My hood - photos

[bun]

So I finally got my 5ft tank all sorted out (had a few issues :P) and a few days ago started building a hood for it with my old man. Using 12mm Marine Ply. It will have a duel fluro 4ft light mounted in it also. Here are a few pics of what we have done so far. It is going to have 2 hinged lids at the front also, and painted the same colour (brown) as stand. My old man comes in very handy sometimes :P (really good with electronics and handy man stuff).







More pics up soon!

[goldenpigeon]

would have looked a lot better in teak.. but would have cost a lot more too haha
jks bro
nice job! keep us posted on how it goes! are you going to stain it or anything?

[bun]

Marine ply is pretty expensive mate :P $125 for a 1.2x2 meter sheet 12mm thick. Except dad already had it so nothing out of my pocket. It's going to be painted a brown colour. As you will see maybe later today :P

[fish_r]

looks good
well done on the DIY

[bun]

Thanks heres a few more photos, all thats left now is attaching a power chord to the light, mounting it under the hood and drilling 2 holes in the top of the hood for the switches (1 switch for each globe). Didn't clean some of the sawdust off in some pics.

[scott bowler]

that has come up good bun well done

[DiscusEden]

Great job bun!

[fish_r]

great job, it's just like a brought one

[bun]

Thanks fellas what do hoods of this size sell for at shops?

[DiscusEden]

Hate to think. But I'll bet you saved a small fortune.