Started my 3rd day at the virtual factory, just rolled #215. A couple questions:
When bunching entubado, do you just use smaller leaves (or half leaves) to get a smaller ring gauge? Sometimes I find myself getting Lonsdales, which I prefer, and I don't think I'm using particularly small leaves, but I also don't feel like I'm cramming in that much more when I end up with the typical robusto I see in most videos doing a traditional three-leaf blend - although I do notice I get a density more like I see in pro sticks, nice and firm.
Related, my smaller vitolas, although not as firm, still burn just as well - except, regardless of vitola, my rolls almost always threaten to canoe. Not fast, but steadily. I have to touch them up several times. My suspicion is that I have the ligero leaf bunched basically in between the seco and viso, the latter of which obviously doesn't burn as well. I don't see how to get the tubed seco to be on the outside all the way around the bunch? Lately I've been doing mostly blends with 1.5-2 viso leaves, which creates a sort of "triangle" with the seco leaf where I can get the ligero definitely in the middle of the bunch, and I think it's that smaller section of seco that is burning faster.
When bunching entubado, do you just use smaller leaves (or half leaves) to get a smaller ring gauge? Sometimes I find myself getting Lonsdales, which I prefer, and I don't think I'm using particularly small leaves, but I also don't feel like I'm cramming in that much more when I end up with the typical robusto I see in most videos doing a traditional three-leaf blend - although I do notice I get a density more like I see in pro sticks, nice and firm.
Related, my smaller vitolas, although not as firm, still burn just as well - except, regardless of vitola, my rolls almost always threaten to canoe. Not fast, but steadily. I have to touch them up several times. My suspicion is that I have the ligero leaf bunched basically in between the seco and viso, the latter of which obviously doesn't burn as well. I don't see how to get the tubed seco to be on the outside all the way around the bunch? Lately I've been doing mostly blends with 1.5-2 viso leaves, which creates a sort of "triangle" with the seco leaf where I can get the ligero definitely in the middle of the bunch, and I think it's that smaller section of seco that is burning faster.