My DIY Stand

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mfkguy

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Jul 10, 2011
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Flat Rock Michigan
Hello, new member here. I just wanted to be part of all the fun stuff. My brother-in-law gave me a 150G glass tank(boy was it a PITA to move lol). But the he had it on a iron stand that was rusting and I really didn't trust it to hold the weight of the water and the tank again, so I set out to building my on stand. I way overbuilt the frame, using 4x4's lol, but hey it could hold a truck. Here's a few pic's.
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Sorry i forgot to take pic of the frame, but I'm sure most of you get the Idea of what it looked like. Here's a couple after staining.
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I made everything even the doors :) was a lot of work. I work a swing shift, and did 99% of this after working midnight shifts :y220d: really was careful to not make any wrong measurements, didn't want to do it twice. Here's a finished shot or two.
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I'll have to take a picture of it all in a whole. Hope I get a thumbs up or two. bth, that's the 1st stand i ever built. Had a blast doing it. Hope you guys like!

MFKGUY

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Looking good!
 
Welcome to MFK. Nothing beats DIY!
 
Thanks folks. I worked had on that. giving i only have about 3 hrs in the morning when i get off midnights, it took what seemed like forever waiting on glue to dry and things of that sort. I think all in all it took me somewhere around 25hrs total. Thinking of getting a 55G to have as a emergency tank. So i get to build another 1! :woot:
 
Thanks fish sauce. One thing i needed was open space inside for all the goodies. I made sure to slope them down in back ever so slightly so water, if it ever got down there, could get to any electric things like the air pumps or anything else. I mounted 2 surge protector on the underside of the top inside so they were completely out of any water drips path. Water that drips down would never climb up lol
 
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