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Old 03-21-2006, 12:42 AM
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I ordered the glass today ( 96X48X32 ) Starfire front

get it hopefully in 2 weeks ... have to start building the stand right away ... anyone have suggestions as to what type of wood joints to use as I will be making the stand from 4X4 with a 1" plywood top and 1" foam under the glass
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whatever you do, you -HAVE- to take a picture of you lying down in it in your swim trunks with a rubber duckie!
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Wish I could offer advice on what kind of wood joints you need, but I don't know much about that sort of stuff. By Googling "build your own aquarium stand", I found this on the net, though ....

http://bennett.com/blog/index.php/ar...quarium-stand/

Do hope you do the rubber ducky thing AND post pics of it
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You may want to look at a metal stand with additional bracing eg: fish plating, 4x4's are strong and if I was supporting that much weight on wood I think I would use a dowel joint or wedged mortise and tenon joint. My opinion only but others may well know better.
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i'd use heavy duty angle iron, welded professionally...unless you are a welder...then add wood to it afterwords..unless you like the metal, you can get some very nice, very sturdy dectrotaive wrought iron stands...no i don't mean the ones sold in fish stores...i mean a custom one.
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I would go with metal as it will probably be cheaper and take up less space. Its all covered up anyway so why mess around?
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