Diy stand
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javi78503
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Also, would using a thicker piece of plywood help me keep a more level surface once it's screwed into the stand itself? a piece of 3/4 Maple Plywood for example. In hind sight, what i should have done is taken the planks and ran them through a table saw to flatten the 1.5" side. I was considering making the stand shorter and if i do it gives me the perfect chance to run them along a table saw to get that nice flat plane. Now to find a table saw... 
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Also, would using a thicker piece of plywood help me keep a more level surface once it's screwed into the stand itself? a piece of 3/4 Maple Plywood for example. In hind sight, what i should have done is taken the planks and ran them through a table saw to flatten the 1.5" side. I was considering making the stand shorter and if i do it gives me the perfect chance to run them along a table saw to get that nice flat plane. Now to find a table saw...
Don't confuse level with flat (aka, coplanar).
Level happens with shims under the stand to correct issues with the floor.
Flat is built into the construction of the stand. If the top frame is coplanar anything you attach to it should also be coplanar. That's where the sanding Rocket talked about above happens. You could also use a hand plane to take off high spots. It is also possible to fill in low spots on the frame with shims. Both of these corrective actions are to correct 2x material that is not straight.
I'm not sure where you are going with the table saw talk. It is possible to get a straight side on a 2x with a table saw. It's not as trivial as running it thru the saw. In general, boards are given a straight edge with a jointer.
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thanks for the advice, i was considering a hand plane yesterday actually and found some nice ones at home depot that aren't too expensive and seemed my best option. Since Rocket mention sanding I switched over to that option as a possibility as well... I feel i'm over-complicating this more than it needs to be, just worried that my new tank will not have a flat surface on which to rest. I think i'm going to go with the hand plane since it seems the most comfortable for me.
As far as the table saw goes I was considering running one side of the 2x4 along the saw to get a flat edge (seemed easy enough). I'm not much of a handy man so it made sense to me.
Thanks for the input
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Update on the stand, day 2
I managed to finish the body of the stand before my cordless ran dry again. Tomorrow hopefully add the center cross beam on the bottom (assuming that's the word, I like pretending I know my jargon lol), stain and add some plywood, figure out how to add some doors and finish up with some nice molding...
And...
I ran a level across the top and everything seems ok, pretty center to begin with. I only had to smooth out one corner where the 2x4 was sticking up just slightly above the top and thats pretty much it. Hope it turns out ok
And excuse the mess in the background, my better half is also building a laundry room/outside bathroom on the side of the house so the patio is a bit of a supply pile at the moment.
I managed to finish the body of the stand before my cordless ran dry again. Tomorrow hopefully add the center cross beam on the bottom (assuming that's the word, I like pretending I know my jargon lol), stain and add some plywood, figure out how to add some doors and finish up with some nice molding...
And...
I ran a level across the top and everything seems ok, pretty center to begin with. I only had to smooth out one corner where the 2x4 was sticking up just slightly above the top and thats pretty much it. Hope it turns out ok
And excuse the mess in the background, my better half is also building a laundry room/outside bathroom on the side of the house so the patio is a bit of a supply pile at the moment.
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dcmatranga
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