catching my fingers.

Nice. I’ve seen a few guys carry in their wallet as a kid but nothing I’ve used and your the first I’ve seen with a holder.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Reading what concerns you about grinders along with other replies here and what my own needs for one in regards to testing potency demands, I've decided to take on this project of developing a new grinder or slicer.
I'm pretty much using meat grinder tech similar to the new "slicers" like Xhale and Klip. I'm not interested in a crusher style grind. I need the weed to homogenized for testing, not mauled and mutilated with resin left behind in the grinder. Pretty much trying to get a touchless effect.
Still in R&D stages now but here's where it's going with the first rough prototype....

Not too happy with this blade that came with my kit so will be using a different one when it gets here Thursday. The new style will look like a Chinese throwing star and be slightly more dangerous.
All blue plastic is food grade 3d printer filament and all steel is food grade as well but more on precautions in a bit....

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I consider kief collection in a grinder to be a useless and futile feature.
I'd rather have a grinder that doesn't keep anything so I've made the bottom collection bowl shaped and will later either adapt a stainless steel or food grade silicone bowl insert so no trich is left behind

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Meat grinder plates. Lots of options to use in regards to how fine or chunky you want the grind and they can easily be removed along with the blade for cleaning in an iso soak

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The top and Spinner for the blade are still just a drawing on my PC but will come to life at some point today. Still working on perfecting the center part with spokes so it's on it's third print and each print for that part is a little over 7 hours.

The top that will have contact with the herb will have a silicone liner between it and the herb.
Eventually as it develops, the only plastic herb will come in contact with will be the spokes and side wall which are both food grade. Every other contact point will be either food grade silicone or food grade stainless steel. I would consider the toxicity contamination to be less than that of using a sandwich baggie for carrying some weed around.

Cool. Looking forward to the end result.

Until 2008 all I used was surgical scissors in a pill bottle. Put in the weed and chop until happy.

On a vacation with buddies in Amsterdam we all bought metal grinders. They opted for the kief catcher but I don’t see the point of saving what I can smoke now so got a regular one.

After I started growing I found I needed a bigger grinder. Seems anything I could find came with the keif catcher. A little disappointed as I rarely remember to empty it…but when I do it’s usually got enough to make hash. Still I’d rather smoke it with the weed fresh.

I tried using an old coffee grinder before I started growing. It was okay but I didn’t like it. It’s also more work to clean.

I like smoking out of a pipe. Pipe tobacco is longer, more stringy than chopped or chunky. A normal grinder leaves too many small particles that end up in your mouth or in the stem over time. I’m wondering if your design would make the weed more string like?

I’ve been on the fence about buying a new grinder that chops as it a lot more $$$. So watching this thread and now your design before making any new purchases.

 

[Tremojem]

Nice going Bandit!

No, it has not shipped and still...radio silence.

 

[Bandit420]

Cool. Looking forward to the end result.

Until 2008 all I used was surgical scissors in a pill bottle. Put in the weed and chop until happy.

On a vacation with buddies in Amsterdam we all bought metal grinders. They opted for the kief catcher but I don’t see the point of saving what I can smoke now so got a regular one.

After I started growing I found I needed a bigger grinder. Seems anything I could find came with the keif catcher. A little disappointed as I rarely remember to empty it…but when I do it’s usually got enough to make hash. Still I’d rather smoke it with the weed fresh.

I tried using an old coffee grinder before I started growing. It was okay but I didn’t like it. It’s also more work to clean.

I like smoking out of a pipe. Pipe tobacco is longer, more stringy than chopped or chunky. A normal grinder leaves too many small particles that end up in your mouth or in the stem over time. I’m wondering if your design would make the weed more string like?

I’ve been on the fence about buying a new grinder that chops as it a lot more $$$. So watching this thread and now your design before making any new purchases.

Thanks man.
When it's made by stoners for stoners, it will always hit a little different.

I'm in the same category as Tre waiting to hear from Xhale so in the meantime, I'll figure it out. It's a fun pet project really.

What I've learned over the past week in regards to parts is that some of these grinder people should be ashamed of the prices they're asking.
Something like Klip or Xhale is very unique but lets be real here...There's about $15-$35 worth of material/parts in there and much of it is already made for another industry such as butchers and meat grinding. When I see a $180 grinder, all I really see is something that cost at most $40 to make. Double it up for retail profit and it should be $80 on the shelf in the USA.

I'll have STL files soon as well as recommended meat grinder parts kits so it will be print, assemble, play for you guys north of the border.
The prints are basic for the most part except for the center section which requires build support.
Each piece should be on the highest quality settings your slicer program has. It will add print time but the end quality is worth it.

If people will want to buy one of these grinders made to order I don't think it will be more than $35+shipping. Plate kit and better blade is the biggest expense and together they're only $25 for each grinder. If I search more I may be able to get that even lower but maybe only have one plate and one blade.


My pal running the hydroshop grows tobacco and it's a totally different animal. It's a large leaf kinda like rhubarb or something and is best processed thru a machine that looks like a paper shredder but is fed manually and has a hand crank to roll the leaves thru it.
Tobacco is a really cool plant to grow too. Pops a cool trumpet looking flower cluster and makes a great ornamental plant if it likes your climate. Kinda tropical looking.