Covering a 125G Stand

[Sisterlimonpot]

Everything was ran in series. The string went:
+___resistor___led___resistor___led___resistor___led___resistor___led___-

[Rhodes19]

Originally posted by Sisterlimonpot
Everything was ran in series. The string went:
+___resistor___led___resistor___led___resistor___led___resistor___led___-

Cool Beans. Thanks.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Well I just got back from vacation and before leaving I was wondering how I was going to have my tank sitter (who knows nothing about SW) take care of feeding and dosing our tanks. The feeding isn’t too hard (you really can’t screw that up) but the dosing of the 2 part and the vodka was my biggest concern, I didn’t want the tanks to be overdosed. So I called the local pharmacy and put in an order for a bunch of different size syringes (3ml, 5ml and 10ml).


I wonder what was going through the pharmacist mind when I came in to pick all the syringes up.

Then I put some holes in some scrap to make a couple stands for the syringes.


And had my youngest girl remove all the syringes from the wrapper and place them in the stand



Then all I have to do is fill all the syringes with the appropriate amount of calcium, alkalinity, and vodka.

I figured that it wouldn’t work out so well but it worked great and now that I have these we are going to continue using them, it's going to make it so much easier to dose, we only refill them every 2 weeks. So it will cut back on the mess.

[melev]

None of your pictures are showing up in your last post for me (in Firefox).

[Sisterlimonpot]

What, What, What? Does anyone else have this problem? I'm using the same website as all the others (photoshop.com). Marc can you see any of the other pictures from my other posts?

[zombiereef]

last night the pictures werent showing up, but it seems to be working now. maybe the picture site's server was down for a little while.

[Sisterlimonpot]

ahh good, that's probably what it was. I was having a hard time getting on the site last night to upload new pics.

[melev]

Yep, it is working now.

Are you going to cap off the tips of each syringe to keep their contents clean until use?

[Sisterlimonpot]

Yep, they all came with some sort of screw on cap or sheath that keeps them clean.

[Billabong]

very nice stand. How did you get the stain to match so well?

[pwsk]

very nice

[tat2shawn]

Im totally envious of your wood shop. And love sled for your table saw.
Thanks for all your help.

[wirick181]

Looks Good

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by Billabong

very nice stand. How did you get the stain to match so well?

Well that was a long process, Sherwin Williams offers a great service in that they have a mixing station are able to match stains to an original piece. But the challenge was that I couldn’t (didn’t want to) take the entire canopy to them and say, “Mix me up a stain that matches” So I brought a couple scrap pieces of oak and a picture of the canopy and they threw some stain on the scrap pieces to gauge what was close and then I had to go back and match it up with the canopy, them come back and tell them what was missing.. The nice thing about it was that they didn’t seem to care that I was wasting their time with the back and forth stuff. They never seemed to get frustrated with me. I think that when I sent them a picture of the finished work they were pleased to see how well it came out.

Originally Posted by pwsk

very nice

Thanks hopefully one day when I retire I can focus on this hobby a lot more

Originally Posted by tat2shawn

Im totally envious of your wood shop. And love sled for your table saw.
Thanks for all your help.

Thanks, that sled is a must have for any wood worker. I have made 2 of them so far and in the process of making a 3rd to accommodate 36" wide boards. I'm making a full over full bunk bed out of maple for my kids and can't keep a big piece of wood like that up against the fence. Those sleds allow for a completely straight edge that doesn't require any jointing (if you don't want to) The hardest part about making the sled is to make sure that the back fence is completely square, otherwise its worthless and nothing you cut with it will come out right. I went through a lot of hassle trying to get the first one square.

Originally Posted by wirick181

Looks Good

Thanks for looking

[aquariumclown]

I have the same led/moonlight problem as you. I direct mine up at my t5/mh reflectors, I like it much better.

[Billabong]

Jimmy, any updates on how the tank is coming along?

[Sisterlimonpot]

No not really, I've been busy making a maple bunk bed for the kids. The tank is just trucking along, We got word that we will be pulling up stakes and moving to California So we are trying to decide if we are going to try and move the tank and all the inhabitants to cali or just get rid of all the livestock and start a new when we get there, I'll be there for a minimum of 5 years.

[Billabong]

California.... nice.... a lot of reefing going on there. Another wood project huh? what kind of bunkbed are you making? Is it all from scratch? How far along are you? Do you have any pictures?

[Sisterlimonpot]

Sure, I guess I can put a picture up. Give me a bit.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by Billabong

California.... nice.... a lot of reefing going on there. Another wood project huh? what kind of bunkbed are you making? Is it all from scratch? How far along are you? Do you have any pictures?

It's a full over a full bed, here it is right after a complete sanding and just before tear down for the hand rubbed finish (the ladder to the top isn't in the picture)

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It's multi-functional, when the kids get older and they want to separate into other rooms the beds will become 2 separate full-size beds, I made it so that the head and foot boards of the bottom bunk will become the head boards and the head and foot boards of the top bunk will become the foot boards. Yes it is all from scratch (raw lumber) All solid maple) and the design is my own but the idea of making it 2 separate beds at a later date isn't a new concept, you see quite a few manufacturers using it, so I can't clam that idea, I just incorporated it in my plans.

I'm in the process of finishing it, 7 coats of hand rubbed tung-oil. It's taken me about a month and a half to get to this point (had to make a lot of different jigs and templates). The kids should be sleeping in it by the end of the week.

[Rhodes19]

Very nice. They'll enjoy it.

[melev]

That looks great. Be sure to post the finished product.

And then get the project done that this thread is about. We've waited long enough.

[Sisterlimonpot]

It sucks because the wind is out of my sail, I really don't think that we are going to be able to take all the tank inhabitants with us. so we are just biding our time and waiting for the right time to sell everything off (livestock). Once we get to california we are more than likely going to set up the tank and start fresh. (which sucks because there are some corals that I really don't want to get rid of).

[aquariumclown]

Why don't you ship them here and have them held?

[Sisterlimonpot]

Are there places that will do that?