I am wanting to make a more contemporary looking skin for my stand, and I am wondering if anyone has done one with a sliding door, or one where an entire side of a tank slides for access. I dont want to put doors on mine, I just want a flat, clean look. Any suggestions? My stand is made of 2x4s, looks pretty much like the Rocketengineer stand template.
Stand skin on drawer glides instead of typical hinges?
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The dado idea is brilliant, however my tank has been up and running for a over a month now. So that would be impossible to pull off. Unless I add a strip of wood to the bottom and top of the 2x4s in the front and attach it there...
You can use a handheld router if you have one. If not it may be a good excuse to build up the tool collection. Gunna make a mess in the house but you can catch most of it with a helper moving a shop vac hose.
Don
I've got a router and every other woodworking tool, however, it would make a giant mess and I dont have enough clearance from the floor to dado the bottom 2x4. Would I need a slide on the top and bottom of the stand?
Time to buy a Festool router.
Yes you will need one on top and bottom. If you add just a stip of matching wood above the top slide on the stand side it would be hidden and just dado the door. Will look fine and make the wood look thicker I guess.Don
sleepydoc
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I would actually dado the door and/or use a strip of wood on the door to hide the glides. Dadoing the stand could potentially weaken it, depending on the placement and depth of the dadoes.
Keeps the house neater, too
Dado'ing the doors might be a possibility, the boards I have are nearly an inch thick. After I plane them all down to equal thicknesses it might be a tad slimmer but should have room.
What about countersinking some magnets in the stand and door? Is that a better idea? I've noticed some people on here have gone that route.
What about countersinking some magnets in the stand and door? Is that a better idea? I've noticed some people on here have gone that route.
sleepydoc
Team RC
You could try that, but I'd be worried that vibration from the pumps would work the doors off the magnets. If you had a lip on the bottom to rest on the bottom of the door frame it would work. Either way, it's not very convenient.
Not sure what kind of look you're going for, but if you're just trying to conceal the hinges, check out blum hinges. (they also have good drawer glides, too)
Not sure what kind of look you're going for, but if you're just trying to conceal the hinges, check out blum hinges. (they also have good drawer glides, too)
sleepydoc
Team RC
Depending on the location, if you route a 3/8" dado in a 3/4" header over the door, you could significantly weaken it. Whether of not that's significant enough to be an issue depends on the stand, tank, etc, but it's something to be aware of. Routing the dado in the door and/or putting a strip of trim above it to conceal it would make it a non-issue
Yes but with this application there is no need for a 3/8" dado. Most BB slides are 1/2" so 3/16" dado is all that is needed and will give 1/8 revel. 3/16" should be no issue what so ever.
Don
Not so much hiding the hinges as much as I don't want doors. I just want it to be one flat piece, no doors or handles.
How do you keep the magnet from coming out? If these magnets are as powerful as they say, once I put that door on and pull it off, both magnets will either be in the door or left in the stand sticking to eachother. How do you keep them from doing that?
Your link is blocked here at work so I cant tell for sure what you are going to use but it sounds like an interesting idea.I've thought about something like this before.
I wanted to use a one piece front and have it just pop off for easy access.
I was thinking a about using two of these (one in each upper corner)
then using pins in the bottom to help hold it in.
Kinda like this really bag sketch.
I wonder if magnets along with some type of pin would be useful. It was mentioned above that the vibration would eventually cause the door to move, but if I put dowels in or metal pins, they may stay put and slide off easily...
If you buy the right magnets they have a counter sunk screw hole. The screw and a dab of epoxy is plenty. No different than we do with skins for steel stands.
Don
I am leaning towards the drawer slides idea again, only putting them on the outside of the stand base and using a thicker piece of wood on the top to cover the gap, and then making doors on the side to cover the side gaps. I may make the sides with magnets so they can be removed.
If I get drawer slides, do they have to be stainless? Or can I get away with zinc plated? Stainless quadruples the price if not more...
If I get drawer slides, do they have to be stainless? Or can I get away with zinc plated? Stainless quadruples the price if not more...
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