My first stand build

[Wulfonce]

I just started my 125g tank stand today. The skeleton is entirely made up of 2x4's glued and screwed together. I still have to add the sides, bottom, and doors which will consist of 1/2" and 3/4" plywood, but I'll save that for another day. So far I'm still on budget having only spent $70 on wood, screws and glue.

Stay tuned for part 2.


Here's a few pics of my first days progress.

Time for a rest...

 

[BadOleRoss]

Looks good!

 

[Nate77]

Looks good!

 

[Wulfonce]

Might have some more updates tomorrow evening. Slow week at work.

 

[Pharaoh]

Nice job.

 

[bubbles123]

Good Job! Doesn't look very comfortable though.

 

[Wulfonce]

Good Job! Doesn't look very comfortable though.

haha! indeed

 

[MD_Festae]

Looks good, just finished my first stand up. Check out the thread.

Nothing like doing it yourself.

 

[Ssklink1]

looks great

 

[Wulfonce]

Update:

I woke up to the sound of rain hitting the roof. It was cold and miserable out but I decided to do a little work on the stand anyway. Today I cut out panels for the sides and back of the stand. I used some old cupboard doors for this, yeah they look like crap but a little paint and wood filler should fix that. I attached the 1/2" plywood bottom today as well.

Some pics...


here's a pic with the bottom attached

First end panel attached. It'll be painted black later on...

My dog supervising the build progress

2nd panel attached

Back panels cut out ready to be attached.

I decided to attach the panels 2" higher then the top of the stand to cover up the tanks plastic trimming. It'll look something like this once its all put together.

Then it got dark and I had to quit. More work tomorrow...