Well after my girl has outgrew my rubbermaid grow box, using CFL's, i decided i'm bump it up a notch and build a cabinet. For the time being i'm only going to be using CFL's for the rest of this grow until i can afford either a 150w or 250w HPS.

My intentions are a Completely sealed cabinet from smell, Light, sound and overall wholesome Stealth for this design, as those are shortcomings of my rubbermaid grow. I really like the ScrOG method, as its so interactive and really yields can be very nice done correctly so i'm designing this around adding a scrog during Veg.

Anyway this is the Cabinet.....$50 at Target.



And this is the inside. As you can see there are two shelves, there are 4 possible positions spaced at 6.5" intervals up both sides. More my design, shelves at top, and Bottom. The shelf at the top is to hold all electronics, surge protector, Ballast (when added), timer, Fan, Filter, etc. BELOW The Bottom shelf is for Nute Storage/PH testing/Epsom Salts, etc.



This next picture is my first "conceptual" design, as you can see everything is the same as far as layout goes, the CO2 supplements needs to be resolved for a final spot. (thinking of using tubing to route CO2 into chamber from below or above). Also listed are all dimensions available for use.



But as you can also see the right side was a first idea for making room for a clone, but needed more height, so i cut a area out and raised the shelf. I decided this was the best route of action to keep space for a single clone, as well as unheading the abilities of the ScrOG. The black/Grey material is Duct tape for air seals to keep each section free of unwanted air.



This next picture is a close up of the area above.



And this is what what i've done thus far. As you can see i shelved off the right side, allowing 12" of vertical clearance for a pair of 23w Blue CFL's or a CFL tube. 2" are left below the Pot for a Bowl to sit in, when ScrOG is in place the pot will not be able to be removed, so siphoning out of the bowl will need to be done for drainage water.



I still have alot to do, as is obvious. My intentions now are to finish the walls, 3-4 layers of carpet padding spray glued into the interior recesses. Foam core will then be screwed into the Channeled uprights giving a hard inner shell with sound material behind (Carpet padding), this should give very little fan noise outside if it works as i intend. Over this foam core on all interior surfaces will be a layer of mylar, or windshiled heat reflectors over all of the showing black tape and foam core.

As for my girl for the time being, she's quickly outgrowing my rubbermaid, so as soon as i finish the walls, and output fan up top, then i will be cutting the top part from my rubbermaid grow that houses the lights, and use them for the time being as a hood with Aluminum Ducting between the hood and the output fan at the top.

Will add more pictures as i get things done......hope this can be of use for someone to reproduce if its a good design, and also looking for feedback and new ideas as well. Any suggestions as to a 150w or 250w HPS? And where to find them for the cheapest, Kits are perfectly fine.

Thanks for looking and reading, keep looking back for added pictures etc.

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Your box is coming along metal, I'm excited to see how it turns out. Keep us posted with pics of new updates and what not. Good luck

Tom

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Thanks Tom, just keeping at it.

I've gotten the Left side panel done, the foam core is screwed into the side corner channels for perminence, 3layers of carpet foam under the foam core, and cut the hole for the ducting and cables to go through up top. I'm very excited myself to have something designed and layed out nice, and relatively spacious.

Also got the right side done in the last 20mins or so.



Next added foam core over the carpet foam. Screwed only into the front bracing. When i add the back piece after running wiring down the right side, i will screw the foam bracing seen just inside the foam core sides, so they hold the sides in place as well.



I need to finish insulating the clone chamber right side, below the shelf, and above it, as well as insulation on the back/and left side under the shelf as well as above the shelf when all electronics are added, as the shelf cannot be taken out after everything is added.

Should be updating tommorrow with more pics, thanks again for looking.

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Look's great metal, are you using mylar or poly plastic to line the cab?

Tom

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if you could make that clone area slide out on rollers i think you would be way happy. Lowes sells the hardware to make a slide out for it. be like $30 or so.

when i do my real closet, i hope to make the whole ScrOG slide out like that if i can counterbalance it.

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That is a great idea bfq, i never thought of that. Nice thinking

Tom

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i have knocked over a couple of clones trying to reach around them... so now i have to move them all out of the way each time i want in my similarly shaped clone area... fuck up is the mother of invention

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It makes me wish I installed the things necessary to make a slide out shelf. It would make things so much easier. Might consider going out and doing this after i harvest my second crop

Tom

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Slide out shelf will be an addition in the future if i choose to add it, it wont be used for awhile (end of next grow), so i'm only making it for future use. Also short on money, and that $30 will need to go towards the HPS in the future. (just a unneeded cost for "ease of use", i can spend time on that later)

But i do only plan on having 1 single clone at a time, unless a friend wants one or something. So it'll only be working 10% of the time when needed for 1-2week periods then straight into the flower pot/chamber.

How much airflow is needed in a clone chamber, if its using a humidity hood for 100% humidity to root? I'm trying to figure out how to route things for best airflow, VERY small passive intakes for the flower/veg chamber somewhere at the bottom. Output is at the top.

I'm still trying to find mylar, HD and Lowes don't carry it in my areas......idunno what to use besides white paper and the extreemly shiny wrapping paper.

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