A Sea of Green in my screen

Hello Ladies & Gents,

Well, well, well..earlier this eveing the old lady was asking me when am I going to get this big ass non working 56 inch projection screen tv out of the living room and me having enough of hearing it decided tonight I would dissassemble it and take it out piece by piece. I opened up the back and started taking out the guts (man that shits heavy inside), and after clearing everything out...well lets just say this joker aint leavin just yet, at least not the cabinet. I got a 40LX20Wx56H cabinet here beggin to be reincarnated into what?,,,a new home for Mary. already subterfuged for me.LOL, its perfect. It has vent holes already cut out and even vents in the floor of the cabinet. I naturally have some serious mods to do here but I wanted to post the pics so I can get some good ideas from everyone. In picture 1 you can see the size of the TV. Picture 2 shows the inside of the cabinet. Picture 3 is the full inside of the cabinet.

The first thing I am going to do is modify the back. As you can see the back has a porous particle board back. I will be replacing this with some wood and am going to make it on hinges to open from the bottom up for easy access to the entire bottom and halfway up the cabinet itself. Got a long way to go designing exhaust and intake, mylar and what not but this is going to be easy. I plan on putting everything inside, including the carbon scrubber with the scrubber exhaust in the top of the cabinet blowing toward the ceiling. What does everyone think. I couldnt ask for a better donor. And here i was about to go to Homie Depot and get wood...shame on me, thats 100 bucks I just saved...LOL, and this shit has built in. I would like to keep the cabinet the same on the outside but inside is fair game...getting started tomorrow.

The fourth picture shows the bottom of the inside. As you can see the two square cutouts are vents that go under the tv cabinet itself and can be modoified to do what I need. Same with the speaker holes in the front, they will definitely be intakes. As you can see the tv is funny shaped in the back at the top and slopes down on about a 45 degree angle. Thats cool cause there is still plenty of room, and as far as the screen itself, it will stay in place but there will be wood inside behind the screen for darkness and sealing. Come on folks, lets hear it, anybody did one like this before in a big screen?..give me some constructive criticisim here, if this one works out I got 2 more that dont work and believe me they will get reincarnated and put on the old auction block to my buddies.

Sorry couldnt put the pic of the back up, didnt know there was only 5 pics allowed.

Tryna

heres the rest of the pics

nice. good idea! good luck hope everything goes well for u!! keep us updated

Thanks Blunt,

I still got to figure out this light and smell situation but I am sure this one will make a good cabinet. You gotta love the built in subterfuge..LOL

Tryna

make it stealth and put the screen back in :)

You might be a redneck if... you have a non working TV as a base for your working TV
You might be an ingenious pothead if... you have a nonworking TV and turn it into a working microgrow
wOOt

Yeah invision, it never came out, I left it in intentionally but I am going to put a black piece of board on top of it from the inside so that the light wont get out.

[email protected] I definitely aint a redneck, just friggin creative..LOL

Tryna

Ok heres an update..slowly but surely its coming together. Just been working on it for about an hour a day.

Picture 1. I lined the screen with 3 garbage bags all duct taped together. Also before that I duct taped a black blanket across the screen.

Picture 2. Heres the bottom left side. The two pieces of wood will be my shelf brackets. Should I need more height I can take the shelf out and put everything on the bottom.

Picture 3. Heres the right top and part of the screen. Looking good?

Picture 4. Heres one of the top part of the cabinet. I plan on putting the back on hinges so that it opens up.

Picture 5. Heres where I am so far. The top half almost finished with the inside.

Comments anyone. Sad to say i wont get to use this box myself as i have a buyer for it.

Tryna

oops you cant see the shelf brackets on one of the pics sorry

Looks nice so far. Is the shiny stuff mylar? You should never use foil as a reflective surface, only mylar or flat white. But it's a great idea! More unique than my cab.

no actually i went to walmart and got 2 emergency blankets. Need one more but have been to busy this week to fool with it really. Plan on getting it finished within the next two weeks, got a guy wants to buy it when im finished with it. I got a buddy thats going to do his inside an old piano. This I gotta see. Maybe I will do the fridge next or a deep freezer..

Tryna

1 word.

Brilliant.

Best place to hide is right out in the open. Its just a broken TV.........

yeah subterfuge is definitely a plus..LOL

very cool man, i totally dig the setup, oh, btw, I once thought of using an old refrigerator once, like using the top part to veg and the bottom half to flower, but the tv is amazing.:thumbsup:

Hey cactus,

Thanks. Yeah i thought about the fridge/freezer but I didnt happen to have one of them laying around that didnt work..LOL so here I am, doing this on a budget too..so far this has cost me:

1 Non working big screen (free)
2 Two emergency blankets from walmart ($1.58 x 2)
1 Duct Tape ($1.00)
1 old black blanket ($0)
1 tube of elmers glue ($1.60)

whats that about 6 bucks. My only real expense would be seeds as I am going to build my own light housings, wiring, etc. Just a little hard to put together while my kids are here. Think I am just going to go and get all the stuff I need and have it here and sneak and do a little bit here and there while theyre gone. Other ideas for stealth..thinking about a bar, clothing wardrobe..my partner says hes gonna do one in an old school piano. This ought to be cool.

really friggin cool man.
how easy is it to access for watering and such?

p.s. any idea where I could order emergency blankets in canada?
I found some on amazon. 2 bucks, but 20 bucks shipping yeesh!

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Originally Posted by tybeet

p.s. any idea where I could order emergency blankets in canada?
I found some on amazon. 2 bucks, but 20 bucks shipping yeesh!

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go to any sporting goods store where they sell hicking supplies they should carry emergengcy blankets.

I dont know what home supply stores you have there but home depot has them, lowes, menards. Check your local home supply store, the larger chains should carry them. If not try a sporting goods store.

Tybeet I still have yet to finish it. It will be easy access as I am putting that back lid on hinges so that it will lift up giving access to everything. I imagine that i will have to create some kind of access to the lower part as well for cleaning, etc.

totally awsome.creative.very imaginative and creative. shows your always thinking of HOW TO.
You are the Tim the Tool Man Taylor of weed growing.
congrats.

thanks gatekeeper..a high mind is a terrible thing to waste not to mention ill probably make 1500 off it when i sell it.

Heres a few small updates..man this is hard to build with kids around...LOL

Picture 1. I closed off the front speaker openings that I was orionally going to use for fresh air vents. Gotta relocate them somewhere else.

Picture 2. I added a shelf (may be temporary) to allow me more growing room on two levels. The bottom will be tight as there is only 24 inches in height to work with.

Picture 3. Just showing the upper half of the cabinet with the shelf. I plan on having 1 125 watt cfl for veg on the top and one on the bottom. When flowering time arrives I will change the bulbs to 200 watts each level.

Picture 4. I will use these vents on the sides for airflow.

Awesome good luck!

thats fucking nice man i got a diagram of my conceal-a-grow system
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...ck/conceal.jpg

its a shelf with my couch set up on one side with the wall on the other. sick right?