hey i am going to build a steel stand for a 6x4x1'5 or 6x3x1'5 heres some sketches what do you think strength wise?
Steel Stand help
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you dont need 6 legs, only 4 at the corners. the only reason to use more support is to limit bending by shortening the span. If you are using HSS with a large enough section it wont be necessary. Use a chevron design, thats diagonal bracing in laymens terms....
Having the steel along the perimeter at the bottom wont help you, raise it up so you are only making contact at 4 points and spread out the footprint by using larger feet or some type of dunnage under the feet.
you also dont need all that bracing in the center, eliminate the one that runs the length of the tank all together, and two of the braces front to back, just keep the one in the center.
What size steel are you using? HSS 2 x 2 x 0.120 would be sufficient, HSS 2 x 2 x 0.185 would work too but it has rounder edges. That means you wont have as much flat surface to weld on and the design will only be limited by the amount of weld you can get at the joints. The corners in particular; this is where the bending in the horizontal member is tranferred to the vertical legs. On a HSS 2 x 2 x 0.250 there is almost no workable surface for welding.
Having the steel along the perimeter at the bottom wont help you, raise it up so you are only making contact at 4 points and spread out the footprint by using larger feet or some type of dunnage under the feet.
you also dont need all that bracing in the center, eliminate the one that runs the length of the tank all together, and two of the braces front to back, just keep the one in the center.
What size steel are you using? HSS 2 x 2 x 0.120 would be sufficient, HSS 2 x 2 x 0.185 would work too but it has rounder edges. That means you wont have as much flat surface to weld on and the design will only be limited by the amount of weld you can get at the joints. The corners in particular; this is where the bending in the horizontal member is tranferred to the vertical legs. On a HSS 2 x 2 x 0.250 there is almost no workable surface for welding.
I built a 6 by 2 stand for my 220 G with 1" square tube. I built the top rectangle first using 45-degree miters on the comers. Then I welded the 6 legs directly under the top. With 3 gusset plates welded inside the corners on the inside edge of each corner. I drilled hole in each gusset so I could attach an enclosure of some type latter. Each leg is 41" long, so the tank is higher than usual. This gave me room to fit all of the pluming under the tank. I also welded on some small stainless steel feet and bolted it to the floor
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