So I decided to venture out into the stand making world at about 5pm
today, it's now 2 am and I'm dead tired, but I'm very happy with
the progress I've made tonight.
http://www.eghatch.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=9
thats the diary of the stand. It's in chronological order as I built it.
The stand is tall enough to be viewed without slouching, which is something I wanted out of it.
It's to hold my 9.5g 13" cube, A ten gallon sump underneath, and to have 2 shelves to hold everything else.
I also wanted something to hide all the plumbing, and so I could set it
flush against the wall. The back panel on the top will get holes
drilled according to the plumbing, and then the pipes will go down
behind. I still need to build a canopy to house my 150w MH setup
that is coming in the mail, but I want to design the canopy around the
lights, instead of trying to fit the lights into a canopy.
I'm painting the entire thing gloss black, and I don't want it to have
a hint of wood grain visible. That is why I opted to use joint
compound and wood fillers to make it seem as though the entire stand is
one solid peice of wood, instead of having seams.
Only tools I have are a chop saw, and circular saw, and a hammer
lol. It's coming along pretty good since this is my first attempt
at anything like this. I'll keep everyone updated as I progress
tomorrow
You can see all the dust from sanding in this pic lol
No wood grains in mah paint
You can see how the plumbing will hide down the back in this pic
How is sits right now, as of 2:30 am. Has a very thick layer of
joint compound drying overnight and until tomorrow afternoon when I get
started sanding again.
Hopefully it's the last layer
Thats about it for today. I made a lot of progress for one day so
I'm happy. Still left on the to do list is the 2 shelves, the
door (dunno how I'm gonna do it yet, need a router and some better
woodworking tools), and a lot of sanding and paint.
Also gotta make that canopy. You can expect to see a writeup on
that as well because I'm using a DIY pendant, with 150w MH so I'll
outline everything. The canopy will be attached to the top of the
stand, with about 9" of space between my tank and the canopy. I'm
going for the open top look, and my cube has that eurotrim on the top
as well
thanks for reading
Edited by bambbrose
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