Some of you may have seen this posted in my worklog thread a while ago that was in the CA/SA Section. This stands been under my tank for a couple of months now but I've only really just discovered how useful this part of the forum is for ideas so here's my input, hope someone can take something away after reading it.
Copy pasted from a full log so some of it may not make perfect sense! Let me tell you, having a father who's a carpenter sure comes in handy
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Stand building commenced early today. Progress has been great. The old man is a carpenter, so wood and experience weren't a problem. He took it upon himself to source everything and do what I can only describe as a fantastic job.
Still incomplete but we're getting there, should be done tomorrow.
Final measurements were based of a mates, Holo's 4x2 stand. 700mm high, with a 50mm lip to cover glass bracing, silicon and styrofoam.
Early progress from this morning.
Start of production when I got down there. Stand is in it's side there. Using solid pine pergola for the legs.
Little more completed. Center brace is in and the solid ply background is nailed on. As you can see we haven't used a traditional brace in the center, instead opting to have the brace centered with the vertical support off to the side to allow for a reasonably sized door. Plenty of heavy strong screws were used keep the structure solid.
At this stage I went out for a bit, dropping into an LFS and picking up this bit of driftwood.
On arriving home, I was gone for about 2 and a half hours. Stand is definitely looking a lot more homely. All of these shots were taken at the same time.
Cedar exterior almost complete.
Single door on the left size with false floor. As you can see, we've cut some of the sections of the top and base out to allow for a higher door for 400mm high canisters.
Open side to show bracing.
Interior of door and flooring. Bad photo.
Front. Needs to be stained yet, obviously. Will also have a towel rack on it, which will be ultra handy.
Back. As boring as you would expect.
First coat of stain/varnish on.
Towel rail and where it's going to go (the drill holes directly below the legs on the face). Going to be finished up on the day so that moving the stand is easier as it's going to have to go through the window as well. It's actually from a handle from a revolving door that some people get for their front doors on houses. Turns out it's worth about $120, score.
Doorknob that I picked out this morning to match. First booboo as you can see with the drilled hole above it, that will just have a nice looking bolt installed into it to cover it up and make it look somewhat necessary rather than bogging it. Speaking about bog, I still need to clean up the holes around the top rim section with a blade and do another coat of the varnish. Tomorrow morning.
Stand basically complete other than the towel rail. Handle and special 'showy' bolt to hide bad drill planning. It's been moved up onto the patio and isn't too far off being as heavy as the tank. Fortunately due to it being an absolute brick, we can just carry it into my room through the door vertically.
Stand in where it's currently sitting, with a mate of mine screwing in the towel rail while I supervise with the camera. We managed to get it in the door quite easily by laying it carefully onto a huge blanket and just dragging it in. I have two steps right below the doorway though, so it had to be carried most of the way.
Stand complete, big ups to the old man. I'm very happy with it.
And.. that a full shot of the tank it supports as of April 15.
Copy pasted from a full log so some of it may not make perfect sense! Let me tell you, having a father who's a carpenter sure comes in handy
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Stand building commenced early today. Progress has been great. The old man is a carpenter, so wood and experience weren't a problem. He took it upon himself to source everything and do what I can only describe as a fantastic job.
Still incomplete but we're getting there, should be done tomorrow.
Final measurements were based of a mates, Holo's 4x2 stand. 700mm high, with a 50mm lip to cover glass bracing, silicon and styrofoam.
Early progress from this morning.
Start of production when I got down there. Stand is in it's side there. Using solid pine pergola for the legs.
Little more completed. Center brace is in and the solid ply background is nailed on. As you can see we haven't used a traditional brace in the center, instead opting to have the brace centered with the vertical support off to the side to allow for a reasonably sized door. Plenty of heavy strong screws were used keep the structure solid.
At this stage I went out for a bit, dropping into an LFS and picking up this bit of driftwood.
On arriving home, I was gone for about 2 and a half hours. Stand is definitely looking a lot more homely. All of these shots were taken at the same time.
Cedar exterior almost complete.
Single door on the left size with false floor. As you can see, we've cut some of the sections of the top and base out to allow for a higher door for 400mm high canisters.
Open side to show bracing.
Interior of door and flooring. Bad photo.
Front. Needs to be stained yet, obviously. Will also have a towel rack on it, which will be ultra handy.
Back. As boring as you would expect.
First coat of stain/varnish on.
Towel rail and where it's going to go (the drill holes directly below the legs on the face). Going to be finished up on the day so that moving the stand is easier as it's going to have to go through the window as well. It's actually from a handle from a revolving door that some people get for their front doors on houses. Turns out it's worth about $120, score.
Doorknob that I picked out this morning to match. First booboo as you can see with the drilled hole above it, that will just have a nice looking bolt installed into it to cover it up and make it look somewhat necessary rather than bogging it. Speaking about bog, I still need to clean up the holes around the top rim section with a blade and do another coat of the varnish. Tomorrow morning.
Stand basically complete other than the towel rail. Handle and special 'showy' bolt to hide bad drill planning. It's been moved up onto the patio and isn't too far off being as heavy as the tank. Fortunately due to it being an absolute brick, we can just carry it into my room through the door vertically.
Stand in where it's currently sitting, with a mate of mine screwing in the towel rail while I supervise with the camera. We managed to get it in the door quite easily by laying it carefully onto a huge blanket and just dragging it in. I have two steps right below the doorway though, so it had to be carried most of the way.
Stand complete, big ups to the old man. I'm very happy with it.
And.. that a full shot of the tank it supports as of April 15.
