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Looking to buy a stand for Apex Trident

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There’s absolutely no room under my stand so I invested in a cabinet next to my stand and it’s darn near full now too. My wife being the rockstar ****** that she is got me a Trident for our anniversary. I want to put it in the stand but still be able to get the most out of the room in the stand so the picture is where I want to put it. 2 legs on one side and screw it into the little lip where the shelf was.

Here is a base I found on thingverse that looks like it would work but I have no idea as I’m not a 3D printer savvy person. I could probably just use a single piece of pvc for the leg on the side or cut an acrylic pointer to length for 2 legs, I sintLet me know if this is feasible or if I should just go buy some acrylic from Home Depot and cut it and use that.


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Im probably going to design one myself since I just bought a trident myself. I’ll drop you a update if I do.
 

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There’s absolutely no room under my stand so I invested in a cabinet next to my stand and it’s darn near full now too. My wife being the rockstar ****** that she is got me a Trident for our anniversary. I want to put it in the stand but still be able to get the most out of the room in the stand so the picture is where I want to put it. 2 legs on one side and screw it into the little lip where the shelf was.

Here is a base I found on thingverse that looks like it would work but I have no idea as I’m not a 3D printer savvy person. I could probably just use a single piece of pvc for the leg on the side or cut an acrylic pointer to length for 2 legs, I sintLet me know if this is feasible or if I should just go buy some acrylic from Home Depot and cut it and use that.


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I used clear choice aquatics to print me a tank mounted base for my scrubber. I have only test fit it so far but but it's perfect. I contacted them on instagram, they have some cool videos.
 

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You can make them pretty simply from acrylic. Ive made a dozen like this (In my case mounting the Trident to the stand instead of on top of ATO reservoir).

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You can make them pretty simply from acrylic. Ive made a dozen like this (In my case mounting the Trident to the stand instead of on top of ATO reservoir).

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@TheHarold are you selling these? Could you make one to sell to me and what would you charge?
 

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did you end up getting one?
 
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No I haven’t it’s currently sitting on the cabinet next to my tank, someone messaged me and said they could make one for $80, but I can think of a lot of other things to spend the money on right now. I’d still like to get one though
 

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I could probably print something but seems like it would be pretty straight forward to just make a small shelf out of a small piece of wood and a couple L (corner) brackets.
I was looking for something that has a better appearance personally. The one Harold made was legit but he said it wouldn’t hold the trident screwed into a 2x4.
 

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Well this is what I came up with. Top has 4 indents for the rubber feet to sit into so it won't slide off so easily when pulling the tray out. Held on with 4 #10 screws. A 1" screw will project out the back side by 5/8" so should go into 3/4" thick wood without going all the way through.
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Well this is what I came up with. Top has 4 indents for the rubber feet to sit into so it won't slide off so easily when pulling the tray out. Held on with 4 #10 screws. A 1" screw will project out the back side by 5/8" so should go into 3/4" thick wood without going all the way through.
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How much you want for that?
 

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Trimmed the design down a bit on the platform thickness since the weight is primarily over the supports where the feet rest. Also trimmed a bit here and there. Going to print one tonight and see how it looks in the morning. I do want to mount it to a piece of plywood and test how well it supports the Trident. I wanted to also note the Trident can face either way on the shelf so it would be mountable anywhere inside the cabinet.
 

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Just an update.. had to do some printing for the wife. Have one on the printer now to see how things go with printer settings etc. I am using ABS which has a tendency to warp. I ordered a roll of PLA and I have some PETG if the ABS gives me problems with such a large flat object. This is a big item and takes a loooong time to print.
 

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