Alright so the plan was to build a 4x4x70" grow cab with scrog crates and i did it! I must say i am very impressed with my work considering i have absolutely no carpentry experience what so ever, after doing all of the math and some careful planning every thing is more less perfect, straight, and structurally sound. The whole thing probably cost me about $120 and took me about 8 hours total to build by myself, the price is excluding the cost of tools which were a drill and a jig saw, it was $86 for the wood 5 4x8 sheets of 1/2 inch particle board and 15 2x4s, $14 for a box of 3" and 1 1/2" screws, 10$ for L brackets and $6 for some door hinges. I had home depot cut 95% of the wood because they told me it would be free, i bet they were sorry for that after they were done because there were a lot of cuts, anyways always make sure to ask the price per cut before because the people who did it for me told me that some of the employees will charge 50 cents per cut. As you can tell my cab is clearly not ready just yet i still have a few more things to do such as paint the cab white, mount the lights and ventilation equipment, hang the door, cut out the 6" exhaust port, mount the chicken wire for the scrog screens, and make the whole thing air and light tight. The design of my grow cab and scrog crates is pretty simple but very effective, I am going with scrog because i am some what limited on my vertical growing space and i want to be able to achieve optimum yield's. The base of my cab is sitting on 2 48" inch 2x4 legs mounted on their sides, in the bottom below each of the 4 crates there is a 5x5 inch intake, and on each side of each crate i have cut a 2x5 inch hole to help with air flow, these 4 5x5 intakes will all be light proof because my crates will be resting on top of them on legs, and i figure the plants will get a good amount of air flow since it will be flowing from directly below them. The scrog crates are 22x22x24 i realize i might have went a bit overboard on the height but i figured i want massive plants so i might as well let them get 1 foot tall before they hit the screen, and the reason i built them separate is because i want to be able to use scrog and still have the ability to pull my plants out to inspect them, maintain them, rotate them, or even go for a perpetual harvest if i decide i want to do so. I also realize i might have went a bit overboard and lost a bit of my canopy by using 2x4s to frame my scrog crates but i wanted structural integrity since i will have to lift the scrog crates by the frames with 5 gallon pots in them. I plan to use caulk to seal all of the seems and weather stripping to seal the door when its shut, i have recessed 2 door hinges into the 2x4 stud on the front and will use a pad lock hinge to secure the door shut on the other side. So what do you guys think, any comments or suggestions?
