[tsk]

hi

so i finally replaced my piece of shit home box and solemly swore never again, unless i get an attic or a brain hemorrhage. whatever comes first...

after many empty months of praying to the god of second-hand ikea furniture for a bloom sized drobe, to no avail, i conceded to the god of first hand ikea furniture and parted with about 70 squid to purchase a squeaky clean new kullen wardrobe:

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Assembled size
Width: 144 cm
Depth: 51 cm
Height: 191 cm

three (four? ) weeks ago it looked like this

[tsk]

i made "a few" plans -

and now, after many, many hours of sawing, taping, stapling, washing, sweeping, screwing, hammering, swearing and smoking - it looks like this:



its all connected, and behind here:

[tsk]

tah-dah! the intake is behind the drawers, the extract goes into the smaller cupboard which has holes drilled into the back and top for venting. the layer of cotton is to quieten the rush of air a bit, and it works!

those little black and white things infront of the cotton are my new pot covers, drying after a wash. no one ask whatever happend to the home box...


the extraction fan is boxed in what used to be the death cab, with a found foam front. the ballast is on some wooden blocks to keep it cooler, the ducting is wrapped in underlay for sound dampening. again, quite effective, and cheap.:



inside its carpeted and hung with bungees, but has a little bit of polystyrene support...

This post has been edited by tsk: 18 April 2008 - 02:54 PM

[tsk]

the intake/drawer area is carpeted and the fan is in its original box, stuffed with underlay and bubblewrap, sponge blocks bellow and above, sandwiching the fan into a non-vibrating stasis. sweet.


the drawers are held in by a crude frame, filled out with more found foam and a little left over carpet for added muffling.

This post has been edited by tsk: 18 April 2008 - 03:01 PM

[tsk]

Dr Benways Assistant, word! thanks man, its smart in a scruffy slapdash kind of way cheers boss.

heres the action part:



the top:



fan lowering and heightening hooks, well chuffed with this system:



the fucking massive filter which i dislike but am currently lumbered with, fixed so as to be removable for re-filling (which is long overdue) or replacing (which is much preferred)

[Twenty Three]

Nice work tsk,you've done yourself proud

[growndome]

great work mate you must be well pleased with yourself. I recently bought a tent coz I thought I was a DIY mongo but now wish i would have taken a bit longer to do something bit more professional like this. you have done really well here mate I hope after a few grows in my tent I am keen enough to knock up something like this.

couple of questions where do your intake and extraction go after they have gone through those padded sections?? are they going off to different rooms/loft/window etc??

really impressed tho like the way u have somewhere to keep all your bits too

think u deserve a massive

[skunkyone]

very nice tsk

does all the sound dampening stuff make alot of difference??


sk1

This post has been edited by skunkyone: 18 April 2008 - 03:20 PM

[tsk]

cheers twenty three, though its no success till buds have been chopped from it, i appreciate all appreciation

the intake and removable waterproof bottom design, quite literally taken from the home box...



as you can see ive framed the whole inside with wood layerd in half white half black gaffa tape. attatched to this is a sheet of homebox with a velcro attatchment, stapled to both wood and sheet for permanent placement. notches were cut to accommodate the hinges, then black gaffaed up. id say its 98% light tight, and soon to be 100%.

but where does the intake come from, i hear no one ask...

what are these innocent looking cabinets next to the drobe?

[Hughie Green]

Nice job tsk mate



Dont ya love it when a plan comes together!.

[tsk]

growndome, on Apr 18 2008, 05:48 PM, said:

great work mate you must be well pleased with yourself. I recently bought a tent coz I thought I was a DIY mongo but now wish i would have taken a bit longer to do something bit more professional like this. you have done really well here mate I hope after a few grows in my tent I am keen enough to knock up something like this.

cheers growndome, i got a years worth of grows out of my tent so i reckon youll get your moneys worth dude. start designing now though

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couple of questions where do your intake and extraction go after they have gone through those padded sections?? are they going off to different rooms/loft/window etc??

the extraction blows out into the space above where all my bits are kept. its not very clear, ill take a pic in a wee while. its all in the smae room. the intake comes in via a light baffle cab, into the veg cab, through into the main drobe. i thought this was quite smart but the added temp of the CFL pumps up the bloom room by a good couple of degrees C. been better since i taped up some of the holes in my intake/extract ducting, but its a concern for the summer...

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think u deserve a massive

cheers bro, thats been well taken care of

skunkyone, on Apr 18 2008, 05:48 PM, said:

very nice tsk
does all the sound dampening stuff make alot of difference??
sk1

cheers skunkyone yes and no. it makes the bits it covers much, much quieter. i cant hear my fans at all. dosent change my filter from whooshing like a fucking boeing convention though and my extraction isnt exactly noisless, but the setup is MUCH quieter than my previous tent. its only air rush noise really...

note the home made hook hole on the lamp holder...



the veg box is a C or two lower than ambient room temp, and about 6 or 7 lower than the bloom box. keeping it at 21C results in the ambient rtoom temp at 23C, the bloom box at 26C pot level and 29C at canopy. co,e the summer thats the gig fucked and its time to down grade to a 250. its my 400 thats in there now, but in a few months itll have to go...

heres a shot from the end of the intake baffle

insect screened to keep out the peskys

and thats about it, leaving only the old veg cab


an all purpose "other" cab for clones, seedlings, breeding, mums whatever. partys, weddings etc etc...

ill go get a shot of the extraction proper...

[Scribb|e]

¿Have you tried running your CF with a dust-sleeve on it, Tsk? That might help some with the 'whooshing' of the air movement.


e²a: I love the 'modular' construction of your grow setup - it's quite similar to a system that I was toying with the idea of - using different cabinets and spaces and attaching them all together to take advantage of a single ventilation system.

This post has been edited by Scribb|e: 18 April 2008 - 03:47 PM

[Sam Semillia]

Whats yo beef with HomeBoxes?

Easily the best of all the grow tents if you ask me. Had a bud box which was a piece of shite - but no issues with the HomeBox as yet! Anything I should know as I'm busy recommending them to a mate?!