hepzibah
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Nice! I used eye hooks in the wood. I wanted something completely closed because I knew as the chain got shorter as my ladies grew, it was going to be held at more of an angle and I was paranoid about lights falling too. I connected the chain to the eye hooks with a d-ring snap (I think they are called that). Anyway, they look like this:Thanks for posting this hepzibah. I've pretty much replicated what you have posted here, I had all the materials laying around the house and I needed a better light fixture than I currently use.
I got a quick question for you, what type of hooks did you use to hang with? The hook that goes into the wooden frame. I'm super paranoid about the fixture falling on my plant, so I want to make sure I'm using the correct hook.
Here's my copycat setup of yours.
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Here's the hooks I have to use, just not sure which ones to use! Any help from anyone?
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Then at the top of my cabinet I have two screw hooks. The chain hangs straight down off of them so I don't worry about it getting bumped. This has been sturdy for me and I haven't had any problems. It looks like you have the materials to do it a similar way (eye hook bolts instead of screws but it should still work).
Good luck and thanks for sharing your set up! The thing I like about the light fixture is you can rearrange the lights and as long as you keep the branches the same length with topping and LST you have good light penetration. Also, I thought later on if I wanted light down the side I could just attach another power strip along the bottom and have bulbs pointed down along the side.