Steel stand Skinning

[subnet88]

Tagging along. I would love to get ideas also.

[WarDog]

I had tabs with 3/16 th's holes welded to the stand before the powder coat. Allows panels to be screwed from the inside out. Check my thread for the pics. Kinda late for you unless you want to re-coat.

[Azzkr]

Yeah I wish I would have thought about that when I had the tank built. I had seen that after on a friends tank. I think concepts should start putting it on there stands when they build them.

[denny_C]

Originally Posted by Azzkr

Yeah I wish I would have thought about that when I had the tank built. I had seen that after on a friends tank. I think concepts should start putting it on there stands when they build them.

we prefer to use magnets if the wood panels are exposed or finished , although everybody mounts their panels differently. if a customer request to have brackets added to a stand im sure we could do that easily enough , but to keep costs to the customer low its not a standard only a special request at the moment


cheers


denny

[Jakegr]

Get some counter sunk magnets from Lee Valley.

[Madreefer]

This is how my stand looked



I took it to a cabinet maker and he totally skinned it with out any holes drilled. All the maple is screwed together and the pieces on the corners hide all the counter sunk screws. It's very sturdy

[Ryancw]

i have my stand set back in a nook so i bought baseboard to match the house and attatched it to the bottom of the stand along the floor. For the panels i bought high strength velcrow. I set the front panels on the baseboard to take the weight of the panel and the velcrow is up top to keep the panel from falling off. quick, cheap and easy to take on and off and took all of 10 minutes.. now just to cut the panels

[riceboy]

Mdf board and tremclad paint cost 30ish