What Wood Do I Use To Build A Tank Stand?

[Piicklez]

This seems like a really novice question, thats because im 15 and frankly have no clue on which wood is strong and is not I have a 4 ft long desk that i have a 4x2x2 on atm and i want a 6x2x2, so i was wondering what wood i need and also if anyone has built anything like this size, what is the cost for the wood? I'm not sure wether to built a whole new stand or just a 2 foot ad on to the desk, By the way the desk is a fairly old, aka well built, desk which is soppurted by 6 1.5x1.5's

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

Buy some 2x4's...seen a lot of people on here make stands with them, you should need about 12 of them

Or I would just look on craigslist and see if there are any decent stands for cheap

 

[bigmuddin69]

use 2x4s for the frame and for the outside and doors use oak plywood or whatever plywood u like and then stain and poly your choice

 

[Zari]

2x4's and deck screws was about $20 to build a stand for a 4'x18" so id imagine around $40 or so for yours. You can get it all cut to size at home depot and then just take it home and assemble it. It was really quite easy to build one I also found a C clamp really helped out alot.

 

[Piicklez]

thanks, im from england. you see wood is ALOT more expensive here, in fact, everything is :/, and to build a decent stand i can imagine me easily going in to a DIY store and spending $150.

 

[john73738]

Concrete blocks and some 2x4s. My stand of choice until recently.