I'm building an aquarium stand

[Fred T. Washington]

Hi,
If anyone out there enjoys a nice do it yourself project, I've been working on a stand for my 60g. 95% of the wood used is salvaged crate lumber from my work. There are pictures and notes on the project from the beginning in one of my photobucket albums;

http://s972.photobucket.com/albums/ae20 ... d%20Build/

If you select the slideshow option in the upper right of your screen you get a nice walkthru of the process with the notes under the photos.

The album gets updated every time I make any progress or begin a new step.

Thanks for looking, hope you find it interesting.

[MatsP]

Looks good. Are you going to use a polyurethane varnish on top?

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Mats

[andywoolloo]

thanks for posting this! i will definitely enjoy watching the process. I've always wanted to do this.

[Fred T. Washington]

The stand definitely needs to be protected from the inevitable spillage and the poly should do the trick just fine. After the stain has fully dried, I have clear satin polyurethane ready to apply. Right now I'm thinking three coats, but we will see how my enthusiasm holds up. I'm not much of a fan of any activity involving paint brushes but it needs to be done.

[Fred T. Washington]

All done!

[MatsP]

Looks niiice.

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Mats

[Suckermouth]

That's a professional-looking stand right there.

[andywoolloo]

wow, really nice job. Beauty!