"URGENT HELP" Tube Steel Stand for my 450!! Will this work?

[BILLYO382]

Hello Ladies and gents I ran into a bit of a snag with my wood stand leveling issues with the floor. So I am going to go with a steel stand and am going to get it powdercoated and all. But just need some advice/agreement on the stand design I worked up and which size tube steel you would recommend most importantly. This is URGENT as I am ready to order some material today to get the stand built. Also what do you recommend for leveling, bolts on the bottom of the stand that can be adjusted or shims under the stand or like ATM recommends; glue a sheet of 3/4" plywood to the bottom of the tank and they shim inbetween the steel stand and the bottom of the wood glued to the tank ? But the leveling ideas will be a great help on the stand and maybe what you guys did to level yours on a unlevel floor. Please advise thanks in advance

Now will this work best as is with 1.5" x 1.5" x 1/8" tube steel or 2" x 2" x 1/4" tube steel. I think the 2" is overkill but hey im not a engineer so who knows. Please feel free to chime in on the overall design bracing as well. Also note the angled cross leg braces can switch with gussets as well so please bair that in mind to. But thats really it, 1.5" or 2" tube steel, which? thanks

 

[SuperTs]

I am currently constructing my stand of a similar design to yours and am using 1.75" square tubing on my 230 gallon. One thing to consider is you only have 2.25sq in. with the 1.5" tube compared to 4sq in. with the 2" tube. To me that is a significant difference in in strength. However, I do believe the 2" with 1/4 wall thickness excessive. 1.75" tube gives you 3sq in coverage which should do the job.

As far as levelling, a plywood top accompanied by foam board with some compression allowance should do the job. As for the bottom I am setting the stand flat on the floor and probably stuff some dense rubber shims where needed.

Hope this helps any.

 

[Discustopia]

You have one problem - It's too big for most powder coaters!

get the plans approved by a powder coater before you get it built. Most will not have a booth long enough or wide enough,
Likely they will tell you to build in sections and bolt together if it must be powder coated, or use marine grade epoxy paint.

I am a powder coater, and I outsource all jobs too big for my single batch oven to a conveyor line facility. Conveyor lines are typically only capable of objects 2ft wide, batch ovens over 8ft long are expensive to run and not very common!

 

[Jar*Head]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14633648#post14633648 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Discustopia
You have one problem - It's too big for most powder coaters!

get the plans approved by a powder coater before you get it built. Most will not have a booth long enough or wide enough,
Likely they will tell you to build in sections and bolt together if it must be powder coated, or use marine grade epoxy paint.

I am a powder coater, and I outsource all jobs too big for my single batch oven to a conveyor line facility. Conveyor lines are typically only capable of objects 2ft wide, batch ovens over 8ft long are expensive to run and not very common!

Oh really, i should consider myself lucky because my stand is 96x48x44 and its powder coated...