DIY Stand & Canopy With Plans.

[Lantz]

I bought a new 135 gallon tank so I designed my stand & canopy.

Here's the look I'm going for.

Here's my CAD drawings with and without dimensions

1 week later:

Well my doors arrived today from DOORSANDPULLS.COM

https://securewsch01.websitecomplete.com/cabinetdoorsandhardw/shop/showDept.asp

Here are some pics of the doors. I am building a home that is about to be trimmed so I ordered some nice trim pieces to dress it up like in the picture Im basing this build from.

Doors front of stand & canopy

Doors for panels on sides of stand & canopy to dress it up.

Here's some of my trim samples I show clients when designing their home. Im using some fluted and several other types to REALLY trim it out nice!

My order from Big Als will be here Thursday as well as my lights from Aqua Traders
http://shop.aquatraders.com/Default.asp



1 1/2 weeks later:

I had some time to work on the stand & canopy!

Here's the frame:

Here's the oak and the face plate shelves and canopy.

Pocket Tool from Home Depot $29 to join the oak:

Face Plates on and hung the doors:

Fluted trim, rosettes and plinth blocks:

Starting the Canopy:

I should get the canopy finished tomorrow.
I have a room full of everything I need to complete the tank less the fish so I will post more as I go!

Thanks for checking out my build.

 

[D7620]

wow very nice. awesome work you got going on.
now if you dont mind, you could build me a set :]

 

[Fishermoe14]

sweet it looks very very veery nice so far im jealous of your handyworking skills :d

 

[tamzor]

wow the stand looks so nice and clean

 

[JK47]

WOW

Subscribed for sure! I can't wait to see this finished!

What are your filtration plans?
What is your stocking plans?

 

[Pharaoh]

Great work. Looks fantastic.

 

[Redearsunfish]

Great work, as stated above. I'll keep watching. Great!!!!

 

[Lil_Stinker]

Terrible, awful, you better just pack it up & ship it to me..

But seriously, nice. clean & sturdy.. cant wait to see the final setup..

 

[The1and only]

I love these build threads. Instant gratification of seeing a job well done from the start.

 

[Lantz]

Thanks for the compliments everyone! I will post as I get more finished.


On a different note, I bought a light from AquaTraders that came in with 2 broken bulbs and now they emailed me back saying the bulbs are a free item (It wasn't free to me) and not covered but If I wanted I could pay to ship them back to them then pay shipping back to me for the new ones? more than buying new ones I think?

Anyone else deal with these guys before? I feel like they sent me broken bulbs from there store because there is no sign of damage to anything else.

http://shop.aquatraders.com/Odyssea-48in-4x54W-T5-HO-Light-Fixture-Pro-Series-p/52211.htm