[Sheriff Freak]

well im bulding a fram for the back to support the pressure once its filled. I just finished putting on flashing around the edges to hold the flass in place...... ur thoughts and opinions???

 

[acidWarp]

So far, so good. What dimensions does the tank have?
Also, what are you going to line the inside with? Paint, glass, etc?

 

[Sheriff Freak]

well right now it has 7 coats of varnish... then im going to pur a fiber glass resin over that... its 84x20x24

 

[Sheppard]

looks very good so far

is the tank and stand attatched to eachother or seperate?

 

[Sheriff Freak]

attached

 

[illnino]

seperate may be better because if you need to move or sell the tank in teh future...

 

[Sheriff Freak]

2 late 4 that......

 

[Death in #'s]

2 late 4 that......

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and i cant wait to see the outcome of that monster tank

 

[shoe997bed263]

nice keep us posted.

 

[Speedy]

Looks like it'll be a nice tank!
However I have a few questions:

How are you going to bond the wood to the glass afterwards?
Is the tank going have glass on the 3 remaining sides?

One more thing, I noticed the hammer on the floor and wondered if you're using nails instead of wood screws....
You're going to need a lot of strength in those joints to hold all that water.

Speedy

 

[Fido]

Looks very nice, just finish staining it.

 

[Esoteric]

good tip speedy, I noticed that also

 

[Sheriff Freak]

ive been using small nails to hold the wood inplace then bonding the wood together with wood glue and using wood screws so i think ive got that dow pact.

i just did another step...... ill show u how im going to bond the glass.....

 

[Sheriff Freak]

i still have to put the flashing on the back of the tank and screw them in.... then after that im going to make a frame for the top of the glass so it wont bow out.... |

im going to get a fyber glass apoxy to cover the varnished wood, i'd feel safer.

 

[ads910]

looks well good mate are you putting doors on the front, post pics when finished , so far so good

 

[Supa Samoan]

good luck with that I can'tait to see how it comes along

 

[Speedy]

Nice....Looking forward to seeing it all done!

 

[Riverbait]

I built a stand as well. However I would have stayed away from nails and used rizer screws instead. They are stronger than nails. Just a thought!

 

[galland]

No disrespect but it scares the hell out of me to think of that much water in a screwed, glued wood box.

 

[BigChuckP]

No disrespect but it scares the hell out of me to think of that much water in a screwed, glued wood box.

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If done right it will be fine.