tankslave
New member
Ok, so I'm finally putting up a thread for all my pics so far. This past summer I moved from my college apartment, and so had to upgrade my system of course.
Taking some inspiration from Ken's tank, I decided to design my own stand, and have someone weld it together. It consists of six 2" x 1/4" square tubes for the vertical supports, and three 4" I-beams across the top. The bottom has a square frame out of 2"square beam.
After purchasing all the pre-cut pieces, I realized I forgot what I would do about the overflow pipe (DOH!!!). That was a $70 mistake, as I had to get four new beams to increase the depth of the stand to clear the drain bulkeads.
To avoid any possible rust issues, I decided to use aluminum (which poses its own welding issues):
I also got it powder coated, just for looks. If anyone else decides to do their own stand, its a LOT cheaper to have one fabrication place do it from start to finish, instead of driving around with 100lbs of aluminum in the back of your truck...
Taking some inspiration from Ken's tank, I decided to design my own stand, and have someone weld it together. It consists of six 2" x 1/4" square tubes for the vertical supports, and three 4" I-beams across the top. The bottom has a square frame out of 2"square beam.
After purchasing all the pre-cut pieces, I realized I forgot what I would do about the overflow pipe (DOH!!!). That was a $70 mistake, as I had to get four new beams to increase the depth of the stand to clear the drain bulkeads.
To avoid any possible rust issues, I decided to use aluminum (which poses its own welding issues):
I also got it powder coated, just for looks. If anyone else decides to do their own stand, its a LOT cheaper to have one fabrication place do it from start to finish, instead of driving around with 100lbs of aluminum in the back of your truck...
