Grow Light Contraptions

[ETXfigs]

It seems I am always wanting to put a specific light on a specific plant at a specific height and angle. So I got creative and built these out of materials that I had on hand and a tripod I got from a thrift store for $7. The first & second pics are of a light boom that has a reel so it can hoist the light up and down. It has a boom arm that lifts up and down. That light made out of metal and heavier than it looks so there are counter weights to keep it from falling over. At the base is a turn table that allows it to spin 360 degrees. The third pic is a 45w Sansi light mounted on an arm that is on a tripod. It can do everything the other light can do but also the arm can be tilted at different angles. The fourth pic is a clamp lamp sold at big box stores. It's just a 2x4 mounted to a heavy steel plate at the bottom so it doesn't fall over. It is not bolted to the floor. I know it all looks very crude but everything functions exactly the way I want it to.

 

[Figgin' A]

Your setup keeps getting more and more sophisticated. My lowly grow tent pales in comparison

 

[BucksCountyFigs]

I could use some of your mousetrap skills at hanging a grow light!

My grow light, which I affectionately call my “little sun” is tilted in a box on the floor since I can’t figure out how to hang it!!

 

[ETXfigs]

I could use some of your mousetrap skills at hanging a grow light!

My grow light, which I affectionately call my “little sun” is tilted in a box on the floor since I can’t figure out how to hang it!!

Did it come with any hardware like hooks, cables or anything?

 

[Schoenie]

@ETXfigs My man.... you built the first ever light-trebuchet!!!

 

[ETXfigs]

Your setup keeps getting more and more sophisticated. My lowly grow tent pales in comparison

Sophisticated is not a word that I would have thought of when describing these lights, more like the opposite but thanks for the compliment.

 

[ETXfigs]

@ETXfigs My man.... you built the first ever light-trebuchet!!!

If I had some land it would be fun to build one of those things.

 

[Schoenie]

If I had some land it would be fun to build one of those things.

I DO get the impression that you're pretty good in building things!

 

[ETXfigs]

I DO get the impression that you're pretty good in building things!

Thanks but I'm limited by my lack of equipment and building materials. I don't have a welding machine and I have to use what materials I have laying around, which isn't much.

 

[ETXfigs]

I like this tripod but this room is small and it is in the way a lot and gets knocked over, so I mounted it to the side of this table so it takes up less floor space and will not fall over.