Cheap-o ebay LED box

[PicklesRus]

I need a dremel. Looking for some used stuff

 

[PicklesRus]

Picked up a dremel today for only $50 with a ton of accessories. Ya-hoo.

 

[cap master]

cool dude hope u get farmin soon

 

[PicklesRus]

Ok well learned some more stuff. Using a dremel to cut metal is really loud and slow, and I'm not sure how I can put my apartment neighbors through that much noise for 20 minutes. I don't know what excuse I would use if I had to explain it to building management.

Here are some new pics. I got the fan and built a little box adapter to vent the air out.

 

[cap master]

good idea with the box. I would just get it done and if anyone comes knocking tell em u were doing a mod on a game console or something.

 

[PicklesRus]

good idea with the box. I would just get it done and if anyone comes knocking tell em u were doing a mod on a game console or something.

Or sharpening hockey skates

I'll do it tonight

 

[cap master]

good excuse pickles

 

[whitebb2727]

I learned that cutting sheet metal with a drill bit or hole saw isnt a worthwhile endeavour. I will find a dremel sometime to finish the ventalation.

This is shelved for now.

I was a sheet metal guy in the air force. When we did patches we would cut a circle, oval, or square with rounded corners. The way we would cut a hole was a drill bit. You drill around your circle with a small drill bit. The wholes would touch and be just inside your mark. When it was out we would use a rotary file to clean the hole up.

 

[whitebb2727]

lol yeah I usually don't get rid of many things bc I ill always end up using them later.

I got five gallon buckets full of nuts and bolts. Stuff comes in handy. Hell I save nails. Beat them straight and reuse them.

 

[whitebb2727]

That metal actually looks thin enough to cut with metal shears. There are three in a set. A left hand, right hand, and straight cut. The handles will be yellow, green, and red. The colors let you know what cut they make.

 

[cap master]

I got five gallon buckets full of nuts and bolts. Stuff comes in handy. Hell I save nails. Beat them straight and reuse them.

I do the same thing lol and I'm lucky to have a two car garage a lot of people cant save that kind of thing bc they don't have the space.

 

[whitebb2727]

I do the same thing lol and I'm lucky to have a two car garage a lot of people cant save that kind of thing bc they don't have the space.

I try to live self sufficient.

 

[cap master]

lol

 

[PicklesRus]

I might finally be reviving this I have a garage now and tools - only problem is it's so cold, my garage isn't heated so I don't know if it's OK to be cutting metal in -25c

 

[PicklesRus]

I kind of changed my mind too. It's such a waste IMO to put cheap LEDs in such a cool box - I'm thinking about putting 4 Vero 13 gen 7's in there. The problem I thought about shortly after I started this project was If I goto the trouble to cut apart the walls to fit cobs and then I decide I want nicer cobs later it might mess me up .

14000 lumens in a 18x18 space? I think that should work just fine

 

[Tim Fox]

Good way to go

 

[OneHitDone]

I didn't realize it was such a big deal.

What do you think happens when some idiot rear ends you in their car and smashes up their radiator and a/c condenser? Poof - up in the air the refrigerant goes.
Plenty of ventilation and all is well

 

[PicklesRus]

2 20w eBay LEDs at 650ma

1200par @ 3inches
200par @ 7.5 inches
300par @ 6 inches

 

[Dan can grow]

I'm excited to see what this box will be able to do. Looking nice!

 

[cap master]

project revival! thought u abandoned this forever for sure lol