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by Pamela
on Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:00 pm |
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| I wanted to know if there is a way to measure how much tobacco to use for each cigarette, sometimes I stuff if too much and it's hard to smoke and sometimes I pack it too light and it burns out quickly. Thanks. |
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by Lynda F
on Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:19 pm |
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Measure? Hell, I don't even measure for cooking......hehehehehe
I use a machine to stuff mine with and found that if I just pack it in there, not too tight, not too loose, it works fine. Basically it's all trial and error with me........   |
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by Tom C
on Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:43 am |
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I had the same problem when I started stuffing my own with a Top… either under filled and got loose tobacco falling out of the tube or overfilling and jammed the stupid machine. In frustration I bought a jeweler’s pocket scale (about $20 on the Internet).
The process I use is to put a baking cup (the paper things you use to make cup cakes) on the scale and fill it with an appropriate amount of tobacco. I use .8 grams for king size and 1 gram for 100s and usually fill about 20 cups before I start stuffing. I also use a wooden feed chute that I cobbled together that makes it a lot easier to dump the contents of each cup into the Top’s feed chamber.
I suspect I’ll be accused of being anal about this but it works for me. I’m probably taking more time to make each cigarette - about 15 minutes/pack - but I can’t do it a whole lot faster without the scale and get a better, more consistent, product. |
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by gilster
on Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:14 am |
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TomC. first - welcome to the lobby, good bunch of people here.
Are you using a Top hand injector or a table top model?
That sounds like an awful bunch of time to make a packs worth of cigarettes...
Table top injectors are the way to go, aren't that expensive and are quite forgiving in the measuring department, takes just a little while to experiment with how much to put in the chamber.
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by Lynda F
on Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:30 am |
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Tom C wrote: I had the same problem when I started stuffing my own with a Top… either under filled and got loose tobacco falling out of the tube or overfilling and jammed the stupid machine. In frustration I bought a jeweler’s pocket scale (about $20 on the Internet).
The process I use is to put a baking cup (the paper things you use to make cup cakes) on the scale and fill it with an appropriate amount of tobacco. I use .8 grams for king size and 1 gram for 100s and usually fill about 20 cups before I start stuffing. I also use a wooden feed chute that I cobbled together that makes it a lot easier to dump the contents of each cup into the Top’s feed chamber.
I suspect I’ll be accused of being anal about this but it works for me. I’m probably taking more time to make each cigarette - about 15 minutes/pack - but I can’t do it a whole lot faster without the scale and get a better, more consistent, product.
Oh hell if I had to go through THAT much work to make my own I wouldn't bother. My roommate makes making your own a chore also. I can roll a pack of cigarettes in the time it takes her to roll out 6....................... 
I work full time and don't like the idea of coming home from work to roll out tomorrows cigs so I make a week's worth on the weekend while I'm watching movies on TV (usually Sunday evenings).
Trial and error is not so bad and doesn't take long to figure out.
But hey, whatever works for you, go for it. |
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by Tom C
on Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:17 pm |
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Gilster, thanks for the welcome. I’m using the table-top machine. It’s an older model but seems to work OK.
Lynda F, you’re probably right and I’m making this a lot more work than it needs to be but I tried it for four or five months without the whole measurement process and couldn’t get a consistent cigarette. With all my steps it takes about 40 seconds to make a 100mm cigarette and I’ve seen some web postings that claim you can make one in 15 seconds but I’ve never been able to come close to that even without the extra steps. I suppose I’m just “hand-eye coordination” challenged. |
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by gilster
on Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:14 pm |
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Jeepers, I think I can make a cigarette in under 3 seconds with a table top injector....
Maybe it's the 100mm thing - could you adapt and get used to Kings?
Sometimes I pack cigs a bit loose - but after shooting 15-20 cigs or so I gather them all in my hand and tap them all down at once (many taps for the whole grouping-saves time) - it may leave a bit of paper on the end but you can either pinch that off or twist it tight.
Now that Fall/Winter is coming - making short cigarettes also has a plus when you run out for a quick smoke - you've actually have 'quick smokes' and aren't tossing tobacco away  |
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by Tom C
on Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:56 am |
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Gilster, Wow! I’m impressed. I can’t even get an empty tube out of the box and put it on the nozzle in 3 seconds.
I don’t think cigarette length is a big factor in the time it takes. I’ve made several packs of kings and only shaved a few seconds off the time. You’ve still got all the steps: pick up a tube and put it on the nozzle; pick up some tobacco and jam it evenly in the injector’s chamber; cycle the injector handle; then handle the filled tube (tapping it now or later as a group). My best time for 10 cigarettes is 280 seconds… I guess I’m just slow.
I agree with your comment about a quick smoke in the winter. I’m not sure where you live but having a smoke outside when the wind chill is –30 is a real character builder in Minnesota. |
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