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Old 06-08-2006, 05:04 AM
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Well this has been my 3 month project....yeah I'm slow I took all these nice pics of the build up.........and I can't seem to friggin find them ....soooooooo here is the almost completed pics
The cabniet frame is made outta 2X4's and 1/2" oak and the hood is 2X2's with 1/4" oak all the trim and rosettes are oak. Since the pics I put on 4 coats of urathane and painted the inside of the hood and cabniet white just to seal it
sorry for the size my free adobe trial expired so I don't have any photo editing

after the trim is put on



Hood before the trim is put on



After the trim



Hood open



And since I don't have "wee" arms I could fit them in around the reflector so I have the top swining open too



Lots-o-room



After the stain...turned out little darker than I wanted



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Old 06-08-2006, 05:13 AM
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Looks awesome. I especially like the hood design!
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Old 06-08-2006, 05:35 AM
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I'll agree with Brad. Well thought out hood design.
Anything to make maintenance easier will help to get it done..
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Wow! Does it come in a hard top version as well ? Excellent design . IMO the stain looks just right. I've found ,especially with red oak, if you too light sometimes the colour varies,beige and red. Looking forward to the completed pictures!
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Old 06-08-2006, 12:52 PM
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That looks very very nice. Good job.
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Old 06-08-2006, 03:11 PM
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Looks terrific. I like the hood design too, smart thinking!
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That's awesome!
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Old 06-08-2006, 05:25 PM
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Murray looking real sweet can't wait to see everything done and up and running.
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Looks reallt good there Murray nice stain on there too. Are you going to add a few hole for the fans?
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I've been working on my stand for my 90gal, on and off, for over 2 years! I wish I could have done what you did in 3 months good work..

I want my hood to do something similar to yours, I was considering to use a Piano hinge.
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