it looks like you've got a solid plan there... although i'd really recommend changing yr solvent to heptane if possible... it pulls amazingly fast, and you'll get most of yr spice in the first 2 pulls, instead of having to pull endlessly... also, you mentioned that capital is not an issue... buy yrself a separatory funnel... it seems like an excessive expense, but man, that is a useful piece of equipment... i look at my turkey baster now & laugh...
i apologize if i came off a little harsh earlier, i'll be the first to admit i can be a real dick sometimes... you know yr situation better than i, if yr comfortable & confident then carry on fellow wanderer...
spinning a set the stars through which the tattered tales of axis roll about the waxen wind of never set to motion in the unbecoming round about the reason hardly matters nor the wise through which the stars were set in spin...
"Chemistry is applied theology." Augustus Owsley Stanley III