All the fun begins with the words "I know a short road", or "come with me, there is so much to eat!"
Amid a mountain of equipment preparing for disposal, I noticed two battered pressure chambers with traces of vandalism.
An experienced eye noticed two charming transparent hemispheres. The brain immediately folded them into a single large transparent ball. A bright thought has conceived - AQUARIUM! The idea was immediately overshadowed by the picture of how the Uzbek terminators break hemispheres and saw metal with a grinder.
This is where the ruble started ... sorry, creativity.
Purchased materials were used:
Sandpaper 150 units, two cans of black acrylic spray paint, screws m6x30 with nuts, double sockets for open wiring, silicone sealant for aquariums.
Instruments:
Small circular saw, hacksaw, drill (a la dremel), screwdriver, drills 5, 6, 8mm, taps m6
With the permission of the respective leader, after work, I removed both hemispheres and dragged me into a locksmith.
In his secret reserves he dug up a stand with wheels and three pipes.
Friends at the factory honed the plugs, and a car mechanic friend welded the pipe guides to the stand.
From the broken mountain of furniture I collected sheets of chipboard and sawed it in a couple of hours, and assembled a box for feed, net and other things on the screws. The hats of the screws were puttied and the entire box was painted with matt black acrylic paint from a spray can. In the center, it was necessary to install a support from a 50x50mm bar so that the hemisphere from plexiglass would not squeeze out the weight of water and soil (about 150 kg).
I drilled 3 holes in the rim of the lower hemisphere and cut the m6 thread. Screwed in 3 centering pins 30 mm long. I used rings cut from a reinforced hose as dampers. The lower hemisphere under its weight rests on three pipes, the centering pins are recessed into the holes of the plugs at the ends of the pipe. Under the central support I put a strip of silicone 4 mm thick.
Then, using a masking tape, he marked the outer cover for maintenance and the hole for ventilation and lighting and filter wires.
Also, two luminaires with Aliexpress were fixed on the lid
I cut off my native mounts and also installed a pair of suction cups on each.
Under the round shape, we had to redo the mount of the filter pump. I cut a strip of Plexiglas 4mm and with the help of a hairdryer gave it the desired shape. I screwed the filter pad to the stem with nylon bolts, and moved the suction cups to a new location.
He removed the wires into a rubber corrugated sleeve, having previously made a cut from the side. The corrugated sleeve is attached with plastic screeds to the adhesive pads used by IT specialists.
On the back wall of the box I fixed two double sockets. I inserted a programmable timer, hung a compressor for air supply.
He poured soil, planted plants, poured 135 liters of water, and after a couple of weeks he first settled shrimp and then fish.
Now my every morning at work begins with feeding the hydrobionts. And then the planning meeting ... and the work started.
In infrequent minutes of relaxation, this living creature pleases. And colleagues at first went on an excursion.