DIY Tank Cabinet

[ervine]

Looks great! Looks almost exactly like my stand.. hehe

[typrobin]

the laminate also cut to size??

[ervine]

eh bro ur tank no overflow? or external overflow box?

realised u don have a hole for ur downpipes...

[typrobin]

eh bro ur tank no overflow? or external overflow box?

realised u don have a hole for ur downpipes...

eh...yah hor...

kaykay, u must remeber to cut the holes leh...

[Anthony]

u r not using L-shape or any other simple joint to hold it?..

it may let go after sometimes if u just using screws without proper joints!!.

just my 2cents

[kaykay]

Oops! Forgot about the hole!!!!

Managed to cut a square hole in the correct corner using drill and jigsaw.. hope it's big enough.

Was actually thinking of just drill-sawing the exact hole when tank arrives, and by placing the tank on the plank, measure the exact position of the hole, use a saw bit to drill a perfect hole.. But think it's too troublesome.. too much things to be concerned with that day..plus all the dust!!

I was looking to nail 2 more side panels. I think this should hold it more firmly. Have no confidence to saw/chisel an L-joint perfectly, so decided against doing so. Scared "injured" the wood, worse still..

Thanks for all your feedback. Will update more pics later.

[chinmo]

After 2 days of working on it..

Each day only spent about 2 hours..

BTW, only using kapur wood.

Bro..... where u get the kapur wood from? can pm me the add....

[ervine]

u have the L brackets right if so then should be not that bad... and the way you laid the beam sitting on 1" of the column also prob can do away with the lap joints... should be okay lah just test it loh, get your whole family sit on it...

Hope you used stainless steel screws and all nails...

[Rocky99]

great piece of DIY...... were the pieces of wood sawn exactly to your requirements? where did you get your wood from.... thanks....

[kaykay]

Thanx Rocky,

You were the one from whom i got the inspiration to DIY cabinet..

Wood from Chip Lee Timbers at Eunos Industiral park. (Eunos Ave 6)

All cut to exact size. Saved me a lot of trouble...

Cutting took them roughly 2 hours. Too bad most of the good hardware shops around there were relocated due to construction of new building, if not it was a great place to get all the supplies you'll need for woodworking. From formica sheets, pvc sheets, pvc strips in all sorts of colours and tones, and all those tools... Good DIY shopping ground it was. Now all gone, wonder where to...

Luckily i live nearby (Bedok Reservoir). Went home and waited for their call for collection..

Cheers!

[Rocky99]

thanks... will get my wood from there for my next tank.... =p.....

i'm sure you are very satisfied with it.... Look forward to see a pic of your tank when its ready....

[kaykay]

Finally done up the whole darn thing!

After nailing the side panels in, it feels damn solid man! No matter how i push, it does not sway one bit. Phew! Completely satisfied..

But did not buy enough sticker sheets to cover the doors.. lazy to go down to buy.. will do tomorro.

Thinking of starting work on the hood, but thought against it. Wait for tank to arrive first then build hood... wait wrong size, all efforts go to waste.

Here's a pic to show results for.. Pardon the ugly unlaminated doors.

[ervine]

Looks damn pro man!!! Congrats!!

[Ian]

good job!

[kaykay]

Dear Ian & Ervine,

Thanks for your advice and help!!

Without which this cabinet would not have been successful.

Now for the difficult part.... the aquarium itself!

[typrobin]

Dear Ian & Ervine,

Thanks for your advice and help!!

Without which this cabinet would not have been successful.

Now for the difficult part.... the aquarium itself!

how is the progress??

my hands and back still aching after that day...can the tank fit??

[kaykay]

Tank fits just nicely.. just...

Turns out that the kapur beams too thick... the overflow pipes almost can't fit into the cut hole... Pushed the tank slightly off to the right.. 'bout 0.5cm off.

Rest ok..

Thanks!!

My back's aching like mad! Haven't even done scapeing! Another back breaking day coming up this weekend..

[ZeRoC00l]

Tank fits just nicely.. just...

Turns out that the kapur beams too thick... the overflow pipes almost can't fit into the cut hole... Pushed the tank slightly off to the right.. 'bout 0.5cm off.

Rest ok..

Thanks!!

My back's aching like mad! Haven't even done scapeing! Another back breaking day coming up this weekend..

U might want to change the method of covering your plywood.

I find tt the sticker sheets comes off quite quickly as the air is moist and salty.

Perhaps few layers of lacquer or varnish before applying the sticker sheet will enable it to stick better, or just change to a veneer covering

Maybe also fill in the gaps between the cabinate and tank with a bead of silicone so tt water will not seap inbetween and retain there. Causing the wood to degrade faster

Very nicely done!!!!

2 thumbs UP!

[limbssg]

In a saltwater environment, few coats of varnish is much more durable than those stick-on laminate sheets but it's also quite a hassle as the time to coat properly is long.

some info for u if interested:

http://www.yachtworks.net/Store/wood_finishes.htm

http://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl=en&...ish%2Bsaltwater

[kaykay]

Final look of the carpentary after hood added on.. ya it took me so long to finally get the hood done.. lazybones.. and wifey complaining abt so much wood lying around..

[kaykay]

oops.. pic..

[spiderman]

This is my DIY tank. It was a normal tank with iron stand. I just use some ply woods to cover outer surface to make it look like a tank cupboard.

[spiderman]

sorry pic too big.pic resize

[spiderman]

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