Fish tank Stand

Very nice one.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

That is really good looking Rob, great job.
Love to see it in place with the fish in it.

Bob.

-- Bob, Western Australia, The Sun came up this morning, what a great start to the day. Now it's up to me to make it even better. I've cut this piece of wood 4 times and it's still too damn short.

Good looking stand, Rob! The color is really rich.

-- God bless, Candy

very nice stand,Robert
no one can tell that is made from recycled materials
I hope it is enough strong…

-- bambi

Nice looking stand. The jarrah stain looks great. Reminds me when I built my stand years back.

-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.

Very cool!

Wife has been asking me to do one, but I’m leary… How do you ensure it can take the weight of the tank?

-- Red pencil, red marker, marking knife... doesn't mater, the wood will end up the same color.

Nicely built.
Filled fish tanks are extremely heavy and I have had some bad experiences with low quality fish tank stands so I can appreciate the 8 square legs distributing the weight nicely across the stand and vertically into the floor.
Well engineered, well done.

-- "Fine Woodworking" is the name given to a project that takes 3 times longer than normal to finish because you used hand tools instead of power tools. ----Mike, Waukesha, WI

Very nicely done! Yours is much better than the concept. The finish turned out well. I really enjoyed your blog. Thanks for posting. I was on the verge of building our own fish tank stand until I found out we had to move.

-- You can't control the wind, but you can trim your sails

This is a very nice aquarium stand.

helluvawreck aka Charles
http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

It STILL looks fishy to me… LOL

Looking good!!

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out of the park buddy!!!

-- sawdust the bigger the pile the bigger my smile-larry,so cal.

Well whats a LJ to say, but thanks everybody for your kind words.

I can however provide some answers:-

woodworm You provide me with some very interesting reading on your Posts

BobWemm yes the fish will make a guest appearance.

DreganTepis The owner upon realising it would be supporting about 400 Kgs designed the timber post dimensions

There is a cover to be finished which sits on top of the actual tank its being worked on at the moment

-- Regards Rob

Rob, you really stick with the projects and move them along. Nice job here. I like and appreciate the sturdiness of the construction. How did you move the tank around? I presume you put the fish into bags, but still it is a lot of weight and work to move the tank. What is the top made of? The finish turned out well. I like your design and use of pocket hole screws.

-- Big Al in IN

Hello Al
Funny you should ask about the tank, It was originally all going to be disposed of as it had been empty for some time then the wife requested a decent stand as she wanted to reactivate everything.

The top is more blockboard it will be finished to match the stand.
Here is a sneak peek.

-- Regards Rob