Pretty Basic Pollen Press

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This is my first design and it's a very basic "pollen press". There are three pieces: 1 Cap 1 Chamber 1 Pusher Assemble by placing the cap on either end of the tube/chamber piece and then load her up with LOTS of pollen. Then use the pusher to condense into a puck. The first time I tried compressing by using both my hands coupled together and squeezed as hard as a could. The results weren't very satisfying as the puck was brittle. I was able to achieve a higher level of success by standing on it with all my weight; however, I do advise to be careful as you might twist your ankle or something standing on it and this is my 'liability exemption'. ideally a screwing type of top like one of the garlic presses on this site has would be the best, but this definitely does the trick. NOTE: You will need quite a lot of pollen! I also made the cap radius .2 bigger so I hope it fits better than the one i printed out. The pusher should have a slight bit of space on the sides as if it's too tight the pollen makes it difficult to push it through if it gets trapped on the sides. If you need extra height on the pusher for whatever reason you can use a nickel, it fits quite well. Print Settings Printer: QIDI Rafts: Yes Supports: No Resolution: .2 Infill: 15 How I Designed This OPENSCAD