tmilam
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I recently bought a "000" capping kit from nutraplanet and I love the ability of being able to cap my supplements and save $$$, but my frustration levels have reached max levels on a couple of occasions last week and I'm wanting to avoid this if it is at all possible in the future. I've read that "000" capsules can hold roughly up to 1500 mg's of powder (depending on its density), but I can barely get more than 1000mg of any kind of powder in these caps, even very dense powders and that's with tamping multiple times to pack it as tightly as possible. Tamping often and with increased pressure has also caused me to "lose" a couple of batches due to some caps (full of powder) becoming dislodged and falling below the tray preventing me from being able to lower the top tray and finish capping the batch. This is where I about lost it as my patience was running thin.
I have a very accurate digital scale, and this is where I have another question--I bought bulk HMB powder from NP last year and it is 1000 mg/.25 tsp, but my scale is showing no where near this amount. I place exactly 50 gms of measured HMB powder on to the top tray and am barely able to get all the powder in to 50 caps, which is roughly 1 gm of HMB powder per capsule. Is this flawed math or am I missing something? I considered putting 1500 mg of HMB powder in each cap, but I can say with certainty that I have not been able to accomplish this yet. To say the least--I'm a bit confused and would love any great advice you fellow cappers could give.
Milam
I have a very accurate digital scale, and this is where I have another question--I bought bulk HMB powder from NP last year and it is 1000 mg/.25 tsp, but my scale is showing no where near this amount. I place exactly 50 gms of measured HMB powder on to the top tray and am barely able to get all the powder in to 50 caps, which is roughly 1 gm of HMB powder per capsule. Is this flawed math or am I missing something? I considered putting 1500 mg of HMB powder in each cap, but I can say with certainty that I have not been able to accomplish this yet. To say the least--I'm a bit confused and would love any great advice you fellow cappers could give.
Milam