![]() With the basic tools found in most home garages, most can cut and assemble the stand in just a few hours or less. And since it uses artificial light, the room doesn’t even need to have a window! Building A Simple Seed Starting Light Stand We have used it to grow our plants on top of an old kitchen table, in the corner on the floor of our living room, and even in a spare bedroom – and all with great success. In fact, it’s smaller size fits in the smallest of spaces. Especially when you can quickly and easily build your own seed starting light stand! All it takes is a few 2×4’s and a couple of inexpensive shop lights – and you can be growing up to two whole flats of flowers or vegetables with ease!īest of all, this simple seed stand doesn’t take up a lot of room. The good news is all of those misconceptions couldn’t be further from the truth. Using ordinary LED or fluorescent lights, you can grow incredibly healthy and strong transplants for your garden and flowerbeds. Mount with #6 1/2 inch long flat head screws.Starting your own seeds is a great way to save big on your gardening budget. Drill a 7/64 inch pilot hole 1/2 inch deep through the ACRYLITE FF mounting holes into the top of the board frame. Position the drilled and countersunk top on the wood frame. See the Light Table withĬountersink the holes so that the flat head screws are flush with the top Drill two more holes on the long sides and one hole in the middle of the short sides for a Be gentle, that is fragile plasticĪnd will split if too much force. ![]() The rest of the holes spaced at equal distances. Using the line forĬenter, drill four holes at the intersection of the four lines (corners). Mark a line 3/8 inch from all edges.ĭrill the ACRYLITE FF with a 9/64 inch high speed drill bit. DO NOT remove the paper from the ACRYLITE FF. Work with the plastic, flat on a backing surface. Leave the lamps turned on! Wire the heavy duty cord switch atĪ convenient place on the cord. Tubes, turn on both fixtures, test the lamps. ![]() The lamps so that the lamp tubes are near the center of the box. Remove the fluorescent tubes and mount the lamps to the plywood bottom. Remove the plastic diffuser from each lamp. View) Make the hole large enough for the receptacleĮnd of the extension cord to go through so that you don't have to cut the cord. Using drywall screws, mount the plywood on the bottom of the boardĭrill a 1 1/8 inch hole in the middle of one end of the board frame for the extension Cut a piece of 3/4 inch plywood to 11 1/2 inches XĢ1 1/2 inches. Using two drywall screws at each joint, place the 11 1/2 inch boards on theĮnds of the 20 inch boards. To build the frame or the sides of the Light table, cut two 1X4's to 20 Plastic top with a scrap of the original sheet showing theĬlick for large drawing of the frame layout I bought a 1/8 inch thick 18 X 24 inch cut piece for $14 in 2000 from a local The Plastic sheet is called ACRYLITE FF and is used by Sign Manufactures. ![]() The most important part is the plastic sheet that diffuses the light and Screws to mount the Undercabinet light fixtures.(4)Ĭircular Saw to cut wood and plastic (a sharp Carbide tipped, fine tooth blade is recommended White ACRYLITE FF sheet ( PDF 4MB) 1/8 inchġ0 #6 1/2 inch Flat head wood screws (Philips head). One 18 gauge extension cord 6 ft minimum. Two 18 inch length Undercabinet Fluorescent light fixtures. One piece of 3/4 inch plywood 11 1/2 inches X 21 1/2 inches (I used what I ![]() Table requires some skill with carpentry tools and a little skill in electric The cost of this simple Light Table is less than $50 in materials. Light table with a sheet of Slides, a 4X5 Negatives or transparencies at one time, or did you want to be able to look at a whole roll of filmĪt one time? If you did then a Light Table is what you need. Did you ever want a low cost way to view a whole bunch of ![]()
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