180-In wall build thread...
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chenzin22
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I was on my way back home from john's (jaf's) house, After picking up some more thing's from the setup that i purchased from him, 180 tank, And about 300 plus pound's of LIVE rock, etc etc, My van decides to blow the transmission on the I-90, with 300 pounds of live rock and a van full of fish supplies, So the tow truck come's and the only thing i could think of was how to save this rock from dieing, (it is full of life and i was transporting it dry)_So what did my brother and i do? we unloaded the entire 100 gallon sump full of rock, Into the parking lot of the truck stop,and started making saltwater and rinsing the rock's one by one, for the long wait ahead. The tow truck left us at the truck stop and we waited for our ride to pick us up. Over an hour and a half from my house. Loaded all of the rock back into my friends van, and i finally just sat down to reflect on my day. this all started at 9 this morning.Anyways i have the rock all set up and curing for the 180 build here are some pic's
Gary Majchrzak
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Canandaigua to Wilson is a long drive
Canandaigua to Wilson is a long drive
sorry to hear of your troubles- you'd better get some rest and take some aspirin tomorrow!
Didja happen to get any mini carpet anemones on John's liverock?
Canandaigua to Wilson is a long drive
sorry to hear of your troubles- you'd better get some rest and take some aspirin tomorrow!
Didja happen to get any mini carpet anemones on John's liverock?
chenzin22
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Haha your not kidding about the aspirin, And no sign's of any nem's yet but ton's of sponge's and other neat thing's
dreaminmel
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Sorry to hear of the weekend troubles. Can't wait to watch the progress pics.
chenzin22
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ok, Finally i have been able to make some progress on the build, Had to buy the wife a new van :furious: and that was an obvious "buzz kill" any way's the beam has been installed and the wall removed, Now it's time to start constructing the stand. I am a boat mechanic and an Antique boat hobbyist and builder and i wanted to bring that into this build but didn't really now how. So after some thought i decided to build the stand out of African mahogany the same wood used on many antique boat's. and i have a lot of old hardware from boats i am going to use throughout the stand ,Hinge's handles etc etc. The wood was delivered to my shop today, i Took a lot of pictures and will be posting them once my kid's stop running around and throwing nerf footballs at me. Hey dad catch BANG:crazy1: right in the head. so i will be back with pic's and more info as soon as i get them to bed.
chenzin22
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These are the mahogany board's that i will cut the joint's in and plank the stand with.
This is what the wood look's like after it has been plained, jointed, caulked, stained and varnished. This is on a boat that is currently being built.
this will give you the idea of the grain
This is my shop excuse the mess.
And here is a pic of the boat it is a 1928 hacker craft replica. i no someone will want a picture of. it
This is what the wood look's like after it has been plained, jointed, caulked, stained and varnished. This is on a boat that is currently being built.
this will give you the idea of the grain
This is my shop excuse the mess.
And here is a pic of the boat it is a 1928 hacker craft replica. i no someone will want a picture of. it
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
awesome wood shop- I'm envious.
was your avatar pic taken at the state park?
was your avatar pic taken at the state park?
chenzin22
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Thanks a a lot, I spend many lonely night's in there :spin3:
Yes it was taken this summer at Allegheny state park. Good call!!
block head
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love the pre ban mahogany. i've got high hopes for this build.
chenzin22
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Today i was able to start building the stand, My buddy tor down his garage and built a new one so i took all of the wood and am using it to build the stand skeleton. I did it at home so my kid's could help seeing as they had the day off. I get nervous with four kid's running around my wood shop to many things to get into. Excuse the mess.
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