pill presses are tightly watched--very expensive and the dea has records of every one made from inception to destruction there is one made for around 3200 that isnt so watched but it isnt a pharma type machine it does the job for health food stores but Im sure they need info for it as well real machines--figure half mill to million new or a fraction used and then you need dies and such most would go on the net and find pill loading devices and make capsules instead I would imagine Im not saying it cant be done and I have known of it being done but NOT in the USA! You have to be a sly dog to get a real large scale many ton pill press which is what you need to do any amount of real pills Now I have (heard) of people make homemade ones with hydraulics from harbor frieght but you still need a machinist and such