Posted on 06/10/2021 7:45:56 PM PDT by EinNYC
With the help of a local handyman, I was able to see my concept of how to reinforce the oak table to be able to hold my newt tank transition from the drawing board to reality. I incorporated some of the ideas some generous FReepers suggested, and it all came together. While he was drilling holes in the flat steel bars I'd purchased and cutting them to size, I had the actual terrarium tank on my dining table where I could repair some of the caulking on the bottom seam.
Ta-da!
Original oak legs on tank.
New black steel legs.
Without the gecko tank underneath, to show the structure of the reinforcements (there is a horizontal steel bar extending between the steel legs, right up against the bottom of the oak table). And there is a flat steel bar screwed between the steel legs to prevent future splaying. There is also a 1/8" thick rubber mat put under the tank and the outer extension of the cross-shaped bracket which came as an optional add-on to the steel legs was bent upward 90 degrees, providing protection against the tank slipping sideways and protecting my eye from getting poked out if I bent down too near the tank.
With the gecko tank slid back under the oak table.
Or else, newt 'em till they glow!
“was being disturbed by the occasional sound of chewing in the dead of night.”
What are the things, that were being chewed, doing now they are not being chewed?
But they poop all over the place.
What ho, Gussie!
No, no, no… that’s an Anti-Gecko-Tank!
:-)
Its cruel to keep Gingrich in a tank. ;-)
What the hell is a newt?
Ask Monty Python. ;-)
Nice work!
Functional AND attractive!
Thank you. I can hardly wait to add the gravel, rocks, plants, and filter, and craft the waterfall over the driftwood. I think the newts will enjoy their new habitat.
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