Tobacco Press (For Sale)

I enjoy smoking a pipe, and started experimenting with tobacco blends as a result. The problem with blending your own (for me) was the pressing. There is a huge gap in options when it comes to this. You're either running a huge hydraulic unit, or you're squishing the stuff between two-by-fours with c-clamps.
I designed this tool to (sort of) bridge that gap. This model is the original design. This design turned out to be too costly to reasonably produce. The new model is based on the same idea, but can done with much less cost. So I'm offering this model at what the new model would cost.

My goal is to offer the tobacco aficionado an elegant way to process their blends.
This unit is solidly built from aluminum and stainless steel.
It presses the tobacco into neat little pucks, perfect for tins, or easy vacuum packing for longer term storage, or both.

The design also allows for a great personalizing option. I can customize the ram, to press your monogram or logo into the tobacco.
Base price is $200.
Contact me for information about purchasing.

The stuff dreams are made of.

The assembled unit. The screw is turned with a simple wrench or socket.

Cap off, showing inner chamber and fixed locking screws.

Closeup of the cap. There are a series of slots that fit over the screw heads, locking against them when the cap is turned. Also shown are 2 holes that give you the option to fit the unit onto an available fixture to hold it still while you tighten the clamp.


Close up of the engraving. Also shown is the removable ram assembly. Sealed ball bearings are used to allow the ram to press without rotating as the screw is turned.


This view shows the stainless steel insert for the clamping screw to engage. This is for durability.