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#1 Riggers

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 06:43 PM

Hey All

Knocked up a rack last night to start putting the new fish room together. It's all 90x35mm pine screwed together as well as being bolted on every leg.



Materials used..

Lots of 90x35mm pine
12x stainless M10 bolts
50 galvanised 60mm timber screws

Tools required

Drop saw
Battery drill
Measuring tape
Level
Couple o mates

I started by cutting the rails to length, 2.2m. Then cut my cross rails to size 550mm, this gives the rack a rail to rail measurement of 620mm, perfect! smile.gif
Then some quick math to work out the best height for the legs to fit 3 tiers.
I screwed the rails to the cross bracing on a level surface then flipped everything upside down to attatch the legs.
After screwing in one sides legs I flipped in back over to attatch the front legs. While levelling out the frame the front legs were screwed into place to ensure it was all level.
I used a pre cut spacer to get the centre tier rails perfect then also screwed those into place.
Then I bashed in a couple of bolts in every rail at the leg joint and tightened everything up smile.gif
Ive put some 10mm foam across all the tiers and tanked it up smile.gif

Perfect addition for a couple hours work... Cheers Mike for the pro measuring skills and Mattymak for supervising smile.gif


#2 Craig

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 04:31 PM

Looks great Riggers... How many tanks you up to now!?!

#3 Mattymak

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 05:50 PM

your welcome but i did not just supervise god dam you tongue.gif hahaha

#4 Riggers

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 06:00 PM

Cheers Craig smile.gif I'll be running around 32 tanks in there. That ones just the first rack! Next rack going in tomorrow!! smile.gif

Ok Matt you drilled out 4 holes, good job wink.gif

And did ya notice I put you and mike under "tools required"! biggrin.gif

#5 Mattymak

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 06:00 PM

hahahaha your such a stirrer haha smile.gif

hahahaha yeah i did bro

need a hand with your next rack?

Edited by Bowdy, 29 April 2012 - 07:34 PM.
Language. Bowdy


#6 sue

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 07:06 PM

haaahaaahaaa very funny! Rigs

#7 Riggers

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 08:07 PM

Should be right with the next one, it's only going to be 18" wide... I have a cunning plan smile.gif



#8 Mattymak

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 08:24 PM

Well you know where I'll be smile.gif

#9 Riggers

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Posted 30 April 2012 - 10:21 PM

where Matty? at the laundromat? biggrin.gif

#10 Bowdy

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Posted 30 April 2012 - 11:07 PM

Hehe on his corner smile.gifsmile.gifsmile.gif

#11 Mattymak

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 12:09 AM

haha screw both of you ! smile.gif

#12 Riggers

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 11:45 AM

Ok so rack number 1 has 10 running tanks on it now and rack number 2 went in this morning smile.gif





The air plumbing has been fitted also smile.gif this is 19 poly with 4mm barbed nipples for airline, each airline has it own tap for max control! smile.gif





Cheers for looking, heaps more to come smile.gif

#13 mandm

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 11:49 AM

Looking good Nick........

#14 Evil_Boof

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 11:53 AM

lookin really good bro, well done =]

#15 garlic shrimp

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 04:49 PM

nice job mate,looks good dude.

#16 Riggers

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 05:01 PM

Thanks guys it's comin along nicely at the moment smile.gif

#17 bradfitzy

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:43 PM

looking good Riggs

#18 Riggers

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 09:09 PM

Cheers Brad, you probably recognise the 2nd rack from Tony's place, just a little smaller now!! You were right though, there was liquid nails as well but didn't cause too many probs when pulling it apart smile.gif

#19 Westie

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Posted 07 May 2012 - 08:52 PM

looks good man. I'll have to come have a gander once it's all done

#20 Riggers

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Posted 08 May 2012 - 11:27 AM

It's almost there jase smile.gif your welcome anytime mate smile.gif




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