My Self Built Stealth Cabinet Grow (how to build a cab) My Pride And Joy

dusty26 said:

good.... i'm gonna do the 250 mh then... I was thinking it was a little low , then i was like well idk because they dont need a incredible amount of light in the veg room... the flowering room is what counts... I could always add light i guess but i thought 250 would be enough... ... what about the flowering room ... it was between 600 or 400 ... 600 is kinda overkill yes/no lol i'm sitting her with the money debating on the 400 and 600...

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No NO.. go with 600.. youll be allot happier with the buds with a 600... the light has deeper penetration too so it will grow your bottom of the plants real good.

ya... and there isn't much of a price difference either... i'll do that...

Nice craftsmanship. Can't wait to see it all finished up. Good job!

thanks bud... I saw your dual cab... nice nice nice ...
how's the temps in there ?

vary nice work man i love to see more ppl doing the diy stuff

runsfromdacops said:

vary nice work man i love to see more ppl doing the diy stuff

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Me to buddy me to.. I have nothing against ppl that buy already made cabs... but look... I realize some ppl dont have the tools or the place where they can use the tools... they definately should have the knowledge especially with rollitup.com as a reference...

I'd love to see alot more diy on here...

dusty26 said:

thanks bud... I saw your dual cab... nice nice nice ...
how's the temps in there ?

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Thanks!

Temps are great right now 75 day 65 night, it's pulling cold air from the garage. For the summer time I will hook the intake ducts to a small window A/C unit.

dusty26 said:

Me to buddy me to.. I have nothing against ppl that buy already made cabs... but look... I realize some ppl dont have the tools or the place where they can use the tools... they definately should have the knowledge especially with rollitup.com as a reference...

I'd love to see alot more diy on here...

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I agree also. Would probably be cheaper to just buy the pre-fab cabinet but where is the fun in that?

Isthisnametaken said:

I agree also. Would probably be cheaper to just buy the pre-fab cabinet but where is the fun in that?

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lol are you kidding me , have you seen the price of those things. ? well ok... maybe after you buy all the materials to build your own / lights / hydro system blah blah yada yada lol ... they do have some pretty good combos that they sell but still... MAKE YOUR OWN lol

yea i would say the six hundred to but i would vent it and what not

Nice job man, wish i could do that but i dont trust myself using that many tools for something thats actually going to be used. So i bought a premade cabinet =). I let the chinamen do the hardwork for me...tis a shame

yea to me the way to gro is homemade. you can custom make it to any space you want and its wood then instead of them cloth ones i have seen so it makes them more sturdy. plus its just alot of fun.

skippy pb said:

Nice job man, wish i could do that but i dont trust myself using that many tools for something thats actually going to be used. So i bought a premade cabinet =). I let the chinamen do the hardwork for me...tis a shame

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china ? oh geez... what did you end up buying ?

wildfire97936 said:

yea i would say the six hundred to but i would vent it and what not

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oh ya... and I was thinking... the small cubby hole where I was planning on putting the tv and dvd player, I think i'm going to make a fake wall... like split the cubby in 2 debth wise and run my ducting through there before exiting...
for example... the veg room I'd run straight up through the floor into the hidden room and out the back.. then the flowering room i'd run through the side of the wall then thru the hidden room then out the back ... i'm gonna do this for a few reasons, biggest one tho is light trapping.. It has to be light tight..

7cotton7 said:

yea to me the way to gro is homemade. you can custom make it to any space you want and its wood then instead of them cloth ones i have seen so it makes them more sturdy. plus its just alot of fun.

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I know right... cloth or plastic... how cheap...
My buddy had one that was a plastic frame with like a plastic sheating... trying to suspend a 600 watt light ... lol 2 rolls of duct tape later ... haha... they are sh it...

ok... with new years, and work blah blah... the build has been going pretty slow... plus I did a little re designing on the doors... so here we have the cab ... I put one of the doors on the veg room, and painted the entire inside of the veg and flower room (after i took the pic)
it's in the am here now and I have to get ready for work... when I get done work today i'm gonna shoot over to home depot and pick up some more studs and some type of lock.. and i'll be workin on her tonight...

just so you dont get tooo disapointed....

There will be nothing stealthy about your grow... the Noise will give you away... but ill wait till the end and you can tell me that..lol...

Hey my cloth dr120 holds up all my shit perfectly.. no duct tape... Sometimes you have to be smarter than the tent.

Good luck..

dusty26 said:

oh ya... and I was thinking... the small cubby hole where I was planning on putting the tv and dvd player, I think i'm going to make a fake wall... like split the cubby in 2 debth wise and run my ducting through there before exiting...
for example... the veg room I'd run straight up through the floor into the hidden room and out the back.. then the flowering room i'd run through the side of the wall then thru the hidden room then out the back ... i'm gonna do this for a few reasons, biggest one tho is light trapping.. It has to be light tight..

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man genius is all i got to say, man i want to tell you what i want to do and have YOU draw it up cause damn man you just seem to have the mind for this shit....i just get high and do easy shit like ride dirt bikes

genfranco said:

just so you dont get tooo disapointed....

There will be nothing stealthy about your grow... the Noise will give you away... but ill wait till the end and you can tell me that..lol...

Hey my cloth dr120 holds up all my shit perfectly.. no duct tape... Sometimes you have to be smarter than the tent.

Good luck..

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lol it's funny i've been thinking of that to... well what I planned on doing about the noise.. other than the humming of the light (which to my knowledge you cant get rid of...) the exaust (squirrel fans) i'm making a housing for and hanging with bungies... and also...
now tell me what you think... i've got some really good insulation left from my attic I was thinking about putting underneath the floor of the veg and flower room (we have thick ass carpet to) and possibly the ceiling and sides... (i'm able to do that because I framed with studs first... think that would help alot ?

wildfire97936 said:

man genius is all i got to say, man i want to tell you what i want to do and have YOU draw it up cause damn man you just seem to have the mind for this shit....i just get high and do easy shit like ride dirt bikes

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well Thank you matey... I'd be happy to draw you up something..
hell i'd even love to make it for you,, we both know that's not practical but hell ya I would...
lol I get high and build shit lol ... the ol lady loves it... have a real nice oak 25 gun cab... 3 big cherry display cases (for the wifes collectables) numerous shelfs and stands , coffee table end tables lol I love to build... i've got a huge garage and work shop in the back yard so i'm pretty set... have everything I need now... (planner, miter, scroll, band saw, jointer, drill press, air compressor and numerous attachments, just a hobby i do beside my daily 9-5 job...
And I dont sell I grow because I love to ... iI try to change my grow ever year ... was a member of overgrow.com for many years went though a period of my life where I had to work my ass off for the company I currently work for for 2 years so I took some time off and the last 6 months i've been back into it again... I love all the different strains of mj and love growing ... I love walking into my grow area and seeing them from day to day...
so now that u know my life story lol what do you have in mind for a grow ?


I'll be on later fellow growers , i'm off to home depot.....