60g Neurosis Stand

[MadeForThat]

Well I definitely took the "follow with a brush" part of the paint directions as a suggestion, but it is definitely not.... Little did I know that "roll and tip" is a legitimate strategy for this type of paint:


good to know.... I may sand down what I already did in order to get a better finish on my final coat.

 

[MadeForThat]

I was looking at large sheets of HDPE at the local Menards, and I can make all of my side panels out of one- 60$- 1/4" sheet. I could go White or Black, with one side textured and the other smooth. Warp seems to be a huge issue though. So either my panels need to be fully constrained, or the panels would need to be flattened. As I don't intend to have external fasteners, I think I may need to look into flattening large sheets of HDPE

 

[Zach B]

Wow, what a build! Absolutely following along

 

[MadeForThat]

@Z&KFarmsWI Thanks! Don't get too excited, my progress is slow, and my writing is ramble-y glad to see another Southern Wisconsin Member!

 

[Zach B]

I think that’s what makes it more fun to follow along

 

[MadeForThat]

all painted up

assembled, and under the stand

slide out!

It is getting to be a pretty expensive rack for my overalls!

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Well worth it though. You're young and that stand will still outlive you. Nice job.

 

[MadeForThat]

@Reefer Reboot It is kind of surreal to think I may be repairing and fixing this stand when I am 20 years older. If all goes according to plan, I have every detail documented and I could make a few more of these. Might be a good start to a reef rental business, with some level of system standardization and ease of maintenance. Wonder what businesses would be willing to pay for a setup and weekly maintenance... might be getting ahead of myself

 

[Reefer Reboot]

"Reef rental systems", now there's an idea. Many doctor, dental and other such business's may be happy to avail themselves to this kind of service instead of having to outright buy all the capital equipment themselves.

 

[MadeForThat]

If you are renting out a system for 100-150$ a month, and your system cost 5k (assuming you have to buy the apex) it would take between 3-4 years to recoup all of the costs....(minus additives, salt, equipment failures) Just need to get equipment with that long of a warranty period, and you are golden to make some low risk, passive income Lots of work maintaining a network of such systems. If anyone wants to throw a business loan at me, Ill give ya 10% future earnings

 

[MadeForThat]

For the last 12 hours, and the next 12 hours, I will be printing the wire management box. Here it is at 28 percent (height)

It is printed in PETG

 

[Dryanimtt]

Great design! Bravo on enginuety

 

[MadeForThat]

@Dryanimtt hey thanks! I'm terrified that there isn't much extra room in the sump area, and I will have forgotten something haha. Hopefully I measured everything right!!

 

[Dryanimtt]

@Dryanimtt hey thanks! I'm terrified that there isn't much extra room in the sump area, and I will have forgotten something haha. Hopefully I measured everything right!!

Yeah that's always the crux when designing for tight spaces. Even if you think you've accounted for everything there will be something you'd wish you'd done in hindsight. Unfortunately you really won't know until the system is running, the true test. But to be honest I think you've basically encompassed and accounted for the large part of your needs. The sump being able to pull out like that makes up for anything that was out of the initial scope.

 

[MadeForThat]

 

[MadeForThat]

Bit of sanding and filling on the printed electric box. Planning to paint orange, I thought the print would turn out perfect, but it had a few cracks and bumps that I couldn't live with.

 

[MadeForThat]

it isn't easy being an absolute moron lol... just glad I noticed when it was wet

 

[MadeForThat]

more custom parts, these keep the slide out sump from wandering too far from straight

 

[MadeForThat]

Not too shabby, couple of paint drips and unsmooth bits, but mostly fine

 

[MadeForThat]

How this will generally look. 4 ports serve the sump, 4 ports serve the remote outlets on the back of the tank. Here I hooked up a refugium light that is excellent at breeding planeria