125 Gallon Stand and Canopy Build

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
bigriver;3104825; said:
WOW!! that is really nice,you made that into one hell of a show piece.Work well done!
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Thanks man. How are you anyway? Hope everything is well over there. Did you guys move yet?

Hey... question.. while I got ya here... Tell me about the substrate you used. If I remember right you said the substrate was play sand from home depot but what about the black, where did ya get it from?

Thanks again.
 
ErikFromNJ;3104614; said:
Thank you. Not really overbuilt. I am a believer of no more then whats needed though. Some of the stands I see with 800 2x4's under them is quite entertaining!!

I was just looking at your threads... Nice stands!! Very simple, clean and straight to the point. Thats what I was after as well. That one stand with what looks like 4x4 feet I like the best.

I was just checking out the double stand!! I LIKE THAT! You have just given me some inspiration and a great idea. I have (2) 55'ss sittin dry here that I'm lacking space for and that double stand is the ticket!
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Its just overkill when you can place a full sized truck on top of a stand.

Thanks, the stand with the feet was made for a fellow MFK member and it was one i liked better.

The first one i made was for three 60gal tanks and decided to try again with two 40gal tanks, which was better than the first one. Still some places where it could use some improvement.
 
Erik all of the larch and hemlock i use is very wet. It's actually milled on site (Amish) so it's alway's got moisture in it. I mainly use it for ouside construction, decks/fences/my outdoor indoor pond, and stuff like that. At .42 cents a foot it's hard to beat. For instance i can buy a true 2"x4"x16' that's straight and has a good crown, at $4.48 a board, most of this wood is from the core of the tree so it's a lot stronger.
As far as staining goes it stains nicely if you let it dry for a month or so, the wood has a beautiful grain to it. When i built the addition to the house for a large kitchen i framed it all with hemlock, built the walls in 6' sections and each section was around 300 pounds just for the framework. I love working with hard woods like oak and cherry but at the skyrocketing prices these days i can't afford it.
Thanks for the info on the jig, the hand held one is the way i'm gonna go.
 
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