After missing my tank for so long,

[House of Laughter]

Happy - eating flake and frozen!

Here ya go BC, from MM - my donation for killing your froggie.

BTW< we should have Purple FF Monday.

House

 

[bad coffee]

SWEET!

it is indeed a Citron. Look at the black dot.

Thanks. You rock.

B

 

[House of Laughter]

Figured you'd like him and remembered for so long that you wnted one. Only one at MM and I grabbed him for a steal.

ONto the 58 he goes BTW< when is that fokker getting delivered?

J

 

[bad coffee]

a week from tomorrow! with all this frickin rain I don't think I'll have the stand done. It might be close. (aka the last coat of clear drying) Lights are mostly in at ronen's. I'm waiting on the 150hqi ballasts to arrive. (Icecap has been out of them)

The sump is done. Today I'm ordering my oceansmotions stuff. Tuesday I'm ordering my Deltec and the ACJr stuff. It's so close I can taste the salt water. . .

Speaking of salt, where is the best place to get it nowadays?

I also am going to need a few *CHOICE* pieces of rock. I somehow think the stuff from the 20 won't fill the new tank.

B

 

[House of Laughter]

BC, you can choose from my marshal island stuff and some select fuge stuff here. (I have a nice tonga slab piece covered with goodies as well)

Let's not forget that you have a bucket full of dead rock here - I should get that into our system asap to start the "live" process so you can pick and choose what you want from a mature system.

LMK if you want me to do that - also I have a nice large rock in your 20 that I think you'll like. For a price of course Mwwwhhaaahhaaa

Kidding

house

 

[bad coffee]

starting to look downright sexy.

 

[masterswimmer]

Yes it is :flirt:

swimmer

 

[bad coffee]

Today I:
Cut all the trim pieces, and didn't run out of walnut!
Cut the biscuit slots in all the maple.
Got the biscuit slots cut in the stand door trim.

Tomorrow:
Finish slotting the trim pieces. DONE
Sand all the trim. THere's a few high spots from the router table. DONE
Stain all the trim DONE
Sand the maple. Maybe Stain it DONE With the Canopy. Stand is waiting till I get the doors slotted.

Glue trim pieces on. I only have 4 long clamps, so I'm stuck doing 1 or 2 pieces of trim at a time. Hopefully it will be nice and hot so the glue sets up quickly.

This week:
Slot the doors for hinge reinforcement
Cut 1/8"x1/2" steel for hinge reinforces. Drill and tap holes if I get the time
Mortise the stand frame for the hinges.

Put it all together.

3 coats of Spar Urethane on everything. White oil based for the inside of the canopy and stand. (I should have painted them before. WOuld have been so much easier!)


Now it's time for beers.
B

 

[masterswimmer]

What? No pix? You know we be ho's :biggrin:

swimmer

 

[bad coffee]

What, you want pictures of me using a chop saw? maybe marking for the biscuits? No pics until I start putting it together. Maybe if you guys are good I'll put a pic up of me staining the trim.

B

 

[masterswimmer]

You're a pic tease!

swimmer

 

[bad coffee]

No, I was busy working. Now I'm waiting for stain to dry.

Here's 2

The first one has one extra piece of walnut in the middle of the pile so you can see the difference.

The second is a piece of stained trim against a scrap piece of stained maple.

B

 

[twinreef]

very nice.

 

[bad coffee]

Here's a shot of the canopy doors stained and the walnut trim pieces together.

B

 

[nanoreefer22]

Nice...But we need pics from a distance where we can actually make out what it is without you telling us :teeth:

 

[masterswimmer]

B, you must be psyched bro. That's looking sweet.

R

 

[Tonyscoots84]

brett looks good but Y the hell do u keep teasing us... show us full pics.. what we gonna see next the corner of the stand :arg: come on brett ur killing us :lol2:

 

[bad coffee]

Here you go Tony. Somthing in my head like the squeeky wheel getting grease. . .

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

:lol2: Brett

 

[nanoreefer22]

:lol2:!!! Much better pics Brett!! Appreciate the effort!