Calling woodworker/design opinions

[ryewalk84]

Looking to get some opinions on the design for my aquarium stand. Call out any thing you see that I will regret later on.

Plan-

Hood-
The hood will have 5 doors that hinge upward. 3 on the front and one on each side.

I will have a frame attached to the ceiling that the hood will attach to with a plan of it being fully removable in 3 parts.
I have not fully decided how this will be done by my thought was to use French cleats for attaching. This is what I want the most because I want to be able to have full access.

The stand will have 6 doors and a slide out. 1 door on each side, 4 doors on the front. The slide out will be made to look like 3 drawers but will pull out a large shelving unit to house any supplies/testing equip and will have a shelf counter on the top for setting all my crap on.

 

[Bear22]

Looks nice, but phew that's a lot of trim carpentry.

Are you good at getting measurements and cuts less than 1/16th of an inch?

 

[Freenow54]

Looking to get some opinions on the design for my aquarium stand. Call out any thing you see that I will regret later on.

Plan-

Hood-
The hood will have 5 doors that hinge upward. 3 on the front and one on each side.

I will have a frame attached to the ceiling that the hood will attach to with a plan of it being fully removable in 3 parts.
I have not fully decided how this will be done by my thought was to use French cleats for attaching. This is what I want the most because I want to be able to have full access.

The stand will have 6 doors and a slide out. 1 door on each side, 4 doors on the front. The slide out will be made to look like 3 drawers but will pull out a large shelving unit to house any supplies/testing equip and will have a shelf counter on the top for setting all my crap on.

I want to see the Internal Supports on the Bottom . Its the most Important. I Really like the Canopy idea. Are you going to Have a Sump? If so the middle Drawers will be in the way . The height is important as well if a sump is used

 

[RobertK]

What are the tank dimensions?

 

[ryewalk84]

Looks nice, but phew that's a lot of trim carpentry.

Are you good at getting measurements and cuts less than 1/16th of an inch?

I have a fairly high end miter saw so hopefully it’ll still do the job. It’s been awhile since I’ve done cabinetry but things have always turned out fairly decent.

 

[ryewalk84]

I want to see the Internal Supports on the Bottom . Its the most Important. I Really like the Canopy idea. Are you going to Have a Sump? If so the middle Drawers will be in the way . The height is important as well if a sump is used

The stand, tank and sump are already in place and have been running for about a year now. This is just a skim to make it pretty. I want the option for a 100% open canopy so custom built was really the only option.

 

[ryewalk84]

What are the tank dimensions?

Tank is a 96x36 footprint and 24 tall. My basement height is low so canopy will only have about 18 inches and go fully to the ceiling.

 

[RobertK]

I considered upward hinging doors on my canopy but then realized that I am not tall enough to reach the doors when opened to bring them back down, and didn't want to use a stepstool to operate them. Also how will the canopy doors stay open, will they need to be propped open with something or will they stay open by themselves.

 

[ryewalk84]

I considered upward hinging doors on my canopy but then realized that I am not tall enough to reach the doors when opened to bring them back down, and didn't want to use a stepstool to operate them. Also how will the canopy doors stay open, will they need to be propped open with something or will they stay open by themselves.

Reaching them won’t be a concern. I found some hinges that are supposed to hold them up. I’ve never worked with this type of hinge so that’ll be new. You open them and they lock and to unlock you lift up again to disengage.

 

[W31Olds]

I'd probably have all the Doors made and Drawers also. The only way I would be able to get by with a Miter Saw is to have the Lumber pre-milled. I would not consider Pine, it just doesn't finish well.