Day 33
the build started out with surface prep. the interior of the tank was wiped clean with lacquer thinner to remove possible residue from the sanding yesterday. what seems to be a simple job took more than an hour to finish
when everything's clean already, i laminated the interior again...
after 4 hours...
the front face of the tank was also installed. 1/2 ply was used here and was glued and screwed on the tank. it will be trimmed tomorrow of its rough edges and will be coated with putty...
the left side of the face also serves as the overflow front cover...
for the chamber that will hold the filter foam, i cut 2 pcs of 1/2 plywood measuring 5" high and 5.5" wide then cut to curve...
the 2 pcs of wood were joined by a pc of 1/8 plywood measuring to 15" in length and around 8" wide i think (forgot the width). the ply was glued first on the 2 1/2 ply then nailed using 1" nails. the nails were around 1/2" apart to get a good curve...
this thing will be coated with epoxy putty tomorrow...
i will continue working on with the filter chamber tomorrow and will probably glaze the front face of the tank. the rear exterior wall of the main tank will be installed tomorrow and will also try to work on with the rear wall of the sump so i could seal it already. more updates to come and thanks for viewing.