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DIY Project DIY ADA Style Aquarium Stand

James D said:
:lol: It's taken since January to get the doors on, still, if a job's worth doing......

It'll look awesome when it's finished. :thumbup:
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Lol. Done a lot since then! Moved house and been doing a lot at work 🙂

I'm counting down the days to set this up.

I hope to have the veneer all on by Friday. Then hit it with about 10 coats of lacquer. So that'll take the most time now.
 
Brilliant thanks alot James, those drawing will help a lot.

My dad has a biscuit joiner so was thinking of glueing and biscuiting instead of screwing or dowing.

Any reason why that wouldn't be a good idea?

Cheers
 
terry82517 said:
Brilliant thanks alot James, those drawing will help a lot.

My dad has a biscuit joiner so was thinking of glueing and biscuiting instead of screwing or dowing.

Any reason why that wouldn't be a good idea?

Cheers
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Look into using a powdered resin glue such as 'Resintite'. The bond strength in comparison to PVA is immense.

Have you got sash cramps? If not, what you intend on pulling it up tight with?

Ideal would be both screw and dowel/biscuits.
 
James D said:
:lol: It's taken since January to get the doors on, still, if a job's worth doing......

It'll look awesome when it's finished. :thumbup:
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Mines still waiting to be painted lol, problem is spring arrived 😀
 
Hi nath, yea the old man has plenty of big clamps 🙂

Good shout on the glue, had a look and powered seems to be the best stuff to use! Was thinking on gorilla glue but do you reckon the one you mentioned or cascamite would be better?
 
terry82517 said:
Hi nath, yea the old man has plenty of big clamps 🙂

Good shout on the glue, had a look and powered seems to be the best stuff to use! Was thinking on gorilla glue but do you reckon the one you mentioned or cascamite would be better?
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Cascamite. It's excellent and doesn't foam up, where as gorrilla glue is a PU glue, which means it'll expand somewhat.
Good for stopping squeaks in stair strings especially as it fills the gap around the wedge on the treads.
 
looking excellent nath keep the pics coming cannot wait to see finished, loved this thread been very helpful I feel like making another stand even though no need lol 😉 maybe with nice wood, get tank set up first lol
 
ldcgroomer said:
What, no shellac and wax? Shellacs worth a punt for the fumes alone. Starts to smell like sherry after a while I thought. 😀:wacky:
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Sorry Lindy,

I did mean laquer. Now that's the shiz!

Did a little bit in my kitchen and we both couldn't hardly breathe upstairs for an hoe or two. Had to open every window in the house :lol:
 
I did our pitch pine staircase. There was no escaping the smell.

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Ours didn't smell nice once we'd had to strip about 10 layers of magnolia gloss and the dark stain underneath. Took about 3 yrs on and off around work and life. a8y6uty7.jpg
Needs waxed again but the shellac will keep the wood safe until I get around to it....


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