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Originally Posted by niko  Butascka,
Your stand is seriously overbuilt. It will hold a tank that weights 3 times as much as the one you will put on this stand. I like to overbuilt too so it's nice to see that I'm not the only one  Some time ago I made an ADA copycat stand and to this day I can't believe how heavy the thing is. But I know it will hold any tank I care to put on it without any bowing.
Here in the US the commercially available stands are build in such a way that you would think they would collapse just by looking at them. But they support the tanks fine. I guess it's physics, but it doesn't make me want to copy their construction.
What are you going to use for doors and sides? MDF and laminate?
--Nikolay |
haha
Thanks Nikolay
My husband tried to argue about this (overbuilt) but he lost
Now, that it is together I can see it too, it could hold probably a tank size of solid granit piece
my stand under the 55g is made out of PARTICLE board (not even plywood), if the tank is not on it it is so flimsy, it has approx. an inch tilt (whobble) in it...
We are having trouble with the door, as I said, no router rable no table saw, we have an idea, but we ahvn't started it yet... we'll see...
THX for your comment.