A Stand and Canopy Done Wright

[powderhound]

Now that is a beautiful stand. Now lets see the how the canopy went together.

 

[leveldrummer]

commenting to find this later, awesome stand design. love the look.

 

[jlanger]

All I can say is daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

But I guess once you get all the busy work of making sure your wood is square and flat, and notches datoed out, and... then it goes together fairly easily like a lego kit

Exactly.
You spend 90% of your time working with nothing to show for it, but in that last 10% it really comes together nicely.

I have been following this thread and it is a very nice stand and your attention to detail is awesome. A question though on the bronze pieces between the corbals (I didn't know they were called that until this post) and the crown molding... it looks as if there is a piece of maybe 1/4 round that goes below those pieces and the cove molding. Is that so?

Devon

That thin line you see below the all of the trim details is a 1/4" gap between the face frame and the doors. I re-created that detail on the sides by just dadoing a 1/4" groove to mimic a gap. (Was definitely thinking ahead when I was doing the full-size drawings.)

On the top did you choose laminate over granite because granite doesn't do well with constantly being wet? or is the laminiate an alternative to wood because granite would be costly and wood would not do well being constantly wet? I guess my question really is why didn't you use real stone?

Devon

Granite would have been great, but expensive.
I'd rather save the money from that and spend it on other parts of the build.

Thanks for the responses.
And the canopy build will be coming very soon.

-JASON

 

[jlanger]

More pics...

More pics...

I thought I would post two more pics of the complete build.
Just to keep your interest.

Here's a pic focusing on the stand.

And here's a teaser focusing on the canopy.

Enjoy.

-JASON

 

[Eud]

Good grief that's pretty.

Zoom out a bit so we can see the Morris Chair sitting next to it for fish watching.

 

[shaka]

That is flat out . . . AWESOME!

 

[d_sinsley]

"That thin line you see below the all of the trim details is a 1/4" gap between the face frame and the doors. I re-created that detail on the sides by just dadoing a 1/4" groove to mimic a gap. (Was definitely thinking ahead when I was doing the full-size drawings.)" quoted from jason but I must have done it wrong


Again very nice attention to detail

 

[jlanger]

Zoom out a bit so we can see the Morris Chair sitting next to it for fish watching.

I WISH!!!

Again very nice attention to detail

Amongst my friends, I'm known for my OCD.
I like to think that I never leave anything amiss.

-JASON

 

[Wereami881]

I dont know if I would use "intense" to describe it. I'd say more inviting like pull up a stool gab a beer (in this care some salt water), relax enjoy oh here are my fish. Great work! When I get a bigger house I'll give you a call. lol

 

[kmdrysdale]

I may have missed it in all the comments, but did you cover your tank to keep jumpers in? If so...how did you cover it?

 

[jlanger]

I may have missed it in all the comments, but did you cover your tank to keep jumpers in? If so...how did you cover it?

I do cover my tank.
I made two screen tops that Bulk Reef Supply has on their website.
Those haven't made it into the build thread yet, but there's plenty of threads that discuss them already.

-JASON

 

[Twin Reefs]

Yes...I'll be making that screen top for my tank as well. I think it's a good idea.

 

[pdfrogman]

absolutely stunning! a big fan of the arts & crafts, mission style too!
top notch! are you going to trim out the actual tank?

 

[jlanger]

absolutely stunning! a big fan of the arts & crafts, mission style too!
top notch! are you going to trim out the actual tank?

Funny, you would ask that.

I have an early design (that I ended up shelving) that did include trimming out the tank.
The base was just a simple flat oak trim to cover the black plastic; possibly building out the corners to add something of interest.
But the top was a mimicry of the top trim of the stand and canopy; with the small corbels and oil-rubbed bronze trim.
I originally thought that would be way too much going on. Too busy.
I like the look of the tank being showcased on the stand. The way that people would have their pottery vases set out for display back in the day.

I actually haven't thought about that since I ruled it out, but now that I'm looking at the photos... it might not look that bad.
Maybe, someday, I'll just build it to see what it looks like. I can always remove it.

Thanks for jogging that back into my memory.

-JASON

 

[tippmannsniper]

+1 for a talented craftsman.. largely a lost skill nowadays

 

[Amric]

Beautiful stand! Do you have any interior shots of the plumbing/electronics?

 

[dkh0331]

That is an amazing looking stand and hood.

 

[Phixer]

Pretty creative looks real nice. That oak looks kind of like mahogany. I bet that beast weighs a ton and built to last.

 

[FUA]

wow the aquascaping is amazing.

 

[apw63]

I love the craftsman style, this is my dream stand and canopy! You are an amazing woodworker and craftsman. Most of the furniture in our home is hand made mission style. I wish I had your skill set.

Andy