Recent content by refriedbeano

its not so easy doing things on a slope. people say pissing in the wind, but i'm probably the only person to think of not shitting on a slope. i got the cloche off the ground to escape the lizards and ants, pounded some rebar with a BFH, then put a 7 foot section of a tree trunk down for a...

Here we go! Updated plan is to plant these autoflower genes a few every week until they are gone, use those to test out my machines. But I'm going to buy some regular seeds and plant those off into 15 gallon pots so I can get the maximum benefit for my investment here. Does anyone have any...

Oh wow! Today was spectacular. I pulled into my spot and the gIuy from the water authority saw me. I just grabbed my machette and took off down the trail to my other spot. He popped both of my tires and threw the dog house I made with a bunch of tools in it over a cliff. Boy was he pissed. I met...

This is my third season growing outdoors. I've been building out on public land next to a dam, since last year I've been harassed by the water authority, the head of security of this organization has found all my "sites" so I'm going to have to build a new one when the seedlings mature up. I've...

Well, the process does indeed stop when the cells die, which is way before you reach 55%, think more like 60%. The curing process doesn't have anything exactly to do with whats outside the cell, but whats inside. The sugars, chlorophyll and stuff has to be used up by the cell machinery or when...

Squashed all the bugs out of these machines and now they are being useful bringing in my tobacco harvest before the artic blast later this weekend. The TEC can really suck the moisture out of these leaves! I renamed them the BudCure Box and Cannaster. Right now the program is pretty simple, no...

It has arrived! Finally! This machine will take the buds that were dried to the ballpark range using the chronic mechtronic and get them to the perfect moisture level for canning. This is still pretty much a prototype, but its a working prototype. The only thing i was sweating about was getting...

Finally finished with the drying box part of the Chronic Mechtronic. I put some finish on the wood, sealed up the door, and used some caulk to make sure no humidity is getting in. The scale is finally working reliably, loaded up with about 400 grams of tobacco leaves (max is about 1500). It...

Everything is working now! I didn't think it would take so much effort and headbanging as it did. Basically you plug in a 12v source and it goes. I have it setup so that the TEC temperature can be set to the dew point and it only sips power (about 1.5amps). The plants are hanging from a load...

I actually designed my own diode laser which i called the "PLAser" because its mostly 3d printed from PLA. You can't really find anyone selling a laser big enough to cut full sheets of 2x4 plywood, their either smaller or bigger (and cost allot). I've been using 1/4 oak but this was my first...

Putting it all together. There actually isn't very many parts for how much mileage I'm going to get out of this thing. But, as always I messed up a few things, not the least that something messed up with the two side panels so that they were dimensionally inaccurate, overshooting by atleast 5mm...

Well, I've made a full fledged thermoelectric device that I plan on selling to advance the maker cause. This machine will be able to control the water content precisely while also hanging the buds from the stem so they don't deform. I'm using the weight lost from evaporation instead of humidity...

I finally deployed the mister-light. I ended up going with just 2 misters because my pump is on the small side, but this prototype is just more of something I'm putting out there than something that is 100% workable. The big question is going to be, will 20 watts of blue light be enough to grow...

Yep, you can check it out on my website http://bellwether.arduiana.com/ I just put that together to refresh my web skills for the main website for the arduiana, a vacuum drying machine.

Just got one half of the prototype together