My secret winter garden

[kasvi]

Hello!

This is my first grow journal but not my first grow. Feel free to comment and give advice.

I am going to build two pc grow boxes and grow Somango with Bubblegummer in another and autoflowering Northern lights, White widow, Sour60, Durban poison x Betty boo, Sour60 x [(Sour60xThink different) x LR#2] x Betty boo, Betty boo and Diesel ryder in another.

C99 and Bubblegummer will be in smart pots that I make little smaller with safety pins and autoflowers in yogurt cups for yogurt cup challenge.

I am going to use my 3d printer to build activated carbon filters and some parts to make cases 100% light proof.

Here is the pc case number 1. It is Antec 300.


First I had to drill some rivets of to remove parts.

 

[kasvi]

Then I did some cleaning.



This is where we are now.


Things to do:

Buy:
-activated carbon
-e27 sockets
-fans
-smart pots
-plastic for walls
-lights
-nutrients for yogurt cup plants
-sealant/glue
-electrical wire
-timers
-black paint
-power source for fans
Desing and build:
-covers for holes
-activated carbon filter
-light holder
Instal:
-covers for holes
-plastic for walls
-fan
-activated carbon filter
-lights

Money spent: 20€

 

[kasvi]

I am not sure 100% what lights I will use. I am thinking about getting 6x 12w or 3x 20w screw-in leds.

 

[kasvi]

I did remove those electrical wires from case and designed some simple shapes to fill holes on case.


First from top left is louver part, second on top from left is part that fills one ventilation hole on side of case. From left on bottom there is front panel piece and on the right there is another piece for ventilation hole. Only difference with ventilation hole pieces is that another is for 120mm hole, other is for 140mm hole.

 

[kasvi]

Almost finished activated carbon filter.


But now is time to smoke a bowl after that I will continue.

Today I am going to finish carbon filter model and design last piece that makes my pc case light proof.

 

[kasvi]

All done I think.



Now I am trying to print parts to make case light proof.

 

[kasvi]

Printed first part. It will be painted black. I need to drill hole for power cable because I forgot to add it.

 

[Tbonegrower]

That is really cool! Can't wait to see some little monsters growing in there.

 

[starke]

I love micro grows.

 

[kasvi]

That is really cool! Can't wait to see some little monsters growing in there.

I cant either! I promise you, you will see one of the cases fully running in two weeks.

I love micro grows.

I do love them also.

Yesterday I printed more parts.

 

[kasvi]

As you can see there is problem with print quality. I will try to fix this by adding more layers after filling pattern.

Now I will print last two pieces for case number 1.

 

[kasvi]

Almost forgot.

I got new case. It is Asus G10AC.


Case was 0,5g. I count it as 10€.

Money spent: 30€

 

[kasvi]

Ordered:
Activated carbon
e27 sockets
nutrients for yogurt cup plants
plastic for walls (mylar)
smart pot
electrical wire
lights
fans
sealant/glue
coco coir

I forgot to add timers to order so I need to go and get them from grow shop later.

Things to do:

Buy:
-balck paint
-power source for fans
-double-sided tape for mylar
-timers
Desing and build:
-covers for holes (only building left)
-activated carbon filter (only building left)
-light holder
Instal:
-covers for holes
-plastic for walls
-fan
-activated carbon filter
-lights

Money spent: 269,65€

 

[kasvi]

I went shopping today. I bought black paint, double-sided tape and power sources for fans.


Things to do:

Buy:
-timers
Desing and build:
-covers for holes (only building left)
-activated carbon filter (only building left)
-light holder
Instal:
-covers for holes
-plastic for walls
-fan
-activated carbon filter
-lights

Money spent: 298,81€

 

[kasvi]

I printed second last part for holes.


I will print last part later tonight. Here is picture of it.

 

[ReikoX]

Looking good. I love watching builds

 

[HuffnPufferfish]

wait, 300$ on what?

 

[kasvi]

wait, 300$ on what?

PC case 1 20€
PC case 2 10€
GHE FloraBloom 1l 12,50€
GHE FloraMicro 1l 14,50€
elctricwire 7,80€€
e27 socket x9 25,20€€
mylar 11,80€
activated carbon 1kg 10€
Smart pot 7,6l 5,90€
MycoForce mycorrhizal fungi 200g 27€
Coco coir 11l 3€
NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 PWM fan x2 49,80€
damping plate 120mm x 120mm x2 6€
screw set 7€
Sikaflex 221 glue/sealant 300ml 9,95€
20w screw-in led x3 17,70€
12w screw-in led x6 15,80€
extension cord x2 7,80€
postage 7,90€

I also bought black spraypaint, power sources for fans and double-sided tape but I lost the receipt so I dont know how much each item cost. They were 29,16€ in total.

I need to spend only 40€ more so I can get timers. Then I think that I dont need to buy more things. I think 340€ is good price for two grow boxes with 132w of total light power.

 

[kasvi]

Looking good. I love watching builds

Thank you for watching. I hope you enjoy it.

I painted hole covers black.



You can see that there is still 4 holes back of the case. I forgot those. Will desing piece that fits them today.

I forgot louver also. I tried few days ago printing louver part I designed but got warping and print failed. I tried today again with supports but failed again. I will make louver part little thicker and hope that fixes warping.

I also started to print carbon filter but there is some bug with software that created it. There is empyty spots inside part that sohuld be filled but are not. Dont know how to fix this yet but will figure something out.

 

[IndoorScore]

Looking good man, love the 3d printing. Will be following along.