glass 78x24x18 Building next week!! heres a replica

[zach c.]

2 3-5" wide crosses in tword the middle as much as i can with enuff to take the turtles out fo the tank know wut i mean

 

[portabuddy]

having each at 25 1/8" on center from each other will center them perfectly to eachother... of 23.75" from edge to edge...

 

[zach c.]

wait a sec.. Why couldny i just have 1 5" cross brace exaclty in the middle?

 

[portabuddy]

this would give you 3 23 3/4" openings, isnt this enough?, its the width of the tank... if you cant get a turtle out through a 24X23.75" hole then it shouldnt be in the tank...

 

[zach c.]

Like this

 

[zach c.]

having each at 25 1/8" on center from each other will center them perfectly to eachother... of 23.75" from edge to edge...
would work perfect actually

 

[portabuddy]

wait a sec.. Why couldny i just have 1 5" cross brace exaclty in the middle?

too much flex in the 78" long 1/4thick glass, it might unglue the lengthwise braces and blow out...


if you triangulated the top then yey i would agree with it this would support more forces..., but WHY ARE YOU REDUCING THE AMOUNT BRACES???


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[zach c.]

the pic i just sent you wut if i did it liek that with 1 10" cross brace right smack dab in the middle???

 

[zach c.]

i dunno i wus just seein wut u had to say about it lol but i like the idea of having each at 25 1/8" on center from each other will center them perfectly to eachother... of 23.75" from edge to edge...

 

[zach c.]

i just thought 1 10" wide in the middle would be better then 2 3" wides at 25 1/8" on center from each other will center them perfectly to eachother... of 23.75" from edge to edge