Help to make my new wood stand

[snipersps]

Hey I'm looking for somebody to help me to make a wood stand, if you know someone please pm with his contact info.

Thanks

Hugo

 

[lowbudget]

what tank did you get?

 

[Clifford]

A FSM Tank. LOL

 

[oredith]

where are you located? and what size stand? you looking to build a simple stand? or like a living room showcase item?

 

[snipersps]

what tank did you get?

I just got a small fish tank close to 400 Gallons

 

[snipersps]

A nice stand for my living room

 

[oredith]

I just got a small fish tank close to 400 Gallons

either that's a typo, and we have great differences in what we see as large or small..

 

[Emac909]

Where do u live?

 

[snipersps]

Where do u live?

Garden Grove 92841

 

[oredith]

at 40g (i'm assuming the typo to be 40g, and not really 400g?), you're looking at a water weight of 320lbs. depending on if you add sand or not, the overall weight will vary a bit, but an estimate of 500lb upper limit is probably ok.

is the tank a long display tank, or a cube?

given the relatively low weight, framing it out of 2x4 would be pretty straight forward, you just use the same staggered pattern of 2x4 at the corners like everyone else's 120gal stands.

since you want a nice display one for your living room, the real challenge will be the finish. what are you envisioning? wood working has varying degrees of finish.

i think it'd help to answer your question / request for help, if we have a better idea of:
1. physical dimension of the tank
2. what your goal is for the stand (link some example images)

 

[Six2seven]

at 40g (i'm assuming the typo to be 40g, and not really 400g?), you're looking at a water weight of 320lbs. depending on if you add sand or not, the overall weight will vary a bit, but an estimate of 500lb upper limit is probably ok.

is the tank a long display tank, or a cube?

given the relatively low weight, framing it out of 2x4 would be pretty straight forward, you just use the same staggered pattern of 2x4 at the corners like everyone else's 120gal stands.

since you want a nice display one for your living room, the real challenge will be the finish. what are you envisioning? wood working has varying degrees of finish.

i think it'd help to answer your question / request for help, if we have a better idea of:
1. physical dimension of the tank
2. what your goal is for the stand (link some example images)

I think he was serious when he said close to 400g lol. Hugo has some serious corals.

 

[snipersps]

at 40g (i'm assuming the typo to be 40g, and not really 400g?), you're looking at a water weight of 320lbs. depending on if you add sand or not, the overall weight will vary a bit, but an estimate of 500lb upper limit is probably ok.

is the tank a long display tank, or a cube?

given the relatively low weight, framing it out of 2x4 would be pretty straight forward, you just use the same staggered pattern of 2x4 at the corners like everyone else's 120gal stands.

since you want a nice display one for your living room, the real challenge will be the finish. what are you envisioning? wood working has varying degrees of finish.

i think it'd help to answer your question / request for help, if we have a better idea of:
1. physical dimension of the tank
2. what your goal is for the stand (link some example images)

Lolololo good point tank dims 100x36x24

I want sonting similar to this tank with red cherry or mahagoni don't know how to spell it lolololo

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-03/totm/

 

[Tangwich]

I heard that hugo only doses sweat and his corals grow twice as fast as with two part.

 

[lowbudget]

hugo is a big guy so.....

either that's a typo, and we have great differences in what we see as large or small..

 

[lowbudget]

I heard that hugo only doses sweat and his corals grow twice as fast as with two part.

lol.....................

 

[oredith]

ok, the tank calcs out to 375 gallons, and assuming a ~2" sand bed, you're probably looking at 3,500lbs of weight to be supported by a wooden stand.

it's been a while since i've calc'd out weight distribution.

any reason you're going with wood instead of metal with wood skin? seems like a big dollar tank. the cost of the stand seems like it's be relatively small in comparison..

 

[h0ndap0w3r]

That large I'd go with steel... powder ckated or painted. .. wood would be stupid heavy to build.... also logistically speaking wood typically comes in 8ft lengths... I'd be much more comfortable with a steel stand with a wood skin

 

[oredith]

That large I'd go with steel... powder ckated or painted. .. wood would be stupid heavy to build.... also logistically speaking wood typically comes in 8ft lengths... I'd be much more comfortable with a steel stand with a wood skin

wel, wood (especially 2x6's that he would need to frame the top) are readily available in 10/12 feet lengths, but once you start going into that range, warping becomes a real concern.

honestly, if it were me, i'd do metal. cleaner, lighter, and IMO, just looks better..

 

[lowbudget]

4x8 looks beefy.

 

[reefes pieces]

+1 on steel. That size and amount of wood also will be pretty expensive. After that you can make a thin skin of nice wood to finish the stand.