Stand Build Project

[07FocusST]

Hey guys... haven't updated in a few days. Not much going on. Wife has been working alot and I have been stretching what little money I have to keep myself busy. I have mostly been assembling brackets and what not.

Today, I caught a mistake that could have posed a big problem. My side door entrance needs to be 16.5" wide minimum. On paper everything worked out fine. So when I measured the distance today I was off by a couple inches. On the verge of a panic attack, I realized that the vertical posts, that are made up of 2-2x4s at a 90 degree angle, were not placed in the right position according to how King Neptune has it (which is the way I am going). Surprisingly, I managed to get one of four posts correct...

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

[07FocusST]

Hey everyone, once again its time to update. Sorry for not having any pictures, the changes are small and would be not noticeable. I tore the top off and re-did the vertical posts. While I was the I added 2 extra planks in the middle of the bottom frame, added a bunch of metal supports and leveled out the assembly. I am waiting on Payday to get the plywood skins for the final assembly.

 

[07FocusST]

All done! Sorry for not keeping up with the thread... FYI that isn't the tank that will be used. I have another of the same tank that I am cleaning up right now. I just placed it on the stand to make room and to bask in its glory! Waiting on stain.

 

[Krish]

It came out really nice man!!! The stain will really bring it out.

 

[07FocusST]

Hell yea it will!

 

[Scooterman]

Looking sweet, nice little project!

 

[thatguy559]

damn looks great!!!!! what color stain?

 

[07FocusST]

It's called dark chesnut

 

[thatguy559]

nice i used that for my turtle tank stand back in cali. looks great

 

[07FocusST]

cant wait for temp to increase so I can start staining

 

[thatguy559]

Heat the garage

 

[DonW]

cant wait for temp to increase so I can start staining

Use the lousy weather as a time to take the stand in the house to let it stabilize and dry. You should do this with any furniture you build prior to finishing.

Don

 

[07FocusST]

Will do Don

 

[Frankie]

Nice work so far 07!

 

[07FocusST]

Thanks Frankie. I tore down my 100G so I can move in the 180G yesterday.

 

[07FocusST]

Teaser!

 

[DTECH07]

New Guy DTECH07

I'mm a NEW guy to this and needed a NEW stand but not the High price. This is a GREAT site and thanks for the help. Can i get or is there a way to pull down these photo's posted to use ONLY as a reference while i build? Thx again DTECH07 @ confused:

 

[mojoreef]

Dtech you should be able to right click them and then save the picture to your computor. We also have a workshop starting up after new year where the project is going to be about building a stand. It will have a step by step tutorial with pictures from a professional furnature maker. take a look for it in the workshop forum.

Looking good focus!! its going to be sweet when shes up and running

Mojo

 

[07FocusST]

Thanks Mojo

 

[DTECH07]

Thxs my eyes will be wide open for the posting.