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Old 03-12-2014, 05:51 PM
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5ash (Philip)
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Originally Posted by Brmel1 View Post
I am new to this, but has anyone thought of converting a plastic watertank. There are a couple of domed types on the market that could be cut say 2/3 the way up around the circumference, bolt strips of laminated wood to the two cut edges, find some suitable wheels to turn the dome from hardware store, the rest is waterproofing around access door and slot. boat building strategies should take care of that problem.
It might be easier to attach wheels to the Bottom and rotate the whole water tank . There are observatories where the whole building rotates , overcomes a lot of waterproofing problems.
Philip
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