Mycology Flowhood box tek ... Does this really work? 

I'd recommend doing an open agar plate test to test the efficacy of this system rather than just relying on the pollutant meter you have. Would make a good follow up video.

So here's a tip for drilling holes in plastic. Start the hole, but just let the center cut in. Then, switch the drill to REVERSE. Then drill the hole. The drill bit will create friction, and melt the hole to a perfect circle, and there won't be jagged edges, and there is less of a chance of the hole cracking from the drill.

note that you cannot have the uv light on while working in the box or it will damage your eyes and microbes require at least 15 minutes exposure to kill them. "Long-term exposure to even small amounts of UV radiation can increase your risk of developing a cataract or macular degeneration. UV exposure adds up over time. Long-term UV exposure can also causes tissue elevations on the surface of your eye. These are called pingueculae and pterygia. Using sunglasses faithfully when outdoors may limit these." Also, I would recommend at least a triple layer MERV 16 material.

UPDATE: you don’t need the filter or extras holes, run the light 15 - 30 mins prior of working, turn off when you work

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tips for cutting plastic, I just use a used / unwanted surgical blade (which most people in the mycology have) and put it over my kitchen flame and cut threw the plastic like butter! I don't use kitchen knifes as they then to over melt my lines. try it, it works!

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Man killer idea sir I was wandering down this path in my head, then found this video so stoked that the concept does work quite well, was wondering if having this setup but with a larger inline fan and a hepa on the intake plumbed to the box would be the same???

I think just a true "still" box is better. Why move air if you can just work in a well cleaned still air box? This seems to be a "worst of both worlds" sort of idea. I also do NOT want alot of stuff in my still box. Just more to clean. I've got a small plastic lidded box for my clean tools and an alcohol spray bottle. That's all that stays in there.

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I've found cutting bins by heating them with a torch and a razor works well to prevent cracks. Heat until it gets clearer, then use the knife and heat in front of it. Be safe with sharp things and fire.

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Why not use a vacuum cleaner hepa filter, those are relatively cheap... also don't ever work with the UV light turned on, it will burn your skin and eyes! he should have explained that the uv should be only used to disinfect the area prior to using it, not while you are working.

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Hey loving your videos, just wanted to offer some constructive criticism. I've found that the intro music audio level is very disproportionate to the mic audio level, I find myself adjusting my speaker volume. Not trying to be a negative Nelly. Peace.

Built this, I accidently used a merv 17 filter but it's too dense for the fan to push air through. I also realized immediately after building this, that the science doesn't really work out. Sterile technique in a flow hood is to keep everything 'upwind', because contams can be blown off anything upwind onto whatever is downwind. In this design, your work is constantly downwind since the air is traveling across. The original design had the right idea with the fan blowing towards you. Like others have said, open agar plates would be the best way to test in a real world scenario, a meter won't be able to accurately account for an actual working environment where your work/hand is always upwind blowing off contams and turbulating turbulent air (because it's not laminar) even more

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I did this but way bigger, with a 20*20 box fan, and a much bigger tote, and used three filters, one pre 2200 HEPA 20*20*1, and two, 2800 HEPA 20*20*1 stacked and taped so the fan is enclosed by filters, no contams fam. Uvc in box, holes for outward air on right.

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All you need is air blowing in the box through a hole with a hepa filter on it and escaping the box around your two arm holes. No need for all the extra stuff. The UVC light will also kill your spores and mycelium so turn it off before going to work.

I have noticed a trend of places offering products for sale to 'automate' different stages for insanely high peives. Especially since they are using basic products available to everyone.

Willy! You must fix this! Love you dude! No UVC

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I have been thinking of something similar, only with small hepa filter (for vacum cleaners) and no extra holes, so that it would be positive pressure all the time. filter and fan in the back or top and air exiting through the holes where my hands go.

Interesting video, tanks for this

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OK I have two points to help out all the people below having problems with 1. not enough pressure to push air through the filter and 2. the people who are concerned about air moving in the box. 1. Its a bit of work, but if you disassemble the A/C infinity fan unit and turn the individual fans around inside the unit. the fan will now be sucking air through the filter instead of trying to blow it through. The air wont "bounce" off the filter. now install the fans INSIDE the box so its sucks air through the grill which is now outside the box and is sucking air through the filter into the box (still positive pressure in the box) It takes up a bit of space in the box, i know. but it works better. 2. The reason we want STILL air in a SAB is because the air isn't filtered, Its full of particles. we want the particles to settle out of the air and on the surfaces of the box, so it does not land on our culture/spawn/agar. but once the air is filtered and there are longer any particles in the air. it can move around all it wants. because there are no longer any particles that can settle on our culture/spawn/agar. I hope this helps a little

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Hey Willy! I'm a new subscriber and love your work and vids. If I may, I have a special request. You never here anyone say what strain they have, or what strain is the absolute best. Is there any way you can make a video about the different and best strains, best techniques for the particular strains and ware to get the spores. Mabe how long to inoculate before fruiting. Kind of a crash course for beginners who want to succeed. Thank you so much for taking this into consideration. You guys are amazing and I look forward to your new videos!

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I've had sab boxes explode on me almost melted my gloves to my hands 😆 whenever I used bleach and or aerosol disinfectant instead of alcohol I'd have smaller deformed fruits. I don't know I'm liking the side mount design. Another guy just cuts a hole for a lam filter & epoxied it directly to a tote & strapped a variable fan to the side of the tote. I like this better because the box acts as a shield

There’s a lot of hepa filters to buy in the internet that would work great.

@willy’sworld I built a monobox out of a litter box led strip grow lights a bullet shell and pvc pipe and I have an airflow problem I even switched the puffs to make them less dense and I’m still having an airflow problem any ideas on how to fix it

The way the other box works is the fan is inside the box and pushes the air out. There is only the one opening. The one you built would be better if the hand holes were sealed off like a glove box.

The fan should be mounted so as to create positive pressure within the SAB. In other words, the fan should be blowing air into the box. The filter should be a HEPA filter which will trap particulates down to 0.3 microns and keep them from entering the box. The positive pressure will keep particulates from entering the box from all the holes that have been drilled in it. I personally would not drill the small holes in the sides. The holes for your arms should be enough. If you are making a gloved box then you need the holes in the side.

I have limited space so I use a clear comforter bag and a desktop HEPA to make a positive air chamber

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Thanks Willy!!!

Hello guys. I'm new to mycology, just did my first grain preparation, autoclave sterilisation, inoculation about a week ago. Needless to say there is a fair bit of contamination but I'm glad I got that out of the way and I'm ready to do it again, this time on agar in a still air box. I have a chance of buying a 2in1 beurer EPA purifier/humidifier (110$) and I'm fiddling with the concept of whether running it for an hour or so in a chosen innoculation room coupled with a simple still air box setup would work. The model of purifier seems not to come with HEPA filter but rather EPA filter, even though the small research I've done indicates mold spores are relatively big (4 microns). Is this setup better/cheaper than building a laminar flow hood, considering the machine also has automation functionalities, which seems like a perk when it comes to fruiting. Thanks anyone

I use a HEPA, UV-C, negative ion "air cleaner" unit with optional ozone generator (rectangular box that's like 6" x 8") - mounted into the short side of a tub with the opposite end of the tub cut open for the workspace at the end of the clean air tunnel. Setup workspace at the end of a 4' folding workbench

Yo Willy what does that meter read in front of a flow hood? I wish u would have done a comparison...

the real test is to do some sloppy agar work in there and see if they contam

I used a air purifier fan with a filter

Looking for help because I must be missing something. I followed the instructions and bought the same fan as Willy. I first tried merv 16 and there was no airflow through the filter. Tried merv 13 and same thing. I'm now down $90 in filter material and all I have is a tub with holes in it. Very disappointing. Anybody else try this and find the recommended fan too weak or have any thoughts about what I could have done wrong?? Many thanks @willy'sworld

Also your description of this being a negative air pressure system is false. This is positive because the intake flow is higher than the out take flow. In order for a flow to be negative there would have to be a seal to the environment to start, and the air intake would have to be lower than the outtake therefore making a suction effect in the intake flow and creates a slight vacuum to the room, thus making it negative pressure. This is definitely positive pressure.

Hey did you take down the video where you did the review of shroom supply grow pack?

I'm thinking an angle grinder would be perfect also. It's like a giant dremel tool.

Yo man where is the link to that UV light so I can get one

Good work but omg you gesticulate so much lol 😂

I probably would have made this if I knew it was an option before I threw money into a flow hood. Nice work Willy. I definitely use hot metal to make my holes in bins. It’s cleaner and doesn’t crack the plastic. Do it outside and wear a respirator mask though because the fumes are not human friendly. ;)

At about 45 seconds in you say you did not order thus and try it for fear if messing someone's business up. So my question is are you here to help us learn or keep the shoddy big businesses in business? And how do you know yours is just as good if not better if you've not tried thus products?

This is not that great of a suggestion! Good luck willy. I like you stuff man but with all your experience you should know better. Good luck my dude. I went from glove box to still air box and works fine for agar. This is going to create air flow and a lot of it. Depending on the level of airborne tams in your environment it's going to spray your work. Hope you guys figure out what works for you.

I have that exact light, but I don't use it because of the ozone it produces. Plus I read it will burn you/blind you. I got it for something like this but all I read made me nervous.

Most of what you said was unnecessary and you didn't even go over the dangers of UV radiation ☣⚠️

Man, willy use to make way better videos before he started his patreon, use to be his videos showed the tek, now his videos are 95% just showing himself 5% the tek. He also use to make way more videos. Every time a good channel starts a patreon, the content goes to shit.

Yo I can’t find a “Pan”cake video anywhere’s

Yo Willy, You never put a link in the comments for that sweater. Thanks for the video tho, i loved the "Mushroom hunt Docu" you guys made btw. keep up the great work!

Thanks

This is similar to the bag method. I like the UV idea. A little closet with uv lighting and this positive flow device can make a good budget lab.. I would flip on the UV and use the bag method by turning on one of the HEPA purifiers they use in that tek on a little table in a closet. Let it run with light on for 30 min the enter and it should be pretty clean, minus you lol

Could we use MERV 16 Filter material to improve the filtration rate and would that lead to better results ?

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Willy where did you get the hoodie!???

where do i get a fan like this ? ... can't find anything on ebay

a hot coffee can works great and a copper 1 inch pipe works for vent holes do it outside for air flow heat with torch

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.can any one suggest any good website were I can get the kit deleverd to India and spores ...plz I need your help

So I’m building this step by step and it appears mine looks like a negative pressure system my fans brackets are on the inside of the tub that means its blowing out right??? Mush love

I just wanna know where to buy the masks from.

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leaving that light on wont kill youre spores?

Put a few layers of the filer material in, wouldnt that cut down even more contams ?

I wonder if a Merv 16 would work. After all it promises .03 um purity

Ok so made one same fan lil dif filter lil cad and alum tape! I've now poured over 100 plates, transfers, and a wild oyster clone and 0 contam I'm honestly baffled and don't know what to say it's amazing so far! Fb me for pic if intrested

No UVC!

Love your videos Willy keep it up

Willy please increase the master volume on your videos. I find at max volume its very faint

could you put a air purifier ina SAB?

Why didn’t he use a HEPA filter?

I always wanted to ask why people dont use quilt batting in rolls? Only a question. People stuff or tape but can't we use plastic filters and batting by the yard or is the pillow fluff cloud just better flow and super easy?

Cracked the fuck out of the container soooo easily I’m pissed

The UV light would kill the spores also if it kills bacteria it kills everything else

Is UVC dangerous to eyes and skin ???

You are a champ bro!!!! Lol "those are some lofty claims! I'll show you how to make it better and for half the price"

This guy likes to hear himself talk

Hey everyone, I need your advice/help! I inoculated a rye grain spawn bag with golden teacher spores abt 6 days ago. The makeshift injection port didn’t seal up right so I taped over it. I keep the bag in a rather dark space inside a tote at room temperature. I haven’t seen any mycelium yet Idk if I should be seeing any or if I’m doing sth wrong.

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Won't you burn your eyes if you keep the uv light on?

Where can I get a mask like yours Willy? TTF

Willy my boy youve got a lot of great content. Tons of valuable information, tips & tricks! I gotta tell ya bro you really screwed the pooch on this one! I followed your direction to a T! Tryin to push air through that filter material with those tiny little fans is like tryin to blow a fart out your ear! Fans could barely move air to the other end of the box without the filter? The UV-C doesn’t have high enough nano to do anything except piss off a germ! You lost ALOT of cred on this! It’s a great theory but you need to sharpen your pencil on this one! Much Love!

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What uv light should i be looking for?

Gluteraldehyde, is an excellent Spore penetrator, thus hammering hell on any mold spores. pricey, maybe, i will report bacl.

Where does one get the particular measure device?

Wont the uv light also damage your cultures?

Oh wow this gave me ideas and more tips for my first ever SAB.