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Professor_Xavier

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Aolelon said:
Just buy single boards and make your own fixture. Its incredibly simple.
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In what world is making your own fixture easy for someone with no metal working experience, skillset, proper tools or time?

HLG's DIY sets bridge the gap by offering the heatsink as your structure so you need minimal time and equipment. The logistics of all those parts is done with one order.
They're wonderful.
They do not fit a 5x5 very well without hanging them high unless you do some cool, massively time and resource consuming DIY frame.
The OP either did a sweet custom frame or bought one. It looks like a beautiful setup and I'd like to learn more. I respect the work that went into it more than just calling it simple :)
Maybe I will ask Santa Stephen and Robin to engineer something premade that's better than a 2x qb320XL for the 5x5 folks. I'd pay for that.
Either way I think this is an incredible light and garden and I look forward to watching it. Props to the OP's.
 
Aolelon

Aolelon

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Professor_Xavier said:
In what world is making your own fixture easy for someone with no metal working experience, skillset, proper tools or time?

HLG's DIY sets bridge the gap by offering the heatsink as your structure so you need minimal time and equipment. The logistics of all those parts is done with one order.
They're wonderful.
They do not fit a 5x5 very well without hanging them high unless you do some cool, massively time and resource consuming DIY frame.
The OP either did a sweet custom frame or bought one. It looks like a beautiful setup and I'd like to learn more. I respect the work that went into it more than just calling it simple :)
Maybe I will ask Santa Stephen and Robin to engineer something premade that's better than a 2x qb320XL for the 5x5 folks. I'd pay for that.
Either way I think this is an incredible light and garden and I look forward to watching it. Props to the OP's.
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It's extremely easy, as shown by plenty of people. All you need is a drill, and some aluminum angle iron from a hardware store. Plus it helps you acquire skill for future projects. It's not massively time consuming to build a setup simple frame to house HLG heatsinks, or strips. It can easily be done in a day or two.
I feel that anyone with two hands, and can drill a hole, would be able to make their own frame to mount heatsinks too.
I'm a member of another forum, and there are people who are building their own frames, with zero prior experience of doing anything of the sort before. So I know if they can pick it up, most people can.
I did this light in a couple hours. Nothing special, but it works for me.
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nfhiggs

nfhiggs

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Aolelon said:
It's extremely easy, as shown by plenty of people. All you need is a drill, and some aluminum angle iron from a hardware store.
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I know, right? people make this out to be frickin' rocket science or playing the harpsichord. Seriously, how hard is it to drill a hole and stick a bolt through it?
 
Aolelon

Aolelon

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nfhiggs said:
I know, right? people make this out to be frickin' rocket science or playing the harpsichord. Seriously, how hard is it to drill a hole and stick a bolt through it?
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It honestly really isn't that hard. I feel like some people are intimidated because they see fixtures online and theirs look nice and like it took a lot of work. But honestly, as long as it works, I could care less about looks and more about how its going to operate in my tent.
Both the fixtures I've made were extremely easy, as long as you can properly drill a hole to match, and stick a bolt through, hell even a zip tie would work if you could manage it. Just as long as it holds.
 
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Professor_Xavier

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Aolelon said:
It honestly really isn't that hard. I feel like some people are intimidated because they see fixtures online and theirs look nice and like it took a lot of work. But honestly, as long as it works, I could care less about looks and more about how its going to operate in my tent.
Both the fixtures I've made were extremely easy, as long as you can properly drill a hole to match, and stick a bolt through, hell even a zip tie would work if you could manage it. Just as long as it holds.
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Some people want a nice fixture. The OP is obviously one of them.
Sorry if I offended you with my lack of tradesmanship. If HLG makes a better solution, I'll give them all my monies.
Meanwhile Buddzbudda over here has the right idea by changing the topic back to this awesome LED grow from start to finish!
 
Aolelon

Aolelon

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Professor_Xavier said:
Some people want a nice fixture. The OP is obviously one of them.
Sorry if I offended you with my lack of tradesmanship. If HLG makes a better solution, I'll give them all my monies.
Meanwhile Buddzbudda over here has the right idea by changing the topic back to this awesome LED grow from start to finish!
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I'm just stating that it can be done. Even with minimal skills.
 
calitrees916

calitrees916

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nfhiggs said:
36 F-series strips @ 25W each - take a look at Takeshy's build - he pulled four pounds with less than a 1000 watts in a 5x5.
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Professor_Xavier said:
In what world is making your own fixture easy for someone with no metal working experience, skillset, proper tools or time?

HLG's DIY sets bridge the gap by offering the heatsink as your structure so you need minimal time and equipment. The logistics of all those parts is done with one order.
They're wonderful.
They do not fit a 5x5 very well without hanging them high unless you do some cool, massively time and resource consuming DIY frame.
The OP either did a sweet custom frame or bought one. It looks like a beautiful setup and I'd like to learn more. I respect the work that went into it more than just calling it simple :)
Maybe I will ask Santa Stephen and Robin to engineer something premade that's better than a 2x qb320XL for the 5x5 folks. I'd pay for that.
Either way I think this is an incredible light and garden and I look forward to watching it. Props to the OP's.
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@Professor_Xavier Here is one of my simpler builds, check it out if you need some ideas. This build is meant for a 4x4 and maxes out at around 700 watts. One of my good buddies put me on this concept of zip ties and shelving from Home Depot. Frame is very cheap, like 30 bucks I think total and it does a very good job as you can see below

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nfhiggs

nfhiggs

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calitrees916 said:
@Professor_Xavier Here is one of my simpler builds, check it out if you need some ideas. This build is meant for a 4x4 and maxes out at around 700 watts. One of my good buddies put me on this concept of zip ties and shelving from Home Depot. Frame is very cheap, like 30 bucks I think total and it does a very good job as you can see below

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Excellent! One could use that for strips as well, just by zip tying them to the wire shelves.
 
Randomblame

Randomblame

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Professor_Xavier said:
Some people want a nice fixture. The OP is obviously one of them.
Sorry if I offended you with my lack of tradesmanship. If HLG makes a better solution, I'll give them all my monies.
Meanwhile Buddzbudda over here has the right idea by changing the topic back to this awesome LED grow from start to finish!
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If you want something ready to use you could have a frame made to your specifications at the next metal shop, which you only need to plug together at home. Would not be sooo expensive ..
With cheap 2020 or 3030 profile for example it would be fully customizable to different areas. You simply push the boards where you need them, like on rails.
And if you want it to look cool, just take those alu profiles in black, I've even seen blue anodized ones ... Looked cool!
 
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