Show Off Your Custom Wood Canopies and Stands

[Wy Renegade]

I like to dabble in the art of woodworking once in awhile, and I love browsing through threads where people have posted up pictures of their custom wood stands. I did some digging, but evidently we don't have one, so I thought I'd get one started. So lets see some pictures of those custom wooden canopies and stands.

 

[Wy Renegade]

Guess I'll get us started;

Here's a rustic one I built for a fellow reefer out of blue pine and logs;


Some interior detail;


And the top opens all the way up;


Never have finished the doors, but here is my own out of aromatic cedar;

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Wy Renegade - Those are some amazing looking stands...i love how everything matches very nicely. I have seen some really nice builds lately...cant wait to see others post up!

 

[swannyson7]

Here's a pic of the stand & canopy I built for my 180 last summer.

And some progress pics from the build...

 

[Gondore]

Pic of my tank when it was setup about three years ago.

 

[swannyson7]

Here's the stand & canopy for my little frag tank I plumbed into the same system

And pics from the build:

 

[fishypets]

This is when my 125 was set up. Custom stand and canopy made out of Lyptus wood.

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Swanny - The idea of pull out tables in the stand is a phenomal idea. You have no idea how many times i grab a chair/bucket/stool/etc to be my table when i work in my tank!! You literally can have dinner and a show too...cheap date (all things considered LOL)

 

[swannyson7]

Thanks! It was originally planned envisioning a dinner show, but it's proven to come in quite handy for daily maintenance. I always need a place to put stuff down when working on the tank. I only wish I had routed out one of the drawers to flush mount a cutting board into it for fragging.

 

[Crooks]

Pic of my tank when it was setup about three years ago.

Please post more pics

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Thanks! It was originally planned envisioning a dinner show, but it's proven to come in quite handy for daily maintenance. I always need a place to put stuff down when working on the tank. I only wish I had routed out one of the drawers to flush mount a cutting board into it for fragging.

I could totally envision the "All-In-One-Stand"....Fragging station on one side, table on the other, electrical area on inside, draws, hanging hooks on the inside doors for nets etc....I could see a company picking it up and selling at a premium!

 

[swannyson7]

I could totally envision the "All-In-One-Stand"....Fragging station on one side, table on the other, electrical area on inside, draws, hanging hooks on the inside doors for nets etc....I could see a company picking it up and selling at a premium!

I've got the DJ power strip on the side and the controller w/ outlets on the other side. There's shelves inside along with hoooks on a couple doors to hang nets. One of the doors also has a couple pieces of PVC mounted on it to to hold my turkey basters for target feeding. Maybe I should get a patent... :tongue:

 

[Troylee]

ohhhh me like this thread i have a few to share as soon as i get time to sit down and my photobucket account works ill post them up.....

 

[Wy Renegade]

Wy Renegade - Those are some amazing looking stands...i love how everything matches very nicely.

Thanks, once in a while I do get things to turn out pretty nice.

Swanny - The idea of pull out tables in the stand is a phenomal idea. You have no idea how many times i grab a chair/bucket/stool/etc to be my table when i work in my tank!! You literally can have dinner and a show too...cheap date (all things considered LOL)

Indeed, that is a phenomenal idea. I'll be incorperating that into my next build for sure.

ohhhh me like this thread i have a few to share as soon as i get time to sit down and my photobucket account works ill post them up.....

Hurry up Lee, I wanna see more pictures!

Swannyson 7 that pull out table idea is ingenius. Also love the maxi and mini side-by-sides.

Gondore and fishypets, nice stands, but I think we need more pictures of both set-ups.

 

[Wy Renegade]

Bumping these . . . somebody else has to have some pictures to share!

 

[sdsocal]

Nice job all. Makes me want to do some DIY. I think the best parts are the adaptations for Aquarium specific items and nice pull outs.

 

[Troylee]

Here is a couple....
Aquapod stand...

Infamous drop of tank stand and canopy...

120 build I did...

 

[-Logzor]

Here is the stand that I built for my new rimless aquarium.

 

[btkrausen]

Anybody have more pics of a canopy build? I'm about to start one, and I think I know how I'm gonna do it, but need more ideas

 

[Paul_N]

Anybody have more pics of a canopy build? I'm about to start one, and I think I know how I'm gonna do it, but need more ideas

+1
I am going to build a fixed canopy mounted to the ceiling so it has a built-in floor-to-ceiling look with the whole thing. Just curious if anyone has anything like that....:bigsmile: