Diy stand

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What wood sheets would use to wrap a 2 x 4 stand for 40 gallon breeder?

 

[hijinks7]

2x4 is overkill for a 40g breeder but just use 1/2in plywood. I generally like to spend more money and get cabinet grade hardwood like a oak or walnut.

 

[marioensf]

2x4’s are overkill but assuming you already built the frame, I’d go for 3/4” plywood to skin it. 3/4” Plywood is good enough without the 2x4 frame when properly joined.

 

[Ron Reefman]

I have a 50g cube and I just used a stand alone kitchen cabinet with some simple reinforcements. The stand at the left is made by CADlight for the 120g tank I just sold, the stand on the right is a kitchen cabinet that was for the 50g cube.

P9070009 by Ron Lindensmith, on Flickr

It's still a work in progress. The 120g tank is gone. With the old system the kitchen cabinet housed all the electrical 'stuff'. Now that the big CADlight sump is gone, I'm making the new system have it's own sump. Here it is with the doors off so I can get a PVC tray inside the stand. The glass sump will fit inside the tray. If I spill anything, or the sump leaks or overflows, the tray will keep the stand and my floor dry!!! BTW, the tray has a bulkhead in back and it the water in the tray gets more than a few inches deep, it flows out the bulkhead, down a pipe under the little shelf unit and out through the wall into the backyard.

The Brute garbage can sump will go away when the new sump is inside the stand.

A dry floor makes for a happy house!

20180622_143629 by Ron Lindensmith, on Flickr

 

[davocean]

3/4" Birch ply is easy to come by and can be painted or stained.
Birch is my go to usually, as it can be stained to look however you'd like and the grain matches other pieces pretty easily.

 

[sjeff35]

What they said. You don't need a 2x4 frame. Just 3/4" plywood. I used Oak, $55.00 for one sheet at Lowes.

I used a Kreg pocket screw jig and dado'd the bottom in to all four sides to hold it together.

 

[Erica-Renee]

I like to use Oak, Popular or other Finish Grade Lumber for the Front and Door frames , Birch play for the sides and back tucked into a rabbit on the front. Inside bottom sit into a rabbit all the way around the inside of the box with the bottom being any hardwood ply of 3/4 inch.

Oak ply is not the best to work with for beginners.. You need very sharp blades on your tools and its best to score the veneer before you run it thru a saw .. It seems to have a tendency to chip more so then birch .. Even Maple or Pine finish ply is Perfectly acceptable and easier to work with . The finish is just not as nice....


For safety Never cross cut veneer ply without wearing SAFETY Glasses... Or do what I do look away ... (do not read that last part)

 

[R33fz]

What they said. You don't need a 2x4 frame. Just 3/4" plywood. I used Oak, $55.00 for one sheet at Lowes.

I used a Kreg pocket screw jig and dado'd the bottom in to all four sides to hold it together.

That looks great. Nicely done

 

[drevalenz]

Came out good