Braceless 360. Bad Idea?

[tkeracer619]

I'm setting up a glass tank that had some horrid center braces.

I took them out and am attempting to make it a braceless tank.

I am planning on building a trim ring out of 1" square steel. Two rings welded together to make one stronger ring. The ring would then be siliconed onto the top of the tank.

Here is a sketch I threw together.

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5075/tankwbraceas4.jpg

The deminsions of the tank are 8'L x 3'D x 2'H

Thanks

[john rochon]

no way, skip the steel. use eurobracing on the inside. a piece of steel that length will still have flex to it, a piece of glass 3'' wide and the same thickness of the tank glass won't have any flex to it.

[tkeracer619]

thanks for the reply. I had also thought about eurobracing.

[VikeBron]

My 375 has no center braces, just uro around the edges.

[JCTewks]

or you could make the whole thing out of laminated like 2" thick and go totally rimless!!! LOL :) Pricey but would look cool.