The stand is the easy part...

[Aquattro]

Now I need doors. Anyone got any ideas on DIY doors that can be made with a hammer and a screwdriver? Other option is order doors from a cabinet company, unless I can find matching pre-made doors...

[sphelps]

Pre-made is the only option I can think of with those tools. Ikea has various sizes and colors for pretty cheap. What color do you need?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Pre-made is the only option I can think of with those tools. Ikea has various sizes and colors for pretty cheap. What color do you need?

Just a bare oak, I'll stain black myself. I hadn't thought of Ikea, I'll see if they have sizes that will work. Thx

[Aquattro]

Oh, and I do have a few more tools, mitre saw, router, and I use Rona's table saw. My router experience is limited to acrylic though, so not sure it's much use to me with wood

[phi delt reefer]

do you have a drill?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by phi delt reefer

do you have a drill?

Oh, ya, and a drill

[sphelps]

Not sure Ikea will have bare oak, in fact not sure anywhere that sells "bare" oak, typically they are pre-finished and fairly expensive. You could probably find some oak boards and have them cut to size. Ebay may also be a good place to find something, I used a guy from ebay to make some oak boards for a project a while ago, I just gave him the sizes I needed and he jointed some panels together and cut everything to size, pretty cheap too. I can give you his email if you want, he's located in Canada so shipping is reasonable.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Not sure Ikea will have bare oak, in fact not sure anywhere that sells "bare" oak, typically they are pre-finished and fairly expensive. You could probably find some oak boards and have them cut to size. Ebay may also be a good place to find something, I used a guy from ebay to make some oak boards for a project a while ago, I just gave him the sizes I needed and he jointed some panels together and cut everything to size, pretty cheap too. I can give you his email if you want, he's located in Canada so shipping is reasonable.

Now that you mention it, I recall an ad on usedvictoria for a cabinet maker advertising making tank stands, I'll check with that guy!

[SmallFry]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Now I need doors. Anyone got any ideas on DIY doors that can be made with a hammer and a screwdriver? Other option is order doors from a cabinet company, unless I can find matching pre-made doors...

Dunno about a hammer and a screwdriver, but you can do something decent with that plus a tablesaw or/and a router.

Basically you use 1/4" ply for the centre panel and 3/4" solid wood usually sold as (1x whatever - 1/4" is lost in the planing process) for the edges. You use tablesaw or router to cut a 1/4" groove down the middle of one edge of all the edge pieces and then cut a 1/4" thick tenon in the ends of the top pieces which fits into the groove on the side pieces. You then cut the centre panel so it fits into the grooves. Assemble the edges around the centre panel with a few dabs of glue in the groove so the panel doesn't rattle.

It's pretty easy if you work out all your dimensions beforehand so you know what you're doing.

They end up looking something like this:


My wood and ply came from Windsor Plywood, they have ready planed wood, though I used a planer to do my own because rough wood was cheaper. If you have any questions I'll do the best I can to help...

[Skimmerking]

Ya rob has some great wood working skills I saw his stand u can put Victoria island that stand could hold the cn tower too all at the same time