So in the near future I'll be looking at buying a 6x2x2 tank, but as we all know, commercially-made stands are amazingly expensive and so I'm hoping to save some cash by building it myself. I have some experience building stands already - I built a stand for my 4'x15"x18" tank just over a year ago - but given the massive increase in weight and the much bigger cost in failure, I thought I'd run my design past you guys first. 
Below is a sketch of the stand I intend to build:
Each of the six vertical beams are 70mm x 70mm (2.75"x2.75") pine. The four corners of the tank sit on the four outer-most corners of the legs (the points marked in red), meaning ALL of the tank's weight is being transfered straight downwards into the legs.
The rest of the tank is built out of 75mm x 30mm pine. As you can see, this pine only serves to hold the legs in place and upright, and does not actually hold any weight, except for the crossbeams at the top of the stand. The whole thing will be held together by the appropriate screws (haven't given the screws much though yet, just want to make sure the overall construction is solid).
The goal of this build is simplicity; I can just cut everything to length and then screw it all together without having to worry about any fancy joints. Ultimately I will be boxing the whole stand in with ply, but I didn't include that on this drawing so as not to obscure the construction.
Looking at the "Worried your stand won't hold up?" stickied topic, I really think this design should be alright. Just thought I'd check with those more knowledgeable than myself before I go out and buy any wood.
Cheers
Below is a sketch of the stand I intend to build:
Each of the six vertical beams are 70mm x 70mm (2.75"x2.75") pine. The four corners of the tank sit on the four outer-most corners of the legs (the points marked in red), meaning ALL of the tank's weight is being transfered straight downwards into the legs.
The rest of the tank is built out of 75mm x 30mm pine. As you can see, this pine only serves to hold the legs in place and upright, and does not actually hold any weight, except for the crossbeams at the top of the stand. The whole thing will be held together by the appropriate screws (haven't given the screws much though yet, just want to make sure the overall construction is solid).
The goal of this build is simplicity; I can just cut everything to length and then screw it all together without having to worry about any fancy joints. Ultimately I will be boxing the whole stand in with ply, but I didn't include that on this drawing so as not to obscure the construction.
Looking at the "Worried your stand won't hold up?" stickied topic, I really think this design should be alright. Just thought I'd check with those more knowledgeable than myself before I go out and buy any wood.
Cheers
