perspex tube for cooltube ?????? - GreenPassion.org - Dedicated to Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation and Education

blackburn-grower · #1 (**permalink**) 08-19-2009, 03:22 PM

would i be able to use perspex for a cool tube will it take the heat

ileso · #2 (**permalink**) 08-19-2009, 10:48 PM

yes, if you look in our dIY desction theres a thread about how to build one using just that. i think its a post by jangel... look it up. it will help you a great deal.

Hatch · #3 (**permalink**) 08-19-2009, 10:55 PM

You Need To Look Up justanotherbozo He Showed A Real Good DIY Cool-Tube The Other Day, There Was Someone Else With A Good DIY Cool-Tube As Well, I Can't Remember But Bozo Will..

chuckd420 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-20-2009, 03:54 AM

You could make a cooltube like this one Clean, Easy Cool Tube Tutorial - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums It uses a Corning Bake-a-Round, made from pyrex, you can find one on Ebay. Hope that helps.

blackburn-grower · #5 (**permalink**) 08-20-2009, 05:20 AM

thanks thats alot of help i would love to get my hands on some of them bake a rounds but as i live in uk the shipping is to expensive

blackburn-grower · #6 (**permalink**) 08-20-2009, 05:28 AM

i cant seem to find the jangel thread you coundnt give me a link for it could you

ileso · #7 (**permalink**) 08-20-2009, 05:56 AM

diy cool tube WARNING
Build your own cool tube for under $30.00
.. could have sworn there was a tutorial around here somewhere.. i just cant find it...
anyway i did find these...

Feezle · #8 (**permalink**) 09-15-2009, 04:38 AM

I too am looking for perspex, even went to Lucite site and cannot develop a source.

Does anyone know of a perspex retailer ... anywhere ???

I've been bidding on Pyrex Bake A Round for weeks now and unless one is capable of paying upward of $25 + shipping, Pyrex is not on the table.

Thanks for ANY info on Perspex, and unfortunately I can't find a DIY on this site concerning the use of Perspex

Feez

blackburn-grower · #9 (**permalink**) 09-15-2009, 08:27 AM

i searched every were 4 a diy on using perspex n couldnt find any thing i ended up finding a plastic manufacturer online and got a quote on some tubing but found out it was way to expensive £200 for a 2 metre length so i gave up on the cool tube idea and made a cool hood instead i just went to a pound shop bought a decent picture frame for the glass got sum mdf and made a cool hood works perfect

Zigzagman · #10 (**permalink**) 09-15-2009, 10:08 AM

Good move blackburn. A air cooled hood is just as effective and way cheaper to make. Cool tubes are great in tight spaces but, not everybody is that tight for growing space.

ileso · #11 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 02:18 PM

NO DUDE!!!!

not perspex...!!! ****, i was too ripped and was imagining heat resistant glass.

perspex is a plastic and WILL MELT!!!

ileso · #12 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 02:21 PM

i read perspex and understood pyrex

good thing it was too expensive...

Feezle · #13 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 03:40 PM

Hey ileso,

Thanks for the reply. I no longer require plastic that will melt

( I could have researched that a bit more !

) as I managed to win a pyrex bake a round for $20 including shipping.

Unfortunately, it looks like I'm about to win two more and have no idea what I'll do with them

.... If ya know someone lookin to build a DIY cooltube, have them message me and I may be able to help them out !!!!

Regards and Best Wishes,

Feez

ileso · #14 (**permalink**) 09-19-2009, 03:08 AM

good thing!!

no unfortunately i dont..

Feezle · #15 (**permalink**) 09-26-2009, 06:40 AM

As it turns out I did win a bid on a Pyrex Bake-A-Round. $25 incl shipping. Check out the "DIY cool-tube" tutorial somewhere in this thread. I have had to modify my set-up as compared to that article. I've been a lucky dog thus far ..... picked up a blower at St. Vincent DePaul for $4.50, no name plate data. Pulled it apart and the only info is on the motor stator, and I'm unable to cross it to anything online that would give me the blower specs, but this sucker wants to pull your hand in at 5" away from the 6" inlet. Will post further on this but I think this is the wrong thread. I'll post more on the afore-mentioned "DIY Cool-Tube" thread when I find it again.

Feezle · #16 (**permalink**) 09-26-2009, 06:44 AM

Had I checked the bottom of this very page I'd have noticed the 'similar threads' box and seen the thread I was referring to: Build your own cool tube for under $30.00 So I'll head over thata way and continue.

Feezle · #17 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 03:31 AM

DIY Cool-Tube setup mock-up
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Sup? So this is the basic DIY Cool-tube as modified for our own setup. Does not provide a great deal of space between bulb and tube, but sufficient I believe for our purposes. It also allows me to mount this puppy without screwing with the wiring end, as this simply slips over free end of bulb and screws to ceiling. 4" metal flex fits to 4" starter collar and goes thru cabinet wall and directly into blower intake.

More as we get it set up for use this weekend.

Feez
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