How to make a stand for a 55 gallon long tank

[eve]

48X13X20 << are the measurments

done with the help of my husband and brother

What i bought:

3 2x4x10
4 2x4x8
16 corner angles
2" wood screws (DON'T use nails)
1/2" wood screws (for the angles)
1 can of wood paint
1 2" brush


What else will i need

circular saw
drill
sander
pencil
meassuretape
the triangle to draw the lines (no idea what it's called right now )





already precut:
5 pieces of 2x4x54
8 pieces of 2x4x34
8 pieces of 2x4x15



my husband sanding the rough edges



measuring from the edge in on where the cross piece goes



measuring exactly the difference on how far apart the piece has to come



screwing on the pieces to the top first, which has 3 long pieces accross



more screwing



an idea how it should look
on the top, you see only 2 long pieces for the bottom



finally getting to the vertical pieces, which will be screwed on with the 2" screws first and then angles will be added with additional 1/2" screws



connecting the bottom and the top piece



final screws



hooray, the stand is screwed together



now painting it, to match the rest of my furniture in the living room



done painting, and ready to go into the house



the stand in my livingroom and my tank put onto it
It looks awsome, i love it, and it matches my shelving on the right and the left




It took me about an hour to build, it's fun and easy
it's heavy, but well worth to build yourself
I only spend 60 bucks on materials , which saved me a bunch of money instead of buying a stand
I will add later on a shelf on the left, add a door and cover the right side with siding

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What else i bought

2 sheets of 1/16x24x48 cardboard
1 pack of 1/2" nails



covered the front to about the middle which is 24" high



added another 4" piece on the top



and added shelving right on top of it for all my accessories and stuff i need for a happy fishkeeping



And here is what the final stand looks like with front boards and shelving, and that all for a total of 70 bucks




Try it yourself, it's fun
eve

[goldenpuon]

That's a really nice stand. I wish i could built but I would probably end up making a logsided stand. I noctied you have Nutrafin livebearer food like me.

[demfish]

Wow looks nice, great job!!

[eve]

thanks guys


aww renee, whatever you set your mind to, you can make ;D

[Carl]

Thanks for posting this to the Everything Aquatic Blog on the Home Page too Eve.

This will allow vastly more persons to view it (as this will come up much better in "search", once indexed in a few months).

I cleaned up the HTML as well, took an hour or so, but these stupid HTML generators produce so many errors that what you see in "preview" is not wh appears to humans or search engine 'bots (such as Googlebot"), so cleaing it up helps for this as well.
I also modified it to make each picture open in a new browser for easier viewing.
I will add the pictures to the blog later.

Here is the new page that Eve added:
Everything Aquatic; How to make a 55 gallon tank stand (48X13X20)

Carl

[eve]

thanks carl
and you're welcome

since i'm still learning, it will take me a while to figure out the html coding, took me about 3 hours to modify it, to get at leats the pics working

but at least i figured out how to add them ;D

i will learn as i go
and once i do, it saves you lot's of time as well ;D

[Carl]

Oct 5, 2008 13:06:44 GMT -5 eve said:

thanks carl
and you're welcome

since i'm still learning, it will take me a while to figure out the html coding, took me about 3 hours to modify it, to get at leats the pics working

but at least i figured out how to add them ;D

i will learn as i go
and once i do, it saves you lot's of time as well ;D

As I noted in the PM, I think you should figure this out in know time as this seems to me is an area you have natural abilities, admittedly every template is different, but the basics are the same as per HTML and CSS.

You can also store pictures in Blogger, (which I have yet to do for your post).

Looking at the source code or the "edit html" will help you know what I did. What I should have doen was to save the old source code that the Generators made vs. what I did and you would have been shocked by all the garbage added that actually makes for a poor display and slows down Search Engine Robots such as Googlebot.

Carl

[eve]

holy crap, that's a huge difference

i have one plus on this blog, i have put it on my personal page first, and the just simply copy and pasted it on the main page

so i have all the coding right there ;D

that's the best way to learn
do it on your own blog, try doing what you think might work and then copy/paste it as a new blog on your page
the modifications you made, i can just compare in the edit page
wohooooo, i'm learning something new every time i do something here, amazing ;D

[murdock6701]

very nice job! great teamwork as well! anyone can go buy an aquarium stand but this one gives a senseof personal pride and satisfaction! great step by step pics too - must make your girls feel good too to see Mom and Dad doing good stuff together - way to go!

[eve]

thanks murdock

yes it gave a great feel of accomplishment
not just that, but by doing it yourself, you can also choose yourself the hight you want your tank to be at, which you can't with bought ones