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I am trying to make a Kickstarter for my grow bucket project. This series will be my project diary.
Ruth Grace Wong
Mar 11, 2017
Project analysis — why didn’t it work out?
Project analysis — why didn’t it work out?
In the end I spent about $3000 to run my project and about $600 to get rid of my project’s remains. I purchased hardware for 100 kits…
Ruth Grace Wong
Oct 21, 2017
September 26 — disassembling kits
September 26 — disassembling kits
I need to move apartments, and there’s no room in the new place to keep all my buckets and hardware. Here are some numbers
Ruth Grace Wong
Oct 20, 2017
August 15— wick test
August 15— wick test
I don’t think my wick is very good. I let it sit with one end in a full cup and one end in an empty cup, and very little water was wicked…
Ruth Grace Wong
Oct 20, 2017
August 14 — LED light prototype
August 14 — LED light prototype
I prototyped an LED light that would
Ruth Grace Wong
Oct 20, 2017
August 13 — Overoptimizing
August 13 — Overoptimizing
I bought a label printer from my co-worker even though I have made 1 online sale of the black-out vinyl only. Maybe one day I will have a…
Ruth Grace Wong
Oct 20, 2017
August 5 — self watering cloth pots
August 5 — self watering cloth pots
I developed some self watering cloth pots and posted it on instructables
Ruth Grace Wong
Oct 20, 2017
August 4 — It’s a boy :’(
August 4 — It’s a boy :’(
The plant I grew from seed is a boy. That means it won’t grow any bud. I threw it away and bought a cheapo $12 clone from HempCon.
Ruth Grace Wong
Oct 20, 2017
July 29 — the dragon carrot is a lie
July 29 — the dragon carrot is a lie
I was so excited to grow a purple dragon carrot, but turns out the carrot that I grew is just a normal carrot…
Ruth Grace Wong
Oct 20, 2017
July 19 — carbon filter instructable
July 19 — carbon filter instructable
Finally got around to posting my carbon filter instructable!
Ruth Grace Wong
Oct 20, 2017
July 16 — frustrated with carbon filter
July 16 — frustrated with carbon filter
So frustrated with this carbon filter sewing project. I sewed the elastic on the wrong side, I didn’t find the zipper foot until the end of…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 26, 2017
July 15 — thank you stamp!
July 15 — thank you stamp!
Look at what I got made at the OfficeMax today! I thought that I would have to wait a whole day before picking it up, but they made it for…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 26, 2017
July 14 — in search of a universal heat shield size
July 14 — in search of a universal heat shield size
The first heat shield I made for a 11.75 inch rim bucket was perfect for my hot pepper plants bucket, but too big for my blue dream bucket…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 26, 2017
July 12 — thinner heat shields to save $$
July 12 — thinner heat shields to save $$
3/16 inch plastic is a weird size and pretty heavy for the heat shields. I tried it with 1/8 inch plastic and it works great! Unfortunately…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 26, 2017
July 10 — KiCAD proto class
July 10 — KiCAD proto class
The lovely Chris, who works at OSH Park, ran a class today with two students (myself and Nick), where he taught us how to use KiCAD. I made…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 26, 2017
July 8 — photoshoot
July 8 — photoshoot
Did a photoshoot for my blackout kit and also some potential drop shippable products. I haven’t had a chance to properly edit these yet. I…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 17, 2017
July 5 — Figuring out drop ship packaging, veggie update
July 5 — Figuring out drop ship packaging, veggie update
I bought a wooden dowel to start rolling my blackout kits to fit into the mailing tubes. I was writing thank you notes for each one but I…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 17, 2017
July 3 — prototyping root pruning cloth pot
July 3 — prototyping root pruning cloth pot
I am prototyping a root pruning cloth pot. These should be easy to drop ship if they work out, so I sewed two and shipped one to Alex for…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 17, 2017
July 2 — improved string LST grid + instructable
July 2 — improved string LST grid + instructable
Today I prototyped an improve string low stress training grid with my friend Michael, who taught me some bomb Inkscape tips for making…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 17, 2017
June 30 — Prize from instructables!!
June 30 — Prize from instructables!!
My Grow Anything Grow Bucket for $50 won a prize in the Instructables Gardening contest!! I’m most excited about the time lapse camera. I…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 17, 2017
June 26 — fan deconstruction + chicken wings
June 26 — fan deconstruction + chicken wings
Dying to know whether my USB fan was brushless or brushed after SuperAngryGuy told me that brushed fans don’t last very long, I finally got…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 17, 2017
June 26 — Prototyping heat shields + instructable
June 26 — Prototyping heat shields + instructable
Prototyped a small and large heat shield (for the standard 11.75inch rims and the smaller 10.75 inch rim buckets). Made an instructable…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 17, 2017
June 25 — solid LST grid
June 25 — solid LST grid
Prototyped a solid acrylic LST grid today, but was recommended by Ekrof in the Space Buckets Slack to use string instead of solid acrylic…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 17, 2017
June 22 — thinking about mosquitos
June 22 — thinking about mosquitos
Turns out the mosquito dunks do not do anything to prevent mosquitos breeding in the water. However, the bucket in my room is free of…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 17, 2017
June 19 — planting blue dream
June 19 — planting blue dream
Now that my blue dream seedling has sprouted, I am planting it in its own grow bucket with a cloth plant bag.
Ruth Grace Wong
Jul 17, 2017
June 18 — pricing blackout kit for drop shipping
June 18 — pricing blackout kit for drop shipping
Alex from HighTech3D gave me a great opportunity! He offered to do drop shipping with my blackout vinyl on his website. The deal is that…
Ruth Grace Wong
Jun 18, 2017
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