LancsRick
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- 18 Apr 2012
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What does £25 get you these days?
Half a tank of fuel (if that).
A handful of recent DVDs.
A small restaurant meal.
Oh, and also, a 4ft x 2ft x 1ft fish tank with very nice clarity glass....
So I liberated this from someone's garage today in exchange for what I view as a miniscule amount of money for a tank this size. I've been told it's watertight, but I'll test that for myself, the important thing is that all the glass is perfect - no scratches, cracks or chips.
It's got an interior ledge both for supporting the lid and also for a couple of horizontal struts, which should come in handy when building a lid for it.
One thing I don't like is that all the corners are done in black silicon. So, first more pictures, then questions...
I'll preface all of this with saying that I'm handy in a workshop (a.k.a. the garage), but have no experience with fishtanks or glass.
1) I'm going to replace the black silicon with colourless for aesthetics, and was wondering if I do a single straight edge at a time, if I could get away with removing the black and re-siliconing without the need for jigging the whole thing, mainly because I don't own a set of 90degree 3D jigs.
2) Plan of attack for cleaning up the glass is white spirit, followed by window scraper, followed by more white spirit, followed by many rinses with water. Any tips from those of you who have walked this path before me?
3) Finally, I'm going to build a stand for this, which will be a slower time project. Bearing in mind it's going to need to support 300kg and I'm not made of money, it's likely to be a pine and MDF affair, shellac'ed and then painted. Any tried and proven designs, or shall I break out my ruler and pencil?
I think that's it for now, just happy to have a project for the workshop!
Half a tank of fuel (if that).
A handful of recent DVDs.
A small restaurant meal.
Oh, and also, a 4ft x 2ft x 1ft fish tank with very nice clarity glass....
So I liberated this from someone's garage today in exchange for what I view as a miniscule amount of money for a tank this size. I've been told it's watertight, but I'll test that for myself, the important thing is that all the glass is perfect - no scratches, cracks or chips.
It's got an interior ledge both for supporting the lid and also for a couple of horizontal struts, which should come in handy when building a lid for it.
One thing I don't like is that all the corners are done in black silicon. So, first more pictures, then questions...
I'll preface all of this with saying that I'm handy in a workshop (a.k.a. the garage), but have no experience with fishtanks or glass.
1) I'm going to replace the black silicon with colourless for aesthetics, and was wondering if I do a single straight edge at a time, if I could get away with removing the black and re-siliconing without the need for jigging the whole thing, mainly because I don't own a set of 90degree 3D jigs.
2) Plan of attack for cleaning up the glass is white spirit, followed by window scraper, followed by more white spirit, followed by many rinses with water. Any tips from those of you who have walked this path before me?
3) Finally, I'm going to build a stand for this, which will be a slower time project. Bearing in mind it's going to need to support 300kg and I'm not made of money, it's likely to be a pine and MDF affair, shellac'ed and then painted. Any tried and proven designs, or shall I break out my ruler and pencil?
I think that's it for now, just happy to have a project for the workshop!