RC Tablet?

[Dr Farnsworth]

There would be nothing to stop you from putting any RC (like 4aco or 2cE) into tabs right?

Anyone pressed tablets before or have an easier way of packaging smaller volumes of RCs other than gel caps?

 

[DoctorPepper]

up tha nose

 

[Dr Farnsworth]

up tha nose

I was thinking more, im going to take this to another location and then use it then.

 

[shishigami]

You can press RCs with the necessary equipment. You could also put your dose(s) in a drink or just put them in aluminum foil.

 

[Eazytab]

There would be nothing to stop you from putting any RC (like 4aco or 2cE) into tabs right?

Anyone pressed tablets before or have an easier way of packaging smaller volumes of RCs other than gel caps?

Well, these are a lower dose drug so I would imagine that it would be easy to press into a pill since molly tabs come in 100mg or so.

 

[Dr Farnsworth]

Well, these are a lower dose drug so I would imagine that it would be easy to press into a pill since molly tabs come in 100mg or so.

Exactly i think you could but after looking it up you need alot and its even more a hassle the filling gel caps which takes forever and i can never get it all from the scale to the cap :/

 

[sekio]

I can see no reason that pill presses would be better than gelcaps; nobody presses their own tablets. Nobody but pharmaceutical companies and drug dealers, that is. You still have all the measurement problems and on top of that you have to find good fillers, binders, etc etc.

Just use gelcaps, or depending on the drug and how long you're storing it, liquid solutions.

I've heard of people freezing solutions to make psychedelic ice.

 

[allium]

I've heard of people freezing solutions to make psychedelic ice.

Lol, I thought about it! Should be not the very convenient method though, as it requires freezer for transporting chems, and accurate dosing may be tricky.

 

[Eazytab]

Exactly i think you could but after looking it up you need alot and its even more a hassle the filling gel caps which takes forever and i can never get it all from the scale to the cap :/

Good Luck!

 

[Kapitan]

Exactly i think you could but after looking it up you need alot and its even more a hassle the filling gel caps which takes forever and i can never get it all from the scale to the cap :/

Er ... You are aware that you're supposed to tare the scale with the empty gelcap on it, and then weigh the chemical directly into the gelcap, right? I only ask because a few of my stupider friends did actually drop the powder directly onto their scale, and then attempt to transfer it into a capsule. I facepalmed briefly, and then showed them the correct way to do it

 

[Unbreakable]

They are already selling pressed RC in pills....They call them Pellets

 

[shishigami]

Er ... You are aware that you're supposed to tare the scale with the empty gelcap on it, and then weigh the chemical directly into the gelcap, right? I only ask because a few of my stupider friends did actually drop the powder directly onto their scale, and then attempt to transfer it into a capsule. I facepalmed briefly, and then showed them the correct way to do it

Doesn't always work if you have a scale that goes off automatically after say 30 freaking seconds. Basically the $20 one I have.

 

[MachoSavage]

Er ... You are aware that you're supposed to tare the scale with the empty gelcap on it, and then weigh the chemical directly into the gelcap, right? I only ask because a few of my stupider friends did actually drop the powder directly onto their scale, and then attempt to transfer it into a capsule. I facepalmed briefly, and then showed them the correct way to do it

My scale came with a little metal tray, about an inch across. I weigh in the tray, then use a funnel to load the gelcap, and scrape anything that's sticking to the tray into the funnel. I lose a tiny bit but it's no big deal, and easier than finding something to prop up the gelcap.

 

[Roger&Me]

My scale came with a little metal tray, about an inch across. I weigh in the tray, then use a funnel to load the gelcap, and scrape anything that's sticking to the tray into the funnel. I lose a tiny bit but it's no big deal, and easier than finding something to prop up the gelcap.

You don't need to prop up the gelcap, you just put the cap on...

 

[MachoSavage]

You don't need to prop up the gelcap, you just put the cap on...

Ah, I see. Still sounds like a lot of work opening and closing the cap and going back and forth to the funnel. The way I do it, it's just scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop, oops unscoop, funnel, tap, scrape, cap.

 

[stom10]

I just end up licking my scale for any spillage. Though it isn't quite an option when I'm initially moving things into vials and don't want to start tripping on a Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Roger&Me]

I may be a purist, but it's definitely bad technique in general to weigh directly onto the balance pan. Use an acceptable vessel and weigh by difference.

 

[Termino]

Ah, I see. Still sounds like a lot of work opening and closing the cap and going back and forth to the funnel.

I took a top from a soda bottle and drilled a small hole, just the right size to firmly hold a gel cap upright. Then I tare the scale with the metal tray on it and set the bottle cap & gel cap onto the metal tray. I record the weight (usually 2.225g) on a sheet of paper, I add to this number the weight I wish to put in the capsule - let's say 22mg. So then the total filled weight should come to 2.247g. Once filled, it's a simple matter to cap it and fill the next one.

You get more accurate measurements when your starting point is higher than zero. Scales are less accurate in the extremely low range, say 0 to 50mg and are more accurate from, say, 2000mg to 3000mg.

 

[specialspack]

I took a top from a soda bottle and drilled a small hole, just the right size to firmly hold a gel cap upright. Then I tare the scale with the metal tray on it and set the bottle cap & gel cap onto the metal tray. I record the weight (usually 2.225g) on a sheet of paper, I add to this number the weight I wish to put in the capsule - let's say 22mg. So then the total filled weight should come to 2.247g. Once filled, it's a simple matter to cap it and fill the next one.

You get more accurate measurements when your starting point is higher than zero. Scales are less accurate in the extremely low range, say 0 to 50mg and are more accurate from, say, 2000mg to 3000mg.

Right - that's a reason to add something with a bit of weight (your bottlecap set up, or a credit card) to boost the weight. But then surely you can tare it once you have the weight on there, and add your substance from zero?

Zero = 2.225 in your case. It's just an arbitrary place on a number line.

 

[MachoSavage]

Right - that's a reason to add something with a bit of weight (your bottlecap set up, or a credit card) to boost the weight. But then surely you can tare it once you have the weight on there, and add your substance from zero?

Zero = 2.225 in your case. It's just an arbitrary place on a number line.

Maybe not - at least on my scale (Gemini-20), it's "sticky" around zero. If I tare it with the tray on, it reads exactly zero and doesn't start moving until I add about 10 mg. If I tare it without the tray and then put the tray on, it fluctuates a bit and reacts more quickly when I add a few mg. I've also noticed that it can measure its full range (0-20g) even with 5g of tare already added.

I wonder if the tare function works by adjusting an analog circuit (basically recalibrating the scale) instead of just subtracting the tare weight from the display.