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I think that I have an insight into why there may be variation in weight of the dried tablets. You refer to the mixture of powder and water as "dough". I would be inclined to have only a slightly damp mixture, which should be mixed very thoroughly to ensure that it has uniform consistency. If you want 2gm dry tablets, and use 10% water (for example), then 2.2 gm mixture would yield a 2gm dried tablet. If you have such a great variation in dry tablet weights, it suggests to me that the mixture was not uniformly damp.Probably not that important but with the experiments so far I've found that the dry weight (after the tablets have dried) does vary considerably ... I'm sort of aiming for 2gm dry weight per tablet and with the hand making equipment I have I find it varies between 1.00gm and 2.2gm ... not sure why this is as weighing the 'dough' before pressing the tablet and using the same weight of dough should yield the same dried weight ... but it doesn't ?