Show me Your Fancy STANDS!!!
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Very nice, only complaint is you need to turn that couch around!
davandwilk
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My 150gallon
My 150gallon
This is my stand for my 150 gallon that I had to build in my living room, because my previous 125 gallon tank sprung a leak and had to put the fish in something. I think it turned out very nice, although I cant take credit for the design. I did copy it from someone in the beginning of this thread.
The wood is oak veneer plywood with some poplar and oak trim. Its all stained and 3 coats of polyurethane. its hard to see that the wood is stained in the picture, but the stain I used is a sunbleached wood stain.
Each miter cut was done out side and fitted. LOTS OF WALKING BACK AND FORTH!!
My 150gallon
This is my stand for my 150 gallon that I had to build in my living room, because my previous 125 gallon tank sprung a leak and had to put the fish in something. I think it turned out very nice, although I cant take credit for the design. I did copy it from someone in the beginning of this thread.
The wood is oak veneer plywood with some poplar and oak trim. Its all stained and 3 coats of polyurethane. its hard to see that the wood is stained in the picture, but the stain I used is a sunbleached wood stain.
Each miter cut was done out side and fitted. LOTS OF WALKING BACK AND FORTH!!
Sisterlimonpot
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Here's my latest one for a club member:
Made with bamboo... if you've never worked with it I suggest you keep it that way. It is a super tough wood, dulls the blades quickly!!
If you want to follow along you can by clicking on this thread
Made with bamboo... if you've never worked with it I suggest you keep it that way. It is a super tough wood, dulls the blades quickly!!
If you want to follow along you can by clicking on this thread
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Sisterlimonpot
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Here's my latest one for a club member:
Made with bamboo... if you've never worked with it I suggest you keep it that way. It is a super tough wood, dulls the blades quickly!!
If you want to follow along you can by clicking on this thread
Made with bamboo... if you've never worked with it I suggest you keep it that way. It is a super tough wood, dulls the blades quickly!!
If you want to follow along you can by clicking on this thread
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Sisterlimonpot
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Cstaricansrfer1
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Happy new year everyone!
And there are some incredible stands on this thread so I figured I would ask some advice. I am in the process of building a 125G stand and the only issue I might run into is how to make flush 45 degree cuts to connect two corners of trim.
My tools are pretty minimal and I believe my circular saw has a way to make the cuts but not sure how I would get them exact.
Thanks in advance and great stands!
And there are some incredible stands on this thread so I figured I would ask some advice. I am in the process of building a 125G stand and the only issue I might run into is how to make flush 45 degree cuts to connect two corners of trim.
My tools are pretty minimal and I believe my circular saw has a way to make the cuts but not sure how I would get them exact.
Thanks in advance and great stands!
Kawi9_cf
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The easiest cheapest way IMO if you don't have a lot of trim to cut is to buy a miter box and saw. They are fairly cheap and you can make very accurate and clean 45 degree cuts. Here is a link to one at lowes for $15. http://www.lowes.com/pd_48795-355-20-600Y_0__. If you live near a harbor freight you can pick one up for less than $10. Just make sure you utilize the the mounting holes in the box and mount it to a workbench or something solid and it will make cutting the pieces a million times easier. Here is the harbor freight link http://www.harborfreight.com/miter-box-with-saw-66562.html
Cstaricansrfer1
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Thank you! I will have to grab one.
