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Well several years ago I purchased a Cadlights 100g rimless. It's been stored and I'm now ready to get it going. I designed and will be fabricating my own stand out of steel, and will also be modifying the original glass sump it came with. Here are a few 3D models I made of the stand and the sump. I have my own cnc router so I get to cut the acrylic for my sump myself.
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Good luck with the build
Nice Ivan! Following thread.
Well finally got to make progress on my build. I finished tacking the stand together today. I hope to finish welding it over the weekend.
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Nice beefy stand! You got skills!
Thanks
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Finished welding the stand today and brought it into where it will live. I still need to figure out what I want to do about mounting my lighting before I send it off to powder coating. Also put the tank on it to get an idea of what it will look like. Started peeling the black vinyl off the back of the tank. Not sure if I’ll replace it or leave it clear.
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And the Jones' have done it again! Jealous! If the tank I had was a clear back, I'd keep it. Nice to see you motivated to do it! So now what? What color you gonna powder coat it?
Nice work. I wish I could weld my own stand...... you’ve got skills bro
If you plan on opening the blinds at all I’d paint it black if not clear would be sick
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Do you think opening the blinds sometimes would cause algae problems?Quote:
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Yeah that’s what I was thinking
So I’m going through different ideas for skinning the stand. And thought maybe I should make it match the media console/desk I designed and built, and use usb for the panels to match. What do you guys think??
I applied several coats of polyurethane to the OSB and it looks great and is pretty smooth.
I like the industrial look of it
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Looks pretty nice too me. Great idea.
I'll be using thin starboard with earth magnets attached for mine. E plastics also sells translucent acrylic panels that I've been thinking about as well. Just a few more ideas, but the poly osb looks nice as well
I tack welded a few tabs along the bottom that only stick out about 1/4” to hold the weight of panels with magnets. That was my initial idea. But now after a few beers and starring at it, I’m thinking of leaving some of the tubes exposed and do flush panels with hidden hinges. I can drill and tap the tube for machined screws tp attach the hinges. And I think the exposed tubes would match the other piece I build really well.Quote:
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Today I made the adapters to mount my lights. I have a pair of AI Sol I’m gonna be using on the tank. I didn’t really like any of the available mounting solutions so I decided to make my own, kind of. I had seen someone on another forum use a computer monitor mounting arm to mount a light over his tank so I ran with that idea and am gonna use a dual monitor arm. I had to make adapters to mount the lights to the standard 100x100mm monitor mounts. Here’s what I came up with. I used a sheet of .090 aluminum and cut it out on my cnc to shape, then bent it to its final shape. I’ll be painting them satin black to match the mount. I think it will be a nice solution and allow me to move the lights back whenever I need to reach in the tank. (The light is taken apart in the picture. I used only the heat sink to get all my dimensions and for mock up)
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that table and the wood look really good!
Thanks, that’s my deskQuote:
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