270 Gallon SPS tank for JBNY

[JB NY]

Yeah there is a lot of hanging out in that room. I've also been into audio equipment for a long time. So that room got most of the upgrades from the living room. Yeah there a 360 and an original xbox that's has a modchip so it also plays videos from a NAS server that I transferred all my movies onto a few years ago. I've got a few hundred movies at the click of the remote now.

[RGibson]

Joe what is a NAS server?

[JazzMan]

Originally posted by JB NY
Yeah there is a lot of hanging out in that room. I've also been into audio equipment for a long time. So that room got most of the upgrades from the living room. Yeah there a 360 and an original xbox that's has a modchip so it also plays videos from a NAS server that I transferred all my movies onto a few years ago. I've got a few hundred movies at the click of the remote now.

Are you able to get those movies in 720P?

[cwegescheide]

Originally posted by JB NY
LOL It not a "I work at home office". It's a doing the bills, doing some work, and having some fun area. There is a big desk on the other side of the room for getting work done. This was one of the rooms I renovated over the summer. It used to be a big old mess, with books stacked up all over the place and av equipment stacked up on top of each other. I wanted to make it a room that could double as another living room and still be able to get work done when needed.

The taste is mine, it was the tester room my wife let me do 100% on my own. She ended up really liking it a lot. After this room I got the go ahead to use this style in more areas of the house.

Yeah I also like your taste in furniture Joe. Where did you get your stuff? I especially like your glass shelves you have that are going to be beside your tank. Finding nice quality unique furniture is not an easy venture. Come on give up your source!

Chris

[JB NY]

Originally posted by RGibson
Joe what is a NAS server?

NAS (Network-attached storage). Think of it as a hard drive that you access on a network. The same thing a having a PC with a lareg drive that you share out. But this PC is mich smaller, only uses a little electricty (so you can keep it on all the time) and it's only purpose it to serve up data. Some are just a basic hard drive that you can access others are redundant with many disks in it so if one fails you don't loose all your data.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage

JazzMan It can upconvert to 720p fine. Not that great at playing HD encoded movies. It seems to play most 720P HD, not so good with 1080i/p. I use XBMC on my modded xbox. There is a really good thread over at AVSforums on it if you wan to take a look. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=635294

cwegescheide

You're right. It's really, really hard to find places that sell nice quality stuff. most of the items we spent a lot of time driving all over the place to visit stores just trying to find one or two pieces.

I do have someone I now know. They are in queens. Send me a PM if you want his info.

[JB NY]

I just got some completed pictures of the tank before it was cleaned up.

All done.









The only change was they made a mistake and gave me 2" drains, not a big deal, they are providing the bulkheads so it's fine.

[easttn]

Joe,

You do Audiogon? I've had excellent success there; picked up a pair of Paradigm Studio 100s, a single Studio CC-570 for center, and a pair of ADP-470 as rear surround speakers for less than 2K from an MLB assistant to the assistant coach.

Your a brave boy associating the tank and high end A/V in the same area.

Love it so far. Thanks again for your original 180 plan, and your input for my reactor.
Charles

[JB NY]

Hey Charles,

Always happy to help you.

Yeah I use audiogon. I bought my Von Schweikert speakers that way. I was able to get them so much cheaper through that site.

I've been into AV for so long, so it not as expensive as it once was. Over the years I've accumulated three full boxes (those large file plastic boxes you get at staples) filled with different speaker and interconnect cables. I used to have the bug real bad, but I'm much better now.

Paradigms are sweet speakers, they are always on my list of recommended speakers when people ask me what to buy.

[onehundred20]

awsome looking tank, AO looks like he does a good job.

[melev]

Joe, that tank looks beautiful, and I do like your "office" area. I thought the top thing was a weird flatscreen, but now I realize it is a glass door to hide goodies.

[JB NY]

Originally posted by melev
Joe, that tank looks beautiful, and I do like your "office" area. I thought the top thing was a weird flatscreen, but now I realize it is a glass door to hide goodies.

Thanks, the glass door lifts up to reveal more shelving behind it, Just really to break up the look. Funny thing is there are like 4 different ways they have to open those doors. It can slide up, slide down, if you add two of them they have them break apart when they open. Pretty amazing what they let you pick from.

[JB NY]

crab0000 was asking about the sides of the plywood. I was playing with using veneer on the side the other day. I think it looks pretty good.

Here is a scrap piece before putting the edge banding on.


And after with the wood veneer on (the flash kept reflecting off the edge so it a little brighter in the picture). I think it came out really nice. It looks close in color and texture to the sides, after it is stained it should look purfect.


So that is how I am going to do the sides of the exposed plywood.

[Michael Mota]

That looks good. Simple and effective, I like it!

[JB NY]

OK some more pictures of the stand build, since that's all I have right now.

The last two nights, after work, I cut down two sheets of 3/4 plywood and glued them together to make the base for the tank to rest on.

First I had to cut down the plywood sheets. I used a guide system that works with a circular saw. It works very well. Much, much easier than trying to use the table saw to maneuver and break down a 70lb full sheet of plywood.

First you take the guide and put it over the area you want to cut off. The white line is plastic, and the edge of it is exactly where the blade will cut, so all you have to do is snap a line and drop the guide on top of it.


Then you tighten some clamps, that sit underneath the guide, to the board.


There is a plate that you attach to the bottom of the saw, the saw with the plate then rides on a rail on top of the guide. Then all you do is push the saw down the guide.


That's it. Now you have a nice straight line.


Do this a few more times and the whole sheet if broken down very easily.

After the two sheets were all cut up, I cut an opening for the bulkheads. I just cut out the dimensions of the overflow box.

Next was to glue and screw the two sheets together. The one piece was bowed more than I thought when I bought it, so it took a bunch of clamps to get everything just right. I made sure my wife saw that I used every clamp that I owned, just to justify all the clamps I bought last year!!



I let the everything sit overnight. I will take off the clamps and finish the rest tonight.

[miwoodar]

You're the man JB NY. Nice work. Nice tools/shop.

What did you use to glue the veneer edging? Do you vacuum press?

[melev]

I think I have clamp envy.

[JB NY]

Originally posted by miwoodar
You're the man JB NY. Nice work. Nice tools/shop.

What did you use to glue the veneer edging? Do you vacuum press?

Thanks!

I just used the heat sensitive veneer. Basically it's already got a glue on the back and comes in rolls. You take the strip and place it on the edge then slowly go over it with a hot iron and the veneer sticks to the edge. Then you just trim it up.

melev I bought a ton of them last year. One of the online companies was having a big clamp sale. I was able to pick up a $16 clamp for like $4 or something. Now that I have them I use them all the time.

[Lunchbucket]

Where did you get that guide for your saw? Brand? That is slick

Lunchbucket

[crab0000]

The veneer does look nice. It looks like it matches very well. I think you may have more clamps than me! I built custom cabinets for a few years and aquired a few tools myself. Like you said I try to work a new tool into every job around the house. The tank is outstanding! I can't wait to see it full of SPS!

[nysbadmk8]

joe.. got enough clamps there? lol looks awesome!

[JazzMan]

We clamp because we can.

[JB NY]

Originally posted by Lunchbucket
Where did you get that guide for your saw? Brand? That is slick

Lunchbucket

From a company called Eurekazone. The guide systems is close to one that Festool makes. If you don't already have a saw the festool guide might be a better deal.

[JB NY]

Last night I unclamped the top and made the holes for the overflows and flush trimmed the sides. Unfortunately, I could not hook the dust collector to the router when I was using it for the trimming, the amount of sawdust the router kicked out was unreal.

After the routing was done I cleaned it off and had my wife help me haul it upstairs to the stand.

Here it is on the stand. Man this this is going to be big! The black thing underneath the stand is the folded sheet of neoprene I am going to use for between the tank and the stand,




The glue up came out pretty good. Looks solid.

[onehundred20]

looking good, you doing a DSB again?

[melev]

Routers do make a ton of dust. Your workshop must be a mess at this point, instead of that pristine thing you kept posting lately.