DIY tank question

[Kudzu]

I have read many of the build your own tank articles on the web. I am a
woodworker and have built/repaired wooden boats. Working with wood and
epoxy is not a problem. Building a tank actually looks very stright
forward to me.

All the plans I see are for one sided tanks. That is the glass is just
on one side. What I need is a tank that is open on three sides, the two
long sides and one end. Construction wise I don't see that it would be
much of a problem.

Strucutarally it looks to me that the forces involved are the same
whether the panel is glass or wood. If I am correct then cutting out
three sides and installing glass would be no different than one side.
Assuming the proper size of glass for course!

Has anyone built one like this? I sure would like to build my own. It
would save me some money and I could build in my overflows and returns
as I want them. Plus the wood frame would match the stand and hood I
was going to build anyway.

Kudzu

[Ross Vandegrift]

On 2004-11-30, Kudzu <kudzupatch@kudzupatch> wrote:
> All the plans I see are for one sided tanks. That is the glass is just
> on one side. What I need is a tank that is open on three sides, the two
> long sides and one end. Construction wise I don't see that it would be
> much of a problem.

I also looked in to building my own tank at one point, though decided
against it. I understood the use of wood to mostly be a cost decision
--- panes of glass thick enough to hold together for really big tanks
would be enormously expensive. If that's the case, I'd say go for it.
Sounds like a great project.

I'd definitely test that sucker out before filling it up in the living
room though! ::-)


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have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37

[Fuzzy]

I have never built a tank out of anything but glass, however here is a
link to a site which might give you some valuable advice. www.garf.org-Tank-
BuildTank.asp



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[Margolis]

"Fuzzy" -DONTEMAIL> wrote in message
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> I have never built a tank out of anything but glass, however here is a
> link to a site which might give you some valuable advice.
www.garf.org-Tank-
> BuildTank.asp
>
>



http://www.garf.org/tank/buildtank.asp

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[Fuzzy]

Thanks for the correction on that link.....I can't type to save a life.



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