My 125 Tank Build

[Almondsaz]

I'm surprised the staining didn't come out even. If you do it sections and provided there aren't water or glue spots on the wood it should come out even.

Almond, I thought I saw dental molding in the delivery but I don't see it on the stand?

Grins: dental molding is at the top of the canopy, not the stand.

 

[Grins]

I don't see it in that photo either, maybe its just the angle of the light? Really nice work though Almond.

 

[Almondsaz]

Thanks Grins. I have already painted the stand and I am really pleased with the look. I will get a close up of the dental molding at the top of the canopy.

Right now I am putting together a GFI 2 Circuit outlet to build into the stand as well as I got a pair of mini hallides for the left side of the stand where all the electronics and wiring will be. You know it is that black (wiriing) on black (stand color) that will make it tough.

Kind of bummed becuase I got out of town next weekend for 4 days so won't get to set things up til the following weekend. On the good side, my friend who owns one of the LFS is letting me go in on a LR buy and I will get 50# for $35. So being greedy I am going to get 75....at that price I can make my own rubble for the new sump.

 

[Grins]

Great deal! Hope you get some nice big pieces.

 

[Almondsaz]

I hope so to. My friend who owns the LFS said that last time he got 2 pieces for the 50#.

 

[Almondsaz]

Final Color

So I got frustrated and painted the stand black. I tried to finish it so some of the grain / color remained. Here is a front pic and and end pic. I like the way the grain shows through, but it isn't what I had pictured in my mind. I am happy with it, so no regrets.

 

[Almondsaz]

Dental Mold Pic for Grins

Sorry about the pic quality...but I had to underexpose this to get the dental molding to show up.

 

[salty420]

well i think you should be very happy with how it turned out - it looks great!

 

[Almondsaz]

Salty - thank you! I appreciate that. Luckily I got off all the stain and paint before work tomorrow. Wouldn't look good to do a lot of briefings with black stripes all over your arms and hands.

 

[Almondsaz]

New part of the project -GFI

I just finished a new piece of the project and that is that I built a 2 circuit GFI outlet to install on the electric panel at the left of the stand, and also installed an outlet protector over the outlet on the wall. I will get pics once it is installed. Good news is I tested both outlets and they work just fine.