90G stand
 

Well this has been my 3 month project....yeah I'm slow I took all these nice pics of the build up.........and I can't seem to friggin find them :redface: ....soooooooo here is the almost completed pics
The cabniet frame is made outta 2X4's and 1/2" oak and the hood is 2X2's with 1/4" oak all the trim and rosettes are oak. Since the pics I put on 4 coats of urathane and painted the inside of the hood and cabniet white just to seal it
sorry for the size my free adobe trial expired so I don't have any photo editing

after the trim is put on

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...r/100_1312.jpg

Hood before the trim is put on

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...r/100_1314.jpg

After the trim

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...r/100_1315.jpg

Hood open

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...r/100_1321.jpg

And since I don't have "wee" arms I could fit them in around the reflector so I have the top swining open too

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...r/100_1322.jpg

Lots-o-room

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...r/100_1323.jpg

After the stain...turned out little darker than I wanted

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...r/100_1325.jpg

Hood

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...r/100_1324.jpg

Looks awesome. I especially like the hood design!

I'll agree with Brad. Well thought out hood design.
Anything to make maintenance easier will help to get it done.. :mrgreen:

Wow! Does it come in a hard top version as well ? Excellent design . IMO the stain looks just right. I've found ,especially with red oak, if you too light sometimes the colour varies,beige and red. Looking forward to the completed pictures!

That looks very very nice. Good job.

Looks terrific. I like the hood design too, smart thinking! :biggrin:

That's awesome!

tank
 

Murray looking real sweet can't wait to see everything done and up and running.
joe

Looks reallt good there Murray nice stain on there too. Are you going to add a few hole for the fans?

I've been working on my stand for my 90gal, on and off, for over 2 years! I wish I could have done what you did in 3 months :) good work..

I want my hood to do something similar to yours, I was considering to use a Piano hinge.