I am in the middle of buying the materials for building my plywood tank. I was wondering what were the sized nails that you used? I wanted to build something to joey's 370 tank but he only told me the length of the screws, not the # ...
Plywood tank help!
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Congrats on your your build in progress Jessie! I too am planning this build and for sure he didn't use nails. If you look at all 6 videos, I'm pretty sure he explains it in the first 2, its a great build! BTW what size glass will you be using and how much was it? This is whats holding me back at the moment.
On all my plywood tanks I used 3/4" plywood and 1 1/2" - 2" screws I would not recommend using nails at all with plywood. Pounding a nail in is a pretty violent process for plywood. I personally like a #8 2" drywall screw for my tanks because it has a course thread that grabs well and really pulls the seams together. If your not careful and you do not pre drill often times a screw will separate plywood layers so watch out for that. Hope that helps
this good for building a plywood tank? i dont want to split the wood. http://www.lowes.com/pd_580251-2191-96085.0_1z0yjkoZ1z0yjl6Z1z0yk3a__?productId=50303233&pl=1
This is exactly what you want just buy the 330 count and if you need more go to the 110. These screws are the absolute best ive ever used. You will spend a little more but save alot of time and headaches. You can only go 1 1/4" long when screwing 2 3/4" pieces together. If you go with 2X4 bracing then you will need 2" for that. I just built a 600 plywood tank with these screws and ill never buy any other screw
If you use a 1.5" screw to connect 2 3/4" pieces the tip of the screw will come out the other end as it countersinks, make sure to use wood glue and clamps
