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Industrial-Strength Fishtank Stand

video Industrial-Strength Fishtank Stand

This is how we're making a badass steampunk fishtank at our house. First step: Fabricating and welding the steel stand.

12 comments

Nov 3, 2008. 12:06 PMtelumendil says:

How much does said "desk" weigh?

Nov 3, 2008. 2:05 PM

nagutron (author) says:

I have no idea, but two people lifting on one end barely budges the thing. It's a monster.

Nov 30, 2007. 7:02 AMSWV1787 says:

what was the big round holy thing you were useing? or rather what was it originaly?

Nov 30, 2007. 10:53 AM

nagutron (author) says:

We're not sure, actually. Our house used to be a soap factory, many decades back, and much of the interior reuses equipment from that era. Since then, the holey thing, whatever it was, was converted into a reception desk (the open half looks like it was simply cut off with an oxyacetylene torch) and now we're turning it into a fish tank. It's really cool-looking, for sure. Any guesses as to its original function? It's made of inch-thick steel, all around, so it may have held some serious pressure if those holes were added later.