TusTom
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Thank you both Jitterbug and Istanbul. I noticed while de-ribbing the leaves that they are not all at the same case. I thought everything would have equalized to the same case while in the same bag but evidently not.Welcome to FTT, Tom. What Jitterbugdude says about the pasta maker is right, getting used to it takes time but it works reasonably if you're not planning to shred too much tobacco at a time.
You all have given me some food for thought and maybe without sacrificing any tobacco leaf, I could case some leaves from the backyard and run them through the pasta machine first. We don't have a tree in our backyard but we seem to receive all of our neighbors leaves! I highly doubt that I'm the first person to ever have an issue with the neighbors leaves blowing into their yard but this will give me a chance to experiment with leaf humidity.
I realize that this sounds pretty out of the ordinary but anyone have any thoughts about this? I'm thinking it might give me chance to "feel" the correct casement and to see how the leaf shreds. Yeah, tree leaves aren't tobacco leaves but wondering if it's worth a try.