El Cheapo 510 tank stand
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We just moved into our new home in September and setup our desks in our new home office room, and I didn't setup my desk all the way, I didn't feel like finding the bolts that would install the riser to hold the monitor at eye level.
All of a sudden it came to me. The four holes that were already in the desk for the bolts for the monitor stand make a perfect fit for my 510 tanks. For the first couple weeks I only kept my 4 most used tanks sitting on my desk in the 4 holes that were already there. Then decided what the hell, and dug out the drill and drilled several more holes closer to my mouse pad for easy access and stuck 6 or more tanks in those new holes, then I realized that if I can do that for my tanks, why not for my mechanical mods, so I grabbed out the weird drill bit that my wife uses to drill large holes and drilled down just until the point of it started to come through the bottom of the desk, then grabbed a chisel and carefully worked to dig out the contents of this hole while still leaving the bottom of the desk undisturbed and sure enough my Stingray X fits perfectly into this hole (gotta remember of course like sitting it anytime on it's firing cap to twist the lock to closed so that it doesn't fire accidentally when putting it away).
Sure, it may be ghetto but now most of my tanks are within arms reach and it was done neat enough that they all line up nicely in a row. It looks nice when the tanks are in the holes, but honestly the holes that I drilled are not nearly as clean as the holes that were drilled in the desk by the factory for the monitor stand but oh well... Better than my tanks just rolling around on top of the desk like they used to, always getting in the way or being knocked off the desk by bumping into the desk.
We just moved into our new home in September and setup our desks in our new home office room, and I didn't setup my desk all the way, I didn't feel like finding the bolts that would install the riser to hold the monitor at eye level.
All of a sudden it came to me. The four holes that were already in the desk for the bolts for the monitor stand make a perfect fit for my 510 tanks. For the first couple weeks I only kept my 4 most used tanks sitting on my desk in the 4 holes that were already there. Then decided what the hell, and dug out the drill and drilled several more holes closer to my mouse pad for easy access and stuck 6 or more tanks in those new holes, then I realized that if I can do that for my tanks, why not for my mechanical mods, so I grabbed out the weird drill bit that my wife uses to drill large holes and drilled down just until the point of it started to come through the bottom of the desk, then grabbed a chisel and carefully worked to dig out the contents of this hole while still leaving the bottom of the desk undisturbed and sure enough my Stingray X fits perfectly into this hole (gotta remember of course like sitting it anytime on it's firing cap to twist the lock to closed so that it doesn't fire accidentally when putting it away).
Sure, it may be ghetto but now most of my tanks are within arms reach and it was done neat enough that they all line up nicely in a row. It looks nice when the tanks are in the holes, but honestly the holes that I drilled are not nearly as clean as the holes that were drilled in the desk by the factory for the monitor stand but oh well... Better than my tanks just rolling around on top of the desk like they used to, always getting in the way or being knocked off the desk by bumping into the desk.
Ghetto is fine - when it serves the purpose…..
I'll bet your idea was just as good as this……..
Amazon.com: Aluminum Vape Stand 11 Port: Health & Personal Care
Ain't you proud now.
As Rube Goldberg found out the hard way - the simplest devices are usually the ones that work best
$100 where is the serial # Someone buy that and send it ti FastTech quick it'll be $10-15 and Free shipping
OMG i tried this with soda caps a few hours ago. *Slap hands*
hey cheap works just fine for me. more money for juice
hey cheap works just fine for me. more money for juice
My personal favorite is 1 oz medicine cups with a 10 mm hole in the bottom.
I used an X-acto knife to cut the opening.
You can use it to hold the tank upright
Or BEST of all, inverted tank, so you can fill without worrying of spillage!
I used an X-acto knife to cut the opening.
You can use it to hold the tank upright
Or BEST of all, inverted tank, so you can fill without worrying of spillage!
You my friend are a GENIUS!!!!
I've lost count of the times I've tipped my nautilus mini while refilling. Now to search my medicine cabinet [emoji2]
It works on just about any setup that you have to fill.
I have reams of the cups. I normally use them for mixing epoxy for my hobbies. I mentioned to a friend that I was running low and the next time they came by they handed me reams of these things. Their father was a dentist and retired, but had these cups left over.
Now, whenever I see someone fumbling trying to fill their tank I grab a cup, quickly cut a hole and hand it to them. They look at me funny, then I show them how to use it. Then the light bulb turns on.
I have reams of the cups. I normally use them for mixing epoxy for my hobbies. I mentioned to a friend that I was running low and the next time they came by they handed me reams of these things. Their father was a dentist and retired, but had these cups left over.
Now, whenever I see someone fumbling trying to fill their tank I grab a cup, quickly cut a hole and hand it to them. They look at me funny, then I show them how to use it. Then the light bulb turns on.
this. is. awesome. I have a ton of these sitting in a drawer.. 4 kids will do that.
This is pretty cool I never would of thought of that. I'll probably do something similar, but with a piece of scrap wood. It is pretty annoying having my RDA's rolling around on my desk. Thanks for the idea! Sometimes I use a spool of Nickel wire.
Looks good to me! Nicer than I was expecting. Doesn't look like a bottle cap. A dremmel tool might work (easier for me to use). Right now am using a large cap from a bottle - it's one of those like you would find on top of a spray can like oven cleaner, only much larger in diameter. This one came from a large bottle of liquid vites. It has an outer and smaller, inner ring. I can put egos in the outer ring and tanks and such in the smaller, inner ring. If I get a chance, I'll take a pic. No work required. However, these vites were awesome, but no longer in biz. I only have one of these caps, but it does the job. The sides are tall enough that it does not tip over. No idea where I'd find another one. (The vites were $60, I guess this is a side benefit!)
Haha this is great, unexpected but a good idea! Thinking outside the box, or should I say thinking outside the bottle
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