Custom Stand pics

[carb850]

I'm not so much a DIY guy, but I am looking to have a stand built. I would love to see some photo's of your custom built stands for inspiration toward my own.

BTW, if someone has a link to an similar but older thread please post.

Thanks,

 

[original kuhli]

Here's the canopy and stand I've built, the pics are only partway through the finishing steps, the current finished product looks a heck of a lot better than this but it'll give you a design idea or two.

 

[carb850]

Excellent, thanks for the pics! I really like your stand a lot, reminds me a bit of mission furniture.

 

[BiscayneA1A]

Nice job. I really like the canopy. How did you bend the top piece to fit. Any more construction pics?

 

[original kuhli]

Bent section

Bent section

Here's a shot during construction but after steaming of the end profile of the bent wood. The technique is called kerfing, it involves cutting through the majority of the wood with a table saw (in this case I left 3/16 on a 5/8 board), and then steaming the whole piece.

In order to do this I built a large steambox and used a propane torch to heat the water and route it into the box, after about two hours the wood was pretty much the shape I was after.

Thereafter I built a an airplane wing style form to profile the bent piece to that aided in keeping things square. The photo shows the bent piece on that form. If I get a bit of time I'll dig up some more photos of the process.

Steaming of wood should be done on pre-kiln dried wood, which isn't that easy to find. I did this on kiln dried wood that I soaked overnight, if I were to do it again, I'd be patient and find some kiln dried wood. That said, it worked.

 

[marino420td]

Here is the stand and canopy I built for my 120.

Here is a link to the construction thread with pictures of the process.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=787189

Here is a link to a thread I started when I wanted ideas. Lots of cool stands here.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=625053

Good Luck!

 

[marino420td]

Also nice job kuhli? Very unique idea. I like it!

 

[cannarella]

Click on my red house for my stand. Almost done with the canopy.

 

[coseal]

here is mine...

and an inside shot...

was going for a real simple look... plywood box! lol

 

[carb850]

Excellent pics guys. Coseal, your simple stand reminds me of the ADA stands. Very cool.

 

[coseal]

thanks............ just looked at that ada stand it looks nice, i like the platform above the doors. but i have some ugly trim im trying to hide so the platform wouldnt work for me..this guy made a killer diy stand kinda inspired my to give it a try!
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1225437&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

i also ran across a good diy page a few months ago that helped me out as well..
http://reefsmagazine.com/DIY_stand.html

 

[carb850]

I saw pics of that stand, it was a very nice and clean build. It matches the Elos rimless tank very nicely.

 

[CMcNeil]

mine is a copy(sort of)of marinos stand.

if you click on my little red house you can see the stand being built in the first few pages.

 

[cannarella]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11553607#post11553607 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by coseal
here is mine...

and an inside shot...

was going for a real simple look... plywood box! lol

I like the black stain on oak. Sharp.