SNAKEMANVET
PREMIUM MEMBER
I am building a stand for my new 180. Would a 2x8 top frame be ok to use without a center support.Thanks
Stand for a standard 180
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RocketEngineer
Space is big.
Yes.
SNAKEMANVET
PREMIUM MEMBER
Thanks rocket,I was thinking it would be safe,but would like to hear it from someone who knows what he is talking about.Thanks Again.
stingeragent
New member
I am very guilty of way overbuilding stands, but I think a lot of us overbuilders don't give wood the credit it deserves. I was looking on here last night and saw someone do I think a stand for a 180 or something like that with all 1 in boards.
Redman88
New member
so i am going to jump into/hijack this thread. I am planing on a 180 myself, have build several stands based on R.E.'s design with 2x4's for 55 gallon tanks. so with the 180 i want to take sheets of plywood and rip them down to strips that are wide enough for the proper support. I was thinking about getting 3/4" plywood and doubling up the strips for a 1.5" board. is it necessary to double it up? having read this thread i will make the top frame 8" wide.
RocketEngineer
Space is big.
You are compromising the potential of using plywood by going that route. If you build the stand from five full pieces instead (four sides and a top), the fact that the sheets are intact at the corners of each face means the stand can't wrack without buckling the plywood. With proper joints at the seams, a plywood stand is incapable of turning into a parallelogram and collapsing. That is why most folks add plywood faces to the 2X stand, to keep the corners square.
If you are capable of cutting plywood properly, make the entire thing out of plywood. The result is much stronger.
