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Funny you mention that, it's how I talked the banker into letting me buy that steel stand. I had put it up on the fancy big Al's particleboard special, turned the wavemaker on for a test run and you could actually see the stand swaying. That and the fact that the old stand looked horrible in her living room was all it took!
I also got a fancy new micro-pinner to help with the trim on the tabletop. With the sale at Windsor Plywood it was about $50 and she figured that if it saved me $1 for every swear word uttered during the trim portion it would pay for 2 of them! |
No problem Chris, happy to build the stand for you. I am sure that the stand and the birch top will hold up just fine for your wave box. :biggrin:Looking good!!
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I have no doubts about the stand. Curious about how the tank will do with the wavebox!
I've gotta decide too, whether I want to do the back of the tank in black or white. I know Blue is the standard but it just doesn't appeal to me |
I have seen some killer air brushed tanks... they look like the tank goes on for ever...
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Well I would vote for black, I built an internal overflow out of black acrylic and I like the look of the black.
The only thing I would be worried about with the wavebox is the splash into the overflow box from the wave. Just my thought as I have never seen a wave box working in person. |
Yeah, the overflow will have a dampening effect on the wavebox, might even make it not worth while. Plus, the wavebox takes up a LOT of real estate so it may just stay on the shelf or go up for sale
Green, an Airbrushed back would be amazing. But probably like the white... nice until it got dirty! |
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.......hmmmmm..... wave box in an 8 footer........hmmmmmmmmm:lol: |
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WOW is all I can say And Grizz, you would love the effect I have no doubt but I don't think mine has enough OOMpH for an 8 foot tank! But I do highly recommend them! |
Thought I'd update with a couple of pics. Leak testing is done and after a significant amount of swearing the sump got squeezed into the stand and the countertop and display were put on and plumbed.
Went with a white background, I like black but we felt it would be too dark. Here's my herbie plumbing! http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ewbuild005.jpg Kinda top down showing the return and the overflow, I'm hoping most of the return goes to the "T" on the bottom, but I wanted the loc-line up top as a siphon break and for surface agitation http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ewbuild007.jpg Couple of FTS http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ewbuild008.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ewbuild009.jpg In anticipation of a few comments, yes it will be pushed back against the wall and No, that's not the door we use regularly! With a little luck I'll get some water in the display tonight and possibly some rock! |
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