Stand Build for My 5’ 150 Gallon

Martyd · Oct 21, 2019

Just getting started. All 2x4 construction, except for the upper rails, which are 2x6’s. Assembled with pocket screws with all joints glued.

don_chuwish · Oct 21, 2019

Yeah that'll hold! All good'n'square, plumb & level?

Martyd · Oct 22, 2019

Primed and ready to skin and trim out.

picklz · Oct 22, 2019

Looking good, I'm building a very similar stand right now for a 112g, top and bottom frames are complete going to sort out the legs/uprights after work today. Are you going to skin it in plywood?

Martyd · Oct 22, 2019

I’m going trim out the front in 1”x6” poplar and skin the sides and back in either 1/2” or 3/4” cabinet grade plywood. I haven’t made a decision on that yet. I think 3/4” is really overkill. The doors will also be made out of poplar and plywood.

redfishbluefish · Oct 22, 2019

Loving it....looks great. It's my exact RocketEngineer five foot stand with the exception that I used conventional screws.

Martyd · Oct 22, 2019

You should try the pocket screws. I wasn’t sold on them until I tried them. They are great!

don_chuwish · Oct 22, 2019

Martyd said:
I’m going trim out the front in 1”x6” poplar and skin the sides and back in either 1/2” or 3/4” cabinet grade plywood. I haven’t made a decision on that yet. I think 3/4” is really overkill. The doors will also be made out of poplar and plywood.

1/2” is plenty. Even thinner is fine too but 1/2 is nicer to work with.

Martyd · Oct 27, 2019

Coming along slowly.

Martyd · Oct 28, 2019

Now I’m getting somewhere. Need to order the doors. I was going to take a shot at building them myself, but I’m finding that I’m not a great finish carpenter

cvrle1 · Oct 28, 2019

Martyd said:
Now I’m getting somewhere. Need to order the doors. I was going to take a shot at building them myself, but I’m finding that I’m not a great finish carpenter

Looks good so far. I am in the process of building very similar stand for my 5 footer as well. I will most likely skip out on doors, and will have removable panels. Cheaper and easier to do than doors, and should look same in the end. Just an idea for you to possibly look into.

Martyd · Nov 2, 2019

Almost ready to prime and paint.

Martyd · Nov 23, 2019

Tank is here! Getting closer.

picklz · Nov 23, 2019

Looking good man, nice choice on the color too I like it. My final coat of Poly is drying on the skin panels for mine then I have to sort out some baseboard trim. My tank is just sitting in the garage so hopefully soon.