blancolighter
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Well, I've been wanting to expand my grow for a little while now, add a few new flavors to my pipe, but haven't been able because I have no room and about as much money. I've been looking at those grow boxes in the weed mags with envy for some time now, wishing for the money to buy one. Then someone posted on here saying that they went ahead and bought a grow cabinet for like 3 grand, because to do it yourself would cost just as much. I guess that just finally made me snap, say all of that is ridiculous and finally get the motivation to get a grow cabinet made, and not for 3 grand.
I found its actually pretty easy to do.
I bought a new metal storage locker 72"x36"x20" at the Office Depot for 350 bucks. I put a wanted add up on craigslist though and got a few replies, they were all just a bit too small for what I wanted though, so I got impatient and bought new. I live in a smaller city though, I'm sure you could get a cabinet like mine for 50 bucks of cragislist in a populated area.
600 Watt Lumatek ballast for 200 bucks.
Cord Set for like 30 I think?
I used Taters DIY Hood Guide to build the Hood
I used The Carbon Filter sticky to build the carbon filter.
Both of those little projects cost about 50 bucks each.
Tubing for vents, inline fan misc. items, prolly about 100 bucks (I bought a few tools I needed for the job).
Oh and those darn expensive HPS bulbs, like 70 bucks...
All in all it cost about 850 to build. I'm pretty happy with it, took abit of work to block out all the light leaks, bit a bit of duct tape and time is worth saving the extra 2150 I say.
Its hard to see (impossible actually) but I do have a DIY carbon filter back behind all that duct work.
I'm gonna try doin SOG in this little space here. In my other box I'm growing my plants bushed out, so I think it'll be neat to try these two different methods..
I found its actually pretty easy to do.
I bought a new metal storage locker 72"x36"x20" at the Office Depot for 350 bucks. I put a wanted add up on craigslist though and got a few replies, they were all just a bit too small for what I wanted though, so I got impatient and bought new. I live in a smaller city though, I'm sure you could get a cabinet like mine for 50 bucks of cragislist in a populated area.
600 Watt Lumatek ballast for 200 bucks.
Cord Set for like 30 I think?
I used Taters DIY Hood Guide to build the Hood
I used The Carbon Filter sticky to build the carbon filter.
Both of those little projects cost about 50 bucks each.
Tubing for vents, inline fan misc. items, prolly about 100 bucks (I bought a few tools I needed for the job).
Oh and those darn expensive HPS bulbs, like 70 bucks...
All in all it cost about 850 to build. I'm pretty happy with it, took abit of work to block out all the light leaks, bit a bit of duct tape and time is worth saving the extra 2150 I say.
Its hard to see (impossible actually) but I do have a DIY carbon filter back behind all that duct work.
I'm gonna try doin SOG in this little space here. In my other box I'm growing my plants bushed out, so I think it'll be neat to try these two different methods..