Alright here goes.
I was gonna wait until Monday to start building my tank I've been planning for a while now. But a few to many Mt. Dew's today gave me an itch to do something. So I started working on my stand.
It's going to be a plywood tank with a wood stand. Living on the 2nd floor of a woodworking shop does have it's advantages.
Outside dimensions will be 72" Long x 32" Wide x 30" High. So if I were to fill it to the brim I think it comes out to 299 gallons and change. So call it a nice even 300 for the fun of it.
This will probably end up with about a 25" high viewing window so I'm shopping for .5" glass next week. But lots to do until that point.
A good portion of the wood used for the stand will be "reclaimed" material that is left over from other projects and salvaged from construction jobs. I just happened to have about 1,000 board feet of 2 x 6 material outside the bay door so I got to work on a stand. It will be topped with a piece of 1" MDF fiber board I have laying around.
Here is what I have so far in the last hour or so.
Base skeleton
Top and bottom frames
Now add some 90* corners and braces in the center.
One of the frames isn't secured at the moment to leave me room to deck the lower piece with a sheet of 1/2" plywood to give it a sturdier base and somewhere to set things. Then the top frame will be attached and the MDF Top deck and 1/2" plywood sheeting will be attached to the front and sides leaving an open back for plumbing access.
This was all attached so far with liquid nails and 2 1/2" high grade deck screws, also left over from yet another job.
That concludes tonight's start. Hopefully progress can continue to move forward. All comments welcome.
I was gonna wait until Monday to start building my tank I've been planning for a while now. But a few to many Mt. Dew's today gave me an itch to do something. So I started working on my stand.
It's going to be a plywood tank with a wood stand. Living on the 2nd floor of a woodworking shop does have it's advantages.
Outside dimensions will be 72" Long x 32" Wide x 30" High. So if I were to fill it to the brim I think it comes out to 299 gallons and change. So call it a nice even 300 for the fun of it.
This will probably end up with about a 25" high viewing window so I'm shopping for .5" glass next week. But lots to do until that point.
A good portion of the wood used for the stand will be "reclaimed" material that is left over from other projects and salvaged from construction jobs. I just happened to have about 1,000 board feet of 2 x 6 material outside the bay door so I got to work on a stand. It will be topped with a piece of 1" MDF fiber board I have laying around.
Here is what I have so far in the last hour or so.
Base skeleton
Top and bottom frames
Now add some 90* corners and braces in the center.
One of the frames isn't secured at the moment to leave me room to deck the lower piece with a sheet of 1/2" plywood to give it a sturdier base and somewhere to set things. Then the top frame will be attached and the MDF Top deck and 1/2" plywood sheeting will be attached to the front and sides leaving an open back for plumbing access.
This was all attached so far with liquid nails and 2 1/2" high grade deck screws, also left over from yet another job.
That concludes tonight's start. Hopefully progress can continue to move forward. All comments welcome.
