Saved From OG: ~DIY~ Octagonal Reflector

[AccountWontWork]

blynx, Right on man... Any chance I could get that a copy of that PDF?



BTW, Good find on the original author of this hood. Muchos Gracias to Durban Poison as well.

Thanks for the compliments guys, I appreciate them!
The hardest part about building the entire reflector was deciding on where I should put the flaps so I could bolt down the sheet metal.

If I could do it all over again... I would have used pop rivets (had no gun) and made the flaps the entire length of the hood, rather then 3/4 of it. I'll be installing it in my grow box here very shortly. I'll maybe put up a picture of it then, or just wait till I start my grow thread.

 

[pontiac]

Nicely done AWW! :jawdrop: It came out alot better than i thought it would, looks like you have alot of experience with sheetmetal. Glad that my advice helped you out too.

Now lets see some pics of that sweet cab youve been describing in the PMs.

DURBANLEGEND! YES! That name was always in the back of my head; i always knew it was durban something. Thanks blynx!

btw blynx, where the hell have you been for the past year since og shutdown?

convert some of those PDF tutorials into jpeg and repost them here

O and FYI Ticks 15 dollor reflector is reposted here: http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=14472

 

[Gunnarguchi]

very nice guide
ive actually heard from several that the octagon design offers the best use of light ever compared to any reflector design but i havent seen it tested against others

 

[danishpassion]

this is a really nice reflector and ive heard it should be one of the best open reflectors around
but they are expensive and hard to find so i may just have to test this DIY guide onbe day
tnx for posting it

 

[Nick Mack]

Good work recovering this from the OG archives Pontiac.

I'm setting up a grow space of 40x40cm with a 150w MH/HPS and would like to use one of these reflectors, thing is I'm not sure what dimentions I should be looking at.

Do you have any idea what size the reflector wants to be?

Cheers.

 

[gravy boat]


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