Walnut Cabinet for JBJ45

[trummer]

Here is my 1st take on a JBJ45 cabinet (the original black on is poorly made, and did no resist a few water splashes) .
3/4" Solid Walnut glued to 3/4" Plywood with a laminated face . So mostly done with 1.5" wall thickness .
Made it on top of some heavy duty casters , so I can move the tank back and forth for maintenance and cleaning

I downsized the sump (which I had in my older tank) to fit the 23" internal dimensions . Even though the JBJ had the rear area for this , I figured I should just re-pipe it to use with my old sump and skimmer , and benefited from the additional volume .
Added the adjustable height curved LED light support with magnet (pretty strong) to hold it in place (so I can remove for maintenance easily) .
Currently working on a small cover to hide the pvc pipe on the top (and the whole JBJ black rear) . Started adding corals as well .

 

[TDEcoral]

Nice job! Do you have more pics?

 

[trummer]

Nice job! Do you have more pics?

Thanks . Will try to snap a few more tonight .

 

[Andrew9909]

Great job. I had the same tank a few years ago and can agree that the stand was absolutely horrible.

 

[Billdogg]

Very nice! Certainly way more than strong enough.

 

[trummer]

Thanks . Will try to snap a few more tonight .

 

[TDEcoral]

I'm guessing you made the cabinet doors? If so, did you use a simple butt joint and glue to join the rails and stiles?

 

[Michael Lane]

That looks fantastic! I always love walnut.
How did you curve the light hanger?

 

[trummer]

I'm guessing you made the cabinet doors? If so, did you use a simple butt joint and glue to join the rails and stiles?

Yes . I routed the rails and stiles , then added a 1/4” “buiscuits” to the joint , glued.

 

[trummer]

Yes . I made the whole thing . Opted for Shaker style ones . I routed the rails and stiles , then added a 1/4” “buiscuits” to the joint , glued.

 

[TDEcoral]

Yes . I routed the rails and stiles , then added a 1/4” “buiscuits” to the joint , glued.

Thanks for the info. Only thing left to do on the stand I built is to make the doors and I'll be using the same technique. They're going to be overlay though, so I plan on routing the outside edge with a Roman ogee or something like that.

 

[trummer]

That looks fantastic! I always love walnut.
How did you curve the light hanger?

Bit of fun . I

Thanks for the info. Only thing left to do on the stand I built is to make the doors and I'll be using the same technique. They're going to be overlay though, so I plan on routing the outside edge with a Roman ogee or something like that.

one thing I would recommend and that I will do now next week : protect the back of each door panel with some sort of liner (I bought some black plastic panels) with epoxy glue . I noticed the internal moisture of the cabinet is very high , and tends to affect the wood .

 

[trummer]

That looks fantastic! I always love walnut.
How did you curve the light hanger?

That was luck : i had planned for laminating multiple layers if walnut strips , but was lucky to find 2 Ikea shelf braces I incorporated onto the design . Stained them , and glued it all together