Dons diy project

[liveforphysics]

OMG! Did you just say 10 stage rodi? I have a 6 stage, and I thought it was overboard. Do you just run a load of extra redundant stages or does it do something more than normal rodi?

Tank looks great. In reguards to the fuge, even a small fuge with powerful lighting can easily offset the nightly pH swing and provide O2 for the animals that feed at night.

I like the clever auto-salt mixer setup and continous water change idea. I'm certian you would have no need for calcium reactors or additional nutrient control methods if you just changed 5gal a day on a moderately stocked 70gal system.

Very clever work!

 

[Donw]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10788082#post10788082 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by liveforphysics
OMG! Did you just say 10 stage rodi?

I run 3 sediment, 2 carbons, 2 membranes, 2 di's, 1 final carbon. I used to use 4 membranes but got tired of the booster pump in between them. I'm getting rid of alot of complication with this new system. I need to have a garage sale.

Don

 

[liveforphysics]

When I was living in Tacoma, the tap water normally tested around 25-40 TDS, and the bulk of that was often calcium.

Is there something you know about Tacoma water that we should know about or make extra precautions to remove?

 

[erics3000]

I need a booster pump. Pm me if you want to sell it.

 

[jnarowe]

25 - 40 TDS? In Tacoma? Wow...I had no idea. My well averages around 80 TDS and I thought that was good. Unfortunately, my water has varying degrees of nitrate, phosphate, and CO2.

 

[Donw]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10790080#post10790080 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
25 - 40 TDS? In Tacoma? Wow...I had no idea. My well averages around 80 TDS and I thought that was good. Unfortunately, my water has varying degrees of nitrate, phosphate, and CO2.

Most of the year is low around 30. In the summer the Howard Hansen damn has issues and dumps loads of iron and Mg. The highest Ive seen it so far is 110. This year was so bad when we fill the bath tub it looks like pee. I think they had to issue a press release this year is was so bad. They also do line flushing on a regular basis, when they do it can even plug the screens on the faucets, this is why I use the extra sediment filter to catch the big crud when they flush. One draw back to living in the old parkland ghetto.

Don

 

[jnarowe]

nasty.

 

[hebygb]

Don... I have been following this thread and I am amazed by your expertise and vision. I have learned a great deal about woodworking here as well which is like a bonus. Thanks and keep sharing your build. I look every day for a new installment.

 

[Donw]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10790341#post10790341 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hebygb
Don... I have been following this thread and I am amazed by your expertise and vision. I have learned a great deal about woodworking here as well which is like a bonus. Thanks and keep sharing your build. I look every day for a new installment.

Thank you, here ya go sump with holes.

 

[jnarowe]

you are a sick man Don! I love to see those sweet tools just laying around on the floor!

 

[Donw]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10790700#post10790700 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
I love to see those sweet tools just laying around on the floor!

I'm to short to do this on the bench, rough on the knees. The tools in the back ground are just carpentry stuff, nail guns miter saw, skill saws that sort of stuff. I just throw it all in a pile in the corner. I'm remodeling my house so it all dragged back and forth from the shop to the house. I'm to lazy to put it all away each time knowing I'll have to do it agian tomarrow.

Don

 

[andbigdaddy2]

This is crazy you are making people look bad there are Aquarium companies who charge big bucks out there and you are making them look like fools charging high prices for plywood stands how dare you......... HOW DARE YOU!!!!



LOL

 

[jnarowe]

Yeah I am just teasing you Don. If you saw my shop, you would vomit. But I do liek your choice of tools.

I have to get a trim router for a store project. I will need to trim laminate on MDF, and I think my regular router is just too much for that job. What would you recommend?

 

[Donw]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10792146#post10792146 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
Yeah I am just teasing you Don. If you saw my shop, you would vomit. But I do liek your choice of tools.

I have to get a trim router for a store project. I will need to trim laminate on MDF, and I think my regular router is just too much for that job. What would you recommend?

I'm a router junky and have way to many routers. That little trim router on the floor is a ridgid. Its been a good tool all of mine are doing fine. They are VS which is real nice when you can slow the bit way down. Great of course for edge trimming, but they handle a 1/4 spiral bit real nice. I also have one in my cnc that has no problem running for a hour or two straight without complaining or getting hot.
I also have a couple old pc's but havent used them since I started collecting the ridgids.

Don

 

[jnarowe]

OK, so Ridgid? I figured that was your "throw-away" router...I never would have guessed that they would be good quality. Thanks for the input!

 

[Donw]

Those are first ones Ive ever tried that arent PC. I just liked the VS and they turned out to be a good tool. Ive got a pc for every router bit.

Don

 

[jnarowe]

Well, VS is the only way to go IMO. But I do have a whatchmacallit that dials down AC current that I use with my grinder a lot...

 

[erics3000]

Rigid now has a lifetime warranty on there bigger stuff. They rock. and just as cool if not cooler then the yellow..

 

[jnarowe]

I don't buy the yellow. Got bit by that snake one too many times!

 

[woz9683]

My yellow tools are a last resort or something that I can just work until it dies and not care about it either way. So far they've been gifts, I haven't acquired any on purpose . My picks are Bosch, PC, and Milwaukee.