Tallboy dresser turned into grow box.

[AfroSheep]

Hey all,
Am just about to get started turning a tallboy dresser into a grow box, and am after a few hints if any1 else has done it this way,

Im thinking take out draw fronts and glue them to each other, put hinges,
and make it airtight/lightproof(not so sure how to do that part)
Maybe fir the carbon filter on the inside, i dont have dimensions right yet but will let no in future.

If not filter inside, then just do fans on outside and all is well lol,

Just curious as to if any1 else has done a tallboy dresser into a grow box aswel,
and a few tips/hints to converting it.

Peace AS.

 

[thehappyguy]

no idea what a tallboy dresser is, do you have pictures or dimensions? do you want it to be super stealthy?

 

[glostick]

my tallboy dresser is roughly 55"x36"x19"not a grow cab yet but you got me thinking about it. I'm only on my third and wildly varied grows this being my second micro. But from a wood working standpoint I would personally strip it of the drawer faces ( and surrounding moldings) basically cut a square door out of the front of the tallboy mount those faces to a piece of plywood, Use some hidden hinges and maybe a cool lock. As far as light proofing i think weather stripping is your best bet, or possible using a silicone seal. just my -glostick

 

[heady blunts]

i've seen people having a lot of luck using magnets to mount the false front.

 

[AfroSheep]

cheers guys, i was thinking doing kinda how you put it glostick cheers,

Heady good idea, somethig is should look into.

 

[glostick]

Are we going to see any pics Afro?

 

[AfroSheep]

yeh this weekend gonna get some pics have it half set up, about to pop seed...

 

[someotherguy]

High man, here's a couple pics of my dresser/mother box, not a high-boy though so not tall enough for flowering, ...my goal was stealth.

This box had room for 21 mothers, bonsai-style in 2liter coke bottles.

For flowering I picked this up for $50.00USD at a local thrift store.

This shows the back, at the time I was using 2x 150watt econolights that I had DIY'ed.

Here's a look at the front.

Hope you don't mind my tossing up a few pics for inspiration bro, if you'd like more details I can point you at the threads, the mother box I built under my first psuedonym that I was forced to abandon for security reasons.

Good luck with your build, SOG

 

[AfroSheep]

Thats awesome man, ill toss up pics of mine later today, love the way you had that mother room set out.

Peace AS

 

[SICE]

I like the way the door opens from above.....

very nice