HowTo: Build your own Grow Cabinet with Cloning/Mother Area

[daihashi]

feeling a bit lazy right now and don't feel like typing out the rest of the howto: at the moment, but here's a picture with some of toys placed inside the cabinet.

Cabinet Pic1
Cabinet Pic2
Cabinet Pic 3

[daihashi]

Tested it:

400 watt hps
6" cool tube
6" inline fan (424 CFM)
12x12 passive intake with air filter

House is set at 75 degrees.

The cabinet is running at 76 degrees.

:thumbsup:

I am only exhausting the cool tube, it is drawing air from inside the cabinet, I did not give it it's own passive intake due to space limitations I did not think of previously. (cool tube was too wide for the dimensions I planned. So remember everyone design your cabinet around your reflector).

[keeko]

fuggin excellent, good job.

[daihashi]

Again.. feeling lazy. Worked on the cabinet a little bit more.

Here are some pictures of it 97% complete.

Cabinet Closed
Cabinet open and in operation
Current temperatures 2" away from cool tube



Note: The box fan is not attached to this cabinet. It is attached to the cabinet to the left of this one; which is going to be decomissioned throughout this coming week :thumbsup:

[Wert]

looks great! looking forward to seeing the final steps

[daihashi]

looks great! looking forward to seeing the final steps

yeah.. I need to get off my arse and update this thread. Probably saturday or so.

Keep your eyes peeled. The cabinet has been complete for a while now.

[Treetops]

yeah.. I need to get off my arse and update this thread. Probably saturday or so.

Keep your eyes peeled. The cabinet has been complete for a while now.

daihashi,
How'd you make out with your cab....would like to see how it turned out...

Thanks,
Peace,
Treetops :thumbsup:

[daihashi]

daihashi,
How'd you make out with your cab....would like to see how it turned out...

Thanks,
Peace,
Treetops :thumbsup:

I have to wait for my last plant to finish before I can really write up the final steps.

I really needed to use the cab and had to occupy it before it was 100%.

Essentially it's just like it is in the pictures right now.

The mother/clone area still needs some cfls.. the entire inside needs to be painted white.

I want to remove the seals I used and go back over with spray foam and cut it with an exacto knife to create a better seal than what I have right now.

Just all minor things. The picture above is very close to the finished product.

[jabezus]

Very nice work. Thank you for reviewing my plans. Questions for you please:
Where/how is odor control located?
Also is the exhaust fan in a seperate area or is it sitting on a shelf?
Does the filter block 100% light from entering/escaping?

[daihashi]

Very nice work. Thank you for reviewing my plans. Questions for you please:
Where/how is odor control located?
Also is the exhaust fan in a seperate area or is it sitting on a shelf?
Does the filter block 100% light from entering/escaping?

There is no odor control located here as this will be a vegging cab. However if there was a carbon filter I would have placed it between the cool tube and the inline fan.

The exhaust is both in a seperate area that sits on a shelf. That seperate area is essentially a shelf that is a perfect fit. Creating a seperate upper area from the lower.

I don't have a light meter so I can't say for certain. All I know is that I can't see any light coming out of the exhaust hole and I can't see any light coming in from the inside of the cabinet with the door closed.