The Goose Tank

[coolhandgoose]

Building the stand.

Here are a bunch of pics of the stand being built. It's built wider than the actual tank just for symmetry with the other cabinet.
I bought a bunch of 2x4s from home depot and ripped both sides on the table saw so I could have a nice edge on both sides. I don't own a planer so not much I could do about twisting or cupping so did the best I could.



Cutting to rough sizes first as you can see below then set up my miter saw for equal cuts.

[Myka]

Pretty fancy stand framing!

[coolhandgoose]

The electronics side cabinet was built more like a euro cabinet as seen below.



I'll have to get a pic of it with the face frame on, it's all ready for paint right now.

Here is the tank stand with the face frame.


(and yes Budweiser helps when doing construction)

[coolhandgoose]

My wife also decided that since the cabinets will be white so should the fireplace.





Oh and while you're at it, lets retile it and repaint the room



New tiles

[coolhandgoose]

Don't laugh at my hair, it took me all night to do

[coolhandgoose]

Off to Black Forest Wood Company for some wood for the countertops.
We found some really nice looking Mansonia wood.



Laminating it up!


After the glue up I brought it back to the wood shop for a sanding at 80 grit to make it nice and level. I will do the final sanding and staining once it comes back in a couple days.

[Myka]

Nice work - looks pro!

[coolhandgoose]

Originally Posted by Myka

Nice work - looks pro!

Thanks, I've been working non stop for the last two and a half weeks, hopefully only one more week to go and there will be water in the tank in the living room.