Syringe without the needle

[sebastien1234]

Hi, I was wondering what people though about using a syringe without the needle to measure the liquids, I've done that a few times however I wonder if that would compromise at all the quantity due to the small amount that would be in the luer-lock space. Any thoughts?

 

[DigiManTX]

i asked this question before and pretty much had to find the answer on my own... the best i could come up with was, the shape of the bottom side of the plunger accounts for the tip and needle... but in all serious you're talking about miniscule amounts (possibly a drop or less... ie a "butterfly fart")... so if you're using that to measure by exact amounts (something like 1-2ml for the entire batch) then use the "drop" method... otherwise i don't bother...

if you wanted to, i'm sure you could pull up liquid into the syringe slightly past the desired amount but before the next line to account for the amount the gets left in the tip/needle... make sense?

that's really the best i could find...

 

[recidivus]

I use needleless syringes all the time, I don't worry too much about the excess in tips. Pull some air in and it'll bring up whatever was in the tip also. The amount is very very minimal, just so you know, and generally won't change the end result TOO much. This depends on concentrates and flavours being used of course. The flavours where one or two drops will make or break a recipe generally aren't being measured in the ml/30 in my experience.

You could get a graduated cylinder to measure the difference, but if you have one you'd probably just be mixing in it rather than mucking about with syringes.

 

[Princessdee]

My 1ml syringes are a type made for diabetics, with the needle molded onto it. I took a hobby knife and cut it off.

On bigger sizes, just take a sharp knife (or REALLY good scissors) and snip that tip off a couple of them.