LARGE Plywood Tank Build

brandan

brandan

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Originally Posted by Bronco300
http:///forum/post/2663378
the glass will be ordered monday...so then it'll be 1-2 weeks from then(whever the glass company gets the glass)...I should have no issue being ready by the time the glass gets here
Muhahahahahaha. . . .
 
bronco300

bronco300

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Originally Posted by SaltyCrab
http:///forum/post/2664243
How much MAS epoxy would you recommend to do 2 coats covering 40 square feet. This is for a 180 gallon tank.
BTW thanks for the tip about defender.com

I havent really checked, but have been told 20/25ft per catalyzed gallon.
Originally Posted by Brandan
http:///forum/post/2665975
Who did you end up getting the glass from?
Some company in richmond is ordering it through a glass shop over on emerson ave...so it's pretty close actually...and a great price
 
fats71

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This looks like sooo much work.
I know it is fun to do but I was curious what this was going to cost. I mean you probably make good money at a job so figure your hourly wage into it and see what it truly costs. I am not knocking it just curous hw much it is t this point. I wanna do one if yours turns out right and my time is not wrth much lol.
I am just curious if it would be into the 5k range as it seems like it after this amount of time.
 
bronco300

bronco300

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i suppose if you took in every hour you work on it...it may go up that in the few K(depending on how efficient you are with your time)...but i mean its free time, what else am i going to do, watch tv? lol...honestly it takes about 15-20 minutes to lay a layer of epoxy...so its really not that bad...just time consuming because you have to wait for the layer to stiffen up before you can put another layer on...so lets say 3 layers per side...there are 18 sides, no including the wavebox...so 54 layers..1080minutes...18hrs.....so i guess the longest part might be building the wood part...but the hard part is that you have to let things set, like when you glue the wood together, you want to use clamps,etc to make sure you are super tight on any seams...but i can't imagine it using over 100hrs max....thats all just a rough estimate since i never really kept track of the building part....but you could have from 4-12+hrs every coat to let things set depending on temp and schedule....i could be way off though.
 
tr1gger

tr1gger

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omg indiana!!! WHERE WHERE!! i wanna come shake your hand, also 24 years old just as I am, you are a insperation
 
bronco300

bronco300

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got the final coat on the back down earlier...now i have TWO CORNERS LEFT and a small part of the top eurobrace to epoxy and the inside will be 100% done!!!! then comes the glass...so go buy my frags so i can afford the rest,lol
 
bronco300

bronco300

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got the top eurbrace done this morning--TWO MORE CORNERS LEFT!!!!
sorry no pictures, i took some this morning but didn't have time to upload them.
 
veni vidi vici

veni vidi vici

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Originally Posted by Bronco300
http:///forum/post/2673011
got the top eurbrace done this morning--TWO MORE CORNERS LEFT!!!!
sorry no pictures, i took some this morning but didn't have time to upload them.
Congrats Bronco,process should start moving a lot faster now as long as the money tree dosent die lol.
 
bronco300

bronco300

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well one more corner down! only ONE left to go!!! i'll be done with the inside on moday...and i'm working on the outside to make sure it can handle any water as well.
 
slt wtr stupid

slt wtr stupid

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I was telling my husband about your tank so i'm tagging along so that I can show him by the way this tank is going to be amazing cant wait to see it up and running
 
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