"That's cool! A few others and I have wondered how a meat slicer would work. How thick are the slices and do you have casing on them? I only leave the cigar in the rope for an hour. If yours are badly stuck together, try reducing the moisture content down closer to 20 -25% before you press it. The cigar has worked for me, but it's allot of work. The cigar in the pictures is only 600g. Is that brick about 1Kg?"
I dont case them , yet ,but i am thinking of it , thicknes is adjustable , i do mine about 1-1,2 mm
Those are beautifully cut flakes. I'm envious. Many pipe smokers buy flake, then just rub out (or crumble) enough for loading a single pipe.
To rub out a larger quantity, you can place a batch into the center of a sheet of rubberized shelf liner, tie the sheet closed, then hand-rub all of it at once.
I dont rub them all , somtimes i smoke them just folded and shove them into the pipe , but i shall try your tip soon as i can get my hands on a rubberized shelf liner
Do you line your plug mold with anything to make it easier to get the plug out? Or do you just disassemble the mold from around the plug?
I just dismantle the mould each time , to prevent from having the mould occupied i have several moulds in different sizes from 60 gr (2 oz) to 450 gr (1 lbs)