Begining construction on stand..(Pics)

[Delphinus]

Did you do anything to shore up the support under the floor for that? 230g has got to be around 2200lbs. (Assuming 1l = 1kg, 1g = 4.4l and 1kg = 2.2lbs)

[muck]

Originally Posted by jgoldsney

... The floor underneath the tank is reenforced I had the framer double up the TGI joists and the joists are supported by a wall that is right under the front of the tank.

From the first page...

[jgoldsney]

Hmmmm I don't think it is a bad Idea but I don't think it would fly with my wife....To her a fuge would just be a messy bunch of macroalgea and a prop tank is not super pretty to a non reef person

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by muck

From the first page...

Whoops a doodle. thanks

[Dazz]

May I suggest you use birtch plywood It looks really nice stained and is better than MDF imo. I am doing my stand in it and I have it stained mahogony. I'll post pics later on. I just finished putting the second coat of poly on it.

[jgoldsney]

It isn't the plywood that costs the $$ it is the mouldings.....I was going to sheet it with 1/8" or 1/4" plywood which was about $20.00/sheet but then started to add moudings and this is where my costs skyrocket....If you start adding any fancy mouldings YIKES the cost is huge

[muck]

Originally Posted by Dazz

May I suggest you use birtch plywood It looks really nice stained and is better than MDF imo. I am doing my stand in it and I have it stained mahogony. I'll post pics later on. I just finished putting the second coat of poly on it.

I would also love to see pics as im in the middle of building a stand as well.
Is the birch plywood cheaper than the oak plywood??
If so by how much roughly??

[Dazz]

Well I believe 1/2" oak ply is $80 where as the 1/2" Birtch ply is $59. This is per 4'x8' sheet.

Here is a pic of the canopy in progress showing the birtch grain.



And here is the rest of the stand with mahogony stain and 2 coats of poly on it.

[Dez]

Here in Edmonton you can get a 3/4 inch 4 x 8 sheet of oak for 49.99. I built 3 stands for Bev. The mouldings are expensive but you can get solid oak 1 x 2's or 3/4 x 3/4 and it isn't that bad, and then router it to shape. Maybe Bev will post some pics of her stands

Des

[jgoldsney]

My problem is that with the mouldings that I like they are not always that easy to make...(eg crown, fluted casing etc.....)

How well did the birch accept stain? I had heard that it was difficult to get it to accept stain evenly.


Joel