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10-26-2006, 8:39 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,935 City: Newnan State: GA
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Will it ever be done?!! My 180 build thread...
OK... I figured since everyone is kinda back and forth on either the TRT or ARC forums, I'll start over here and maybe copy things over there if I have time... Hope this is in the right part of the forum, it looked like this was the most appropriate to me... I really wanted to start this about 10 days ago when I started the project, but it has been eating up all my time!!! I'll post everything I've got to date, everyone please throw out your comments, concerns, ideas or criticism as it will probably help me out in the long run...
 Alright, to start off, I bought a 6 month old 180gal RR AGA and a nice diy stand from Mark on TRT 2 weeks ago... The stand is sturdy, it's made of furniture grade ply but lacked doors... After talking my wife into letting me move the china cabinet out of the formal dining room and putting the tank in there  , I realized the stand needed a face lift to better suite the decor... So far that is pretty much all I have been working on for the last 10 days!!! My plans are to get water in this thing by the 31st, not sure if that's going to happen or not... I've got 530lbs of rock in a stock tub in the basement that's been down there for a month and a half now, however, it came out of a tank that had been up for years, so it didn't have to cycle(didn't have much growth on it, It's got more now than when I got it). I'll go over the list of equipment here shortly after I get some pics up... Here's how it looked when I got it from Mark...  Here I started securing all the facing boards on the stand...  Started to add the Advantec flooring...  Flooring is installed and completely sealed...  I've got more coming, I know it doesn't look like much in these pics... David |
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10-26-2006, 8:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,935 City: Newnan State: GA
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OK... Day 2 of the build, still not alot of visual progress, just ruining a perfectly good looking stand... Sorry Mark, I'm sure you put quite a few hours into it... I finished resecuring the face boards, added a top bar support rail, and started to reface the stand... It is refaced in solid hardwood bead or planking...
Finished securing face boards  Added top bar support rail, there will be a 4 to 5 inch wide bar platform around the tank  Started refacing  Right side refaced  Still more to come... David |
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10-26-2006, 9:07 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,935 City: Newnan State: GA
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Alright, a little more VP going here... I finished refacing the whole stand... I actually faced over alot of the openings for the doors and then used my router with a 1/4" flush trim with a bearing to cut it back down and give a smooth edge... I also started on the columns on the right side of the stand...
Refacing complete  Started RT side column  Front shot  Stay tuned... It gets better, I promise...  David |
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10-26-2006, 9:25 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,935 City: Newnan State: GA
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Alright... I had to take a 3 day break from the project-gotta work sometime
 Luckily it's only 3 days a week!!! Well, I added the rest of the columns and started to trim out the right ones by adding top bolsters... Also put a piece of scrap crown on the right side to see how things will look when the bar top is added...Added Lt columns  Trimmed out bolsters on topside of RT columns  Another Angle  Idea of what the bar top will look like  So now you see why I ask "Will It Ever Be Done"?!!!! One Day... David (still more to come) |
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10-26-2006, 9:46 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,935 City: Newnan State: GA
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Alright, now were pretty much caught up... Made alot of progress yesterday, trimed out almost everything and got the bar cut and biscuited together... Forgot to mention a few days ago, also cut a 72" x 25" piece of Advanted and put it under the tank itself... This stand has got to weigh a ton by now...
Left column trim out  Starting to take shape  Looking better  The Supervisor...  Making the bar top  Another angle  Alomst all of the trim work is done... Just need someone to come and fill holes and sand her down, any volunteers?... Oh well... David |
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10-26-2006, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,935 City: Newnan State: GA
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OK... That brings up to date... The glue on the bar has dried and it is solid, gotta love biscuit joints!!! Time to start filling holes, sanding down, pick a stain color, paint the inside (going to use a new Behr bathroom and kitchen product-it dries hard as nails)... Then I've got to stain it, stain again, poly and poly, then onto the plumbing... Not to mention I still have to build a canopy and get all my lighting together, I'm thinking of going all T5's... Lots of work still!!! Oh, and I've got to work tomorrow, so it will stop for another 3 days
 Bar top assembled but not attached yet  Another angle... Sorry the camera died before I could get some front shots  Alright... Back to work I go... Hope someone enjoys looking at these, please feel free to criticise or comment on it... Any ideas would be greatly appreciatted as well... David |
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10-26-2006, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 4,172 City: Roswell State: GA Occupation: Software Developer Other Interests: Snow Skiing, Scuba, Photography
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 - very nice work so far! Keep the pictures coming - it's always cool watching a tank come together!I'd be a little concerned about the carpet over the wood floors, though. If you have a spill over a few gallons, it'll just sit against the wood floor...
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10-26-2006, 10:22 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,935 City: Newnan State: GA
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Thanks Mojo...
I had thought about the carpet/flooring issue before we moved the tank in... We put a folded blue tarp under the carpet hoping it would allow the carpet to dry and yet still protect the hardwood... I think you can see part of it hanging out behind the tank in some of the pics... Not sure if it will work or not, hopefully it won't get tested too many times... David |
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10-26-2006, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Age: 32
Posts: 8,150 City: Austell State: GA Occupation: 3D Lighter/Compositor
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david, very good work ya got going on there! i wish I was motivated to finish up the rest of my stands, yes plural, I have two at the house that I just gave up on. My mitre saw died on me and I havnt gotten a chance to go back to HD and get another one......maybe one day when work dies down a lil bit.
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10-26-2006, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Age: 32
Posts: 1,938 City: Smyrna State: GA
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I'm going in for the show. Great work so far.
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10-26-2006, 10:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,935 City: Newnan State: GA
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Thanks Andy... It's going to take alot longer than I thought...
Here's some more pics from today... No huge changes that a camera will pick up, lot's and lot's of sanding... Hand cramps...Ouch!!!  I did add some rope to the bar top, I'm sure there'll be some folks that really like it and some that really don't... I was unsure about it, but my wife thoght it definately needed it, I think it does add alot to it... Let me know what you think, although it would be a royal PIA to change since it's glued and braded on... Front shot  Left Side  Close up of the rope... Note the bar holds a beer nicely!!!   Well, it's back to work tomorrow, so there won't be much progress for the next 3 or 4 days... David |
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10-27-2006, 2:15 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 183 City: Auburn State: GA Occupation: Data Center Manager Other Interests: Computers, Guitars, Water Skiing
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>After talking my wife into letting me move the china cabinet out of the formal dining room and putting the tank in there.
Wow, She's a keeper >It's going to take alot longer than I thought... Ya Think? Nice Job. Just curious... you did all the work inside? Dosen't that make cleanup a @#$% Routers and biscuit joiners are both messy  Still, you seem to get more done in a day than I do in a month... |
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10-27-2006, 8:19 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,935 City: Newnan State: GA
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Thanks JohnQ... To answer your questions, yes I did do most of the work inside... My router actually came with an attachment that allowed me to hook it up to the wifes vacuum... As far as the jointer, I was actually able to take those boards outside to cut the joints... All in all, the worst clean up has been the sanding and it wasn't all that bad... David |
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10-27-2006, 8:38 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 183 City: Auburn State: GA Occupation: Data Center Manager Other Interests: Computers, Guitars, Water Skiing
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>Still trying to get the inside painted-just can't seem to talk my wife into doing it
You've done pretty well so far. If I tried this route, I'd be looking at an ice pick in the ear!  Something about it keeping the carpet clean after I gone... |
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