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There has to be a way of doing it cheaper if that fails. You/we could make doors cheaper if we went for something like a plywood door with a wood trim around the edge (and you could have your custom sizes that way too).. Would be more of the Ikea type look, but you could make it 'pop' a bit with a different colour of wood for the trim; something like that computer table I have if you remember it. Bubinga (expensive) or Mahogany (less so) would stand out nicely if you're going for a light wood for the main part - and you can stand the pink dust when you sand it... A suggested already, Ikea itself may also be a viable option even if you have to go and get it - I don't remember their stuff being that expensive and I have a soft spot for Ikea. Would be well worth a look at their website. It's also worth noting that the American Ikea seems from the websites to have a better range of stuff than the Canadian one. Don't know where the nearest American store is though. I think the nearest Canadian one is Calgary until they build that one in Winnipeg... Finally, there's a Hutterite colony somewhere that does kitchen cabinets, I'll see if I can do some finding out... Rob.
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SmallFry's 75 Gallon (Reef Eventually) Build Last edited by SmallFry; 12-24-2010 at 03:05 PM. Reason: Corrections.. |
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![]() Well I start building the cabinets with my Carpenter friend tomorrow YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,. Im going to be going with Maple and I will be building the doors too.
But got bored and was levelling the tank and so i started to fill some of the tnak with some make up water that I. I needed to flush out the membrane "ya that is it flush the membrane out" ![]() so did some zap tying the rocks on the other side not bad I guess. ![]() Not much to look at sorry folks ![]() Here is the right side of the tank . ![]() ![]() ![]()
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![]() Ok so I bought the Wood for the stand I'm going to be going with Birch. Thought that i would try something different. Got together with my buddy who is allowing me to use his shop. Came up with a plan and a drawing He would let me use the shop unless I had a vision in my head and something on paper.
![]() ![]() I'm hoping to have this stand done by end of the month. The Reason I placed my order for 5 Small yellow tangs, 1 chevron tang, and a Tommi Tang. So I want to have them in the tank before I add (LIPS AKA sailfin) and (@ss AKA KOLE) and well LULU she just don't care and man she is getting fat close to 1.5" fat and 5" I'm going to paint the inside of the hood white with bathroom to seal it. and its going to be stained on the outside just haven't figured out what. Well I will have build pictures tomorrow
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![]() Well Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyy I got some progress done on the stand well Cabinets. tried to take some pictures of as myself and Dwayne a good friend of mine as we were working. So I hope these are good enough. So far I bought 6 sheets of 4x8 Birch and end roll to mask the ends of Birch. I'm still having the dilemma of the canopy since the top is going to be huge 8 feet long I'm going to run 1.5" strips all the way down underneath the top of the cabinet to stop it from bowing. the doors will be 2x48 so its alot easier to take off that attach to the Magnets. " SO HOW ABOUT I SHUT UP AND SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS....
here is the wood sitting here. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm WOOD!!!! ![]() Some of the corners sorry forgot to take some build pic's of the tower oooops ![]() and some more ![]() This is the inside of the right tower where i will need to seal with a White Bathroom paint for high humidity. See I'm a thinking ahead already.... ME SMRT SMART ![]() TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh The right Cabinet where all the equipment will be. like the Sump. Skimmer, Kalk Reactor. you get the drift. Well for Poon Tang here ya go man.. ACTION SHOT. Is it real yup taste like BIRCH. ![]() Now on to the Front, to SKIN OR NOT TO SKIN, THAT IS THE QUESTION!!!!!!!. ![]() ![]() what biscuit TIME OMG ![]() ![]() ![]()
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think. Last edited by Skimmerking; 01-17-2011 at 02:47 AM. |
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![]() comming along nicely.
I didn't know you could straighten out wood with the iron! Interesting. |
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![]() ![]() ![]() TIME TO HEAT THIS BAD BOY UP..... ![]() SOME FINE TUNING AND A HAPPY HELPER. ![]() i'M TRYING TO CONVERT HIM TO salt water, he was big in to fish in the past. ![]() This I got to thinking About a shelf for the Deltec 702, Hmmmmmmmmmm Well watch this. MEASURE 10 times ![]() ![]() ok one pic's for LAST LIGHT since he is so SWELL. ![]() A Little bit of this and that... ![]() Not Bad eh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ![]() ![]()
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![]() ![]() Dude that is so softcore. There's no real contact happening wth? Other than that I'm liking what I see. My canopy is just going to be a 2x4 framework above my tank but tied into my joists. Then I'll worry about skinning it. Not sure you can get away with something that crude or not. |
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![]() This is the 2 cabinets that were made.. Im going to have 1 complete door for the small one 78"x15" and 2 doors for the right cabinet 78"x36" and I will put a kick plate on them too
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![]() Brett this Photo is me bringing Sexy BACK
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think. |