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Benny

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  1. On 8/17/2019 at 7:47 AM, olaggie01 said:

    I’d love to get a rollermat setup on my tank but that looks huge. How tall is the stand and how much room from the top of the sump to the bottom of the stand?


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    I have it setup to gravity feed into the filter and then into the sump from above. If you have room next to your sump you can drill the side and mount it that way. Or use a pump to feed it too. Definitely not the easiest piece of equipment to integrate.

  2. 3 hours ago, Timfish said:

    Looks really nice!  Having seen steel stands for tanks 10X the size use only 1" square tubing it looks like you went for some serious overkill there.  :grin:

    I built the stand beefy enough to hold a larger tank in the future. But yes is it is overkill. 2x2 and 2x3 aluminum is beefy haha.

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  3. Building my own aluminum tank stand.

    48"x24"x46"

    I am tig welding the whole thing. Using 2"x2" square tube for the uprights, and 2"x3" for the top and base. The frame will be visible and I will use a light wood for the panels.

    I already cut and prepped all the aluminum, and started welding up the stand. Should be finished this evening. 

    Will also be adding a light rack when I am finished. Didn't thing of it till I already started.

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  4. I have 3 of those square tanks I have been meaning to setup for over 2 years. Haha. I was about to buy a house and things went sideways financially so they have been in storage ever since. Hopefully I'll be in my own place in the next year or two and can finally get the water station setup! 😭

  5. Starting my new build now that I am finally back in Austin. 50 Gallon Zoo Med low boy on a custom aluminum stand, running a 39" Trigger Systems sump and Rollermat, Haven't decided on lights yet. Drilled the tank today at RCA and drew up the stand design. Starting to cut the aluminum tomorrow morning.

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  6. Very cool, I am doing extremely well in my Tig class. Already moved to vertical up. Stick I am doing pretty good too. Just doing better in Tig. Gonna buy a welder and chop saw in the next few weeks and build a few tank stands for practice.

  7. Well I am in my 2nd week of classes at acc, went a completely different route though. I just love working with my hands and have always been very interested in welding. So I am in up to my neck at the welding program now. And I love it, picking it up very fast a according to my instructors. I am taking intro to sheilded metal arc welding and intro to gas tungsten arc welding.

    These are my first welds ever. The first plate is Tig, second plate is stick. I know there are a few welders on here and I would love to hear from you!

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  8. I have worked a lot of jobs, never passing the elusive $10-11 an hour threshold. I just left the Austin's Pizza Corporate office last month so I can go to school, starting at ACC for the summer session, picking back up on C++ and Java where I left off in 04'. We will see where it takes me.

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