My new 75G DIY stand
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This is a picture update of my stand, for those interested!
Things are going well... All it needs is a top and to install the doors on the front. A little sanding, stain, varnish, and done!
I got hinges to install the doors this afternoon... I dont know if it'll do, I'll see it tomorrow as I'll try them out.
This is what the stand looks like now. The doors are free standing now, not installed.
Detailling is finished all over, pine wood.
This is what the inside looks like.
Tell me what you think so far!
Simon
Things are going well... All it needs is a top and to install the doors on the front. A little sanding, stain, varnish, and done!
I got hinges to install the doors this afternoon... I dont know if it'll do, I'll see it tomorrow as I'll try them out.
This is what the stand looks like now. The doors are free standing now, not installed.
Detailling is finished all over, pine wood.
This is what the inside looks like.
Tell me what you think so far!
Simon
Hi baotchi
Hows the stand coming? It looks pretty cool. like to see it when it's done if you could post more pictures. I, like yourself, enjoy the satisfaction and challenge of undertaking projects such as these. I made a 75 g stand aabout a year ago. It looks like yours (like it's super heavy). Mines all 2x4 and 3/8" ply painted, moulded, and sanded with doors and outfitted with cabinetry, even my 19 flatscreen. Some people would say all the electrical circuitry housed in the stand may pose a hazard. That is why i would not suggest any body turn a tank stand into an enertainment center (unless they employ a reasonable amount of discretion and preventive measure). If i ever figure out how to use my scanner I'll deliver a picture.
Hows the stand coming? It looks pretty cool. like to see it when it's done if you could post more pictures. I, like yourself, enjoy the satisfaction and challenge of undertaking projects such as these. I made a 75 g stand aabout a year ago. It looks like yours (like it's super heavy). Mines all 2x4 and 3/8" ply painted, moulded, and sanded with doors and outfitted with cabinetry, even my 19 flatscreen. Some people would say all the electrical circuitry housed in the stand may pose a hazard. That is why i would not suggest any body turn a tank stand into an enertainment center (unless they employ a reasonable amount of discretion and preventive measure). If i ever figure out how to use my scanner I'll deliver a picture.
Hey aloha!
my stand is going well, I don't have as much time as I'd like to work on it tho... All that is left to do is to install the doors, and the top of the canopy. Than stain / varnish. There will be electrick outlets installed inside, to connect the filters / heaters / lights... It'll be hooked to some kind of quick-stop circuit breaker or something safe.
Some more pics will be availlaible soon, probably tonight. I took the day off my job today because I have some other things to do, and this afternoon I'll probably finish the canopy and doors.
thanks for your interest! I'd really like to see a picture of yours!
Simon
my stand is going well, I don't have as much time as I'd like to work on it tho... All that is left to do is to install the doors, and the top of the canopy. Than stain / varnish. There will be electrick outlets installed inside, to connect the filters / heaters / lights... It'll be hooked to some kind of quick-stop circuit breaker or something safe.
Some more pics will be availlaible soon, probably tonight. I took the day off my job today because I have some other things to do, and this afternoon I'll probably finish the canopy and doors.
thanks for your interest! I'd really like to see a picture of yours!
Simon
Picture Update!
This will probably be the last picture update of this project. The next time you'll see the final pics with the completed stand and canopy with everything installed and maybe even water in the tank. Well, maybe not water in the tank... but it'll be near from finished. Here we go...
This is a global view of the project as it is rigt now :
Close-up of the top with the molding I made around the tank to hide the plastic trim at the botom :
Close-up of the bottom of the stand :
Close-up of the right-hand-side back corner. To show how flush and smooth everithing sits. You can also see the plumbing coming out of the canopy at the back :
This is the plumbing on the inside of the cabinets. There is one in and one out on each side, since there will be 2 canisters. Notice the T with a cap on it, this will be helpfull to prime the filters.
This will probably be the last picture update of this project. The next time you'll see the final pics with the completed stand and canopy with everything installed and maybe even water in the tank. Well, maybe not water in the tank... but it'll be near from finished. Here we go...
This is a global view of the project as it is rigt now :
Close-up of the top with the molding I made around the tank to hide the plastic trim at the botom :
Close-up of the bottom of the stand :
Close-up of the right-hand-side back corner. To show how flush and smooth everithing sits. You can also see the plumbing coming out of the canopy at the back :
This is the plumbing on the inside of the cabinets. There is one in and one out on each side, since there will be 2 canisters. Notice the T with a cap on it, this will be helpfull to prime the filters.
... continued
This is the pipes going down the back wall to the cabinet. They won't be visible from the front since the back wall will be painted black. Along with the pipes will be the wires to the 2 heaters and lighting.
Pipes again. They won't stand out that much, because they will be black. The pipes inside the tank will be dyed black and the pipes on the outside painted black. Notice the tight fit of the pipes trough the holes.
These are the pipes on the inside. They are not glued yet, and I'm not even sure I'll glue all of them anyway. They fit tight already, and it provides ajustment, and there aint really much pression in there... Maybe I will hook them in a X pattern, in a way that the filter on the left would pick up the water on the left and put it back on the right, and same thing for the filter on the right. Probably this would provide better filtration :
Once again, this is what it looks like with the doors on. It misses the handles tho. I'll install them when the doors will be installed.
That's it for now, hope you like it. Next thing, light sand, stain and vasnish, light sand, varnish, and varnish again. Then, varnish again the inside of the canopy. *celebrate
Last weekend I went to my girlfriend's family hunt camp, and I went for a walk in the woods and collected a few rocks.... Well.. ok, it was not a walk, I was on a quad bike.
Here is what I got... Now ther are dry, they look very different than when I picked them up. Once wet, they are all dark and striped, and nice patterns. Here there are :
Okay now I'm done.
tell me what you think about it, and feel free to ask questions if any.
Simon
This is the pipes going down the back wall to the cabinet. They won't be visible from the front since the back wall will be painted black. Along with the pipes will be the wires to the 2 heaters and lighting.
Pipes again. They won't stand out that much, because they will be black. The pipes inside the tank will be dyed black and the pipes on the outside painted black. Notice the tight fit of the pipes trough the holes.
These are the pipes on the inside. They are not glued yet, and I'm not even sure I'll glue all of them anyway. They fit tight already, and it provides ajustment, and there aint really much pression in there... Maybe I will hook them in a X pattern, in a way that the filter on the left would pick up the water on the left and put it back on the right, and same thing for the filter on the right. Probably this would provide better filtration :
Once again, this is what it looks like with the doors on. It misses the handles tho. I'll install them when the doors will be installed.
That's it for now, hope you like it. Next thing, light sand, stain and vasnish, light sand, varnish, and varnish again. Then, varnish again the inside of the canopy. *celebrate
Last weekend I went to my girlfriend's family hunt camp, and I went for a walk in the woods and collected a few rocks.... Well.. ok, it was not a walk, I was on a quad bike.
Here is what I got... Now ther are dry, they look very different than when I picked them up. Once wet, they are all dark and striped, and nice patterns. Here there are :
Okay now I'm done.
tell me what you think about it, and feel free to ask questions if any.
Simon
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Okay guys, now this is done!
Hi everybody
now is time to show you the final result of my sweating, hard working, designing and (sometimes) swearing...
My stand and canopy are done, stained and varnished. The back of the tank is painted black. Everything is put togheter in it's final location in my home office.
I can't wait to read comments about it. I am personally 100% satisfied with the result. This was the first time I was building something like that, a furniture I mean.
So here it is...
This is the varnish I used. 5 coats on the inside of the canopy to handle moisture, and 3 coats on everything else.
This is how my pipes ended looking like. Pretty satisfied of that too. I had to dye them 3 times in black Rit dye, and one more time in a dark brown and black combined Rit dye. Took a long time, but ended great. The parts that are still beige do not go in the water, so I'll paint them black.
Hi everybody
now is time to show you the final result of my sweating, hard working, designing and (sometimes) swearing...
My stand and canopy are done, stained and varnished. The back of the tank is painted black. Everything is put togheter in it's final location in my home office.
I can't wait to read comments about it. I am personally 100% satisfied with the result. This was the first time I was building something like that, a furniture I mean.
So here it is...
This is the varnish I used. 5 coats on the inside of the canopy to handle moisture, and 3 coats on everything else.
This is how my pipes ended looking like. Pretty satisfied of that too. I had to dye them 3 times in black Rit dye, and one more time in a dark brown and black combined Rit dye. Took a long time, but ended great. The parts that are still beige do not go in the water, so I'll paint them black.
Looks great man. Nice solid construction,very well designed. The only minor suggestion I have is maybe another coat of your varnish or stain.. I think a nice solid even color would really finish this project off nicely.
Like I said, thats my only minor suggestion.
Good job. What kind of fish you plan to put in there?
Like I said, thats my only minor suggestion.
Good job. What kind of fish you plan to put in there?
