I'll see if this generates any interest
I'll see if this generates any interest
My daughter spotted this on Pinterest. I don't think it would work worth a damn as a grill as there's no way to regulate the heat. Did seem like a neat idea for a planter tho.
I torched the ring/stand off the bottom, did a little measuring and laid out the cut lines for the windows.
Got the side windows cut out. Plan "A" was to do the cutting with the plasma cutter, but I figured I could cut a straighter line with a slitting disk on an angle grinder. Good thing I changed my mind, I didn't realize the tank was lined with hard foam insulation and a plastic liner inside that. The inner liner was so encrusted with rust (from iron in the water) that I thought it was metal!
Gonna cut the top like the example, but put a wooden box in it for the plants. In my mind's eye, it'll look like the top on one of those pop-up VW campers. I'll also put some lawn tractor wheels/tires/axles on it so it can be moved around. I'll recess them into the sides so it looks like they're under fenders.
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It'll make a cute little V Dub Van.
Are you going to give it a psychedelic paint job like all the Hippies did back in the 60's?
Are you going to give it a psychedelic paint job like all the Hippies did back in the 60's?
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I hadn't thought about that, but it's neat idea! Paisley and unicorns!
My daughter is the painter, I'll see if she's up for it when I get it finished.
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Keep the photos/post coming. I like seeing your ideas/projects as they come together.
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Holy Moly, what a cool project! Yes, please keep the pictures coming!
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Yesterday got gobbled up by errands and general life. Today we're getting whacked by the fringes of Hurricane Lee and power is VERY unstable, plus sideways rain, so I'm vegging out and watching YouTube videos.
Hope to make some progress tomorrow.
Hope to make some progress tomorrow.
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May get to the rear wheel wells after lunch, assuming the Nap Bears don't kidnap me. They're devious that way...
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Daughter has volunteered to paint it in a 60's Hippy Flower Power motif.
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Then I dug out my Dad's Craftsman router from the early 60's and low and behold, it had attachments for routing circles! Got stupid lucky and the first guesstimate at a setup hit the curve I'd traced from the tank to within a 16th!
Felt good using it too, I remember when my Dad got it for a project he was working on. It was a major expenditure at the time. Oldest brother has had it since Dad passed and a few years ago realized he was never going to use it so passed it to me. I've only used it a couple of times since, but it always stirs up good memories.
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What a clever way to transform a tank - love it!