DIY Stands Template and Calculator

Floyd R Turbo said:
I noticed in the first and second picture that you did not install the additional 2x4 along the inside joint of the legs/top/bottom frame (green pieces in post #3). These are in place I believe to help prevent racking and are very important.

Others can chime in as to whether or not this matters since you skinned the stand. I wouldn't have built it without them personally.
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Thank for your concern I try that too... but I has make the internal overflow system so the tank maker said will block the piping system.:rolleyes:
 
wiscousonian said:
so, has anyone put feet on their stand before? is it structurally still ok?
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Rocket had outlined this before and you can do so as long as you extend the feet to the corners under the horizontal runs too. I referenced this earlier in the thread on a stand that came with my
140 gallon propagation tank I'm using in my system and was also worried.

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I've got a few if you look at the 2d graphics I exported a few pages back. Should have the model in two tier and three tier but takes just a few minutes to draw up!

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Dustin1300 said:
I've got a few if you look at the 2d graphics I exported a few pages back. Should have the model in two tier and three tier but takes just a few minutes to draw up!

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Thanks, I saw them, but I'm more looking for a template I can import in to google sketch. Apparently I suck at using it, can't seem to resize everything proper. :worried:
 
Here an updates of my 150 gallons stand with formica



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Any comments guy please feel free to advise as we want it best.


Will post DIY sump/refugium and piping when I done in another thread thanks
 
Does anybody know where to buy doors that are already built? I am building my stand but I can never seem to get the doors right,
 
reeflord said:
Does anybody know where to buy doors that are already built? I am building my stand but I can never seem to get the doors right,
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The box stores used to carry them but no longer do. Go to a cabinet maker. Cheapest will be slab doors. I got 4 made for around $100. Any kind of raised panel and you're gonna be paying a good $18 a sq ft.
 
reeflord said:
Does anybody know where to buy doors that are already built? I am building my stand but I can never seem to get the doors right,
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It is cheaper to buy a returned custom cabinet or discontinued one and salvage the doors off it than to special order doors from a cabinet maker.

Salvaging the doors first and then cutting the door openings to match works more often than cutting the openings first.
 
I was all set to go, built this stand using the template. 49"x24"x40"

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Until I found a great deal on a 150 G drilled tank off craigslist that I couldn't pass up. The dimensions of the new tank are 48"x30"x24". So my question is, can I modify the stand I built and add 6 inches to the width? I was thinking of doubling up 2"x4"s on the cross pieces and the legs on the front and back. The tank is a framed glass tank with 1/2" glass. I'm afraid of the added 3" to the front and back settling differently. Would a 3/4" piece of plywood over the entire top solve this? Should I sandwich a layer of foam in between the two layers of plywood?
 
I would start over. You could probably do it as long as everything was level. But IMHO, would is cheap compared to everything else in the hobby. Plus you will have more room in the stand without the extra 2x4s. It also looks like the top is not one piece so maybe you could salvage some of the ply wood.
 
Hi Everyone:

I am in the process of planning a stand for a 30 gallon cube style tank. I want a big sump with refugium because of a planned heavy load. Can I build the stand, using the principals provided in this forum, much longer than the tank? If so what mods do I have to make? I would like the stand to be 40 to 45-inches long and the tank is around 20-inches long.

Thanks in advance,

Rick
 
I would feel comfortable doing a 30 gallon on a 45 inch stand. I don't know what formulas to run, but a 75 (more than double the weight) is ok. It is just matter of loading. Can you do a vertical center brace? If so then you would definitely be ok.
 
Using 2x4 frame on 200 Gallon with lots of braces?

Using 2x4 frame on 200 Gallon with lots of braces?

Just ordered a 72x27x25 glass tank, they're delivering faster than I expected and I have 3 weeks to build the stand. I have a basement sump and I just want to use the space beneath the tank for storage. So would 2x4 top and bottom frames be OK if I have studs on 16" centers? Would 24" centers be adequate as well?
 
That will work, BUT you must have a leg in the middle of each long side. With 2x6 I would also recommend the center leg. A 2x8 would span that distance.
 
30 Gallon Stand

30 Gallon Stand

TheFishMan65 said:
I would feel comfortable doing a 30 gallon on a 45 inch stand. I don't know what formulas to run, but a 75 (more than double the weight) is ok. It is just matter of loading. Can you do a vertical center brace? If so then you would definitely be ok.
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Hi Fishman65..thanks for the information. I do plan on having vertical supports under the four corners. I am planning on the skin not being attached to the structure so I can pull it all away and work on everything with good light. Still sound okay?

Thanks,

Rick
 
That is not an equation I am familiar with. I am guessing it is fine since a 75 would work in the configuration. I think you are going to have to wait for a structural engineer's opinion.
 
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