Show me Your Fancy STANDS!!!
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bwade209
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Oh yea, and those pics were the still "unfinished" product....I'm still working on the stand and have a 1/2" piece of plywood for the back. But even without it, the stand is more than sturdy. Thanks for the input though 
All the work I've put into this stand, I still feel inadequate after seeing some of these other ones on here. Very nice stands guys
All the work I've put into this stand, I still feel inadequate after seeing some of these other ones on here. Very nice stands guys
Sisterlimonpot
Premium Member
No racking is when the tank falls over due to lack of support.
Take this illistration for instance:
Lets say box A is your stand (it has a top, a bottom and 2 sides)
If I were to push the stand over (B) it would tip over and collapse to the floor (rack). Imagine if you had 100+ gallons of water on top of that stand. It would come crashing to the floor.
To prevent it from racking I would need to put some sort of brace in the structure to prevent that from happening. So, to prevent "racking" from one side I would install a diaganal brace (C) into the mix. Now if I were to apply the same force from that side the pressure is carried to the bottom right and there's no way that the structure is going to tople over.
HTH
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doubleduece
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I had the same gut who did my kitchen build this, although I must credit my wifey with the design.
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agentgreen
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For anyone who used birch on their stand, can you give me some tips for staining? I am trying for a pretty dark brown color for my stand/bar, but birch doesn't like to take the stain really well. At this point I'm going to have to use many many coats of stain to get it to the darkness I'm looking for...
Any tips?
Any tips?
Sisterlimonpot
Premium Member
Birch doesn't take stain evenly like most woods. There are different "schedules" out there to get a good stain finish on birch but it will take longer and use different products. When I work with woods like poplar and birch I usually paint over them.
But do a search on "birch staining schedules".
But do a search on "birch staining schedules".
agentgreen
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Yea we were able to get the color we wanted and it didn't look blotchy, but it took maybe 4 coats of stain to achieve it...
Thinking about spraying the stain on, but have never done that so not sure how it would turn out...
Thinking about spraying the stain on, but have never done that so not sure how it would turn out...
Sisterlimonpot
Premium Member
although spraying it is going to be a different way to apply it you won't eliminate the blotchy look. unless like you said "apply many coats" and in the process darken it too much. But it sounds like you achieved the color you were going for.
Sisterlimonpot
Premium Member
Oh I see you want to eliminate the 3 other coats. Wood working is a lot like this hobby. Nothing good comes from trying to cut corners.
agentgreen
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I'm not trying to cut corners, I'm trying to determine if my process is flawed.
Sisterlimonpot
Premium Member
No, not flawed, just read how others have done it and you'll see that it isn't an easy task. The way you did it with 4 coats is probably the easiest route to go.
bsharding1982
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Sisterlimonpot
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hey what's homer doing up there? I have a yellow extension chord running half my tank as well. Looks really nice, what size tank is it?
Tom Foolery
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Man, I want to start a new tank just so I could build an awesome stand like you guys have going on in this thread.
bsharding1982
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Homer guards the fish. Its 150 gallon.
