Building a tank stand
Have any of you guys ever noticed how flimsy wood tank stands are? All my adult life I have had tanks. I am a logical thinker 99.9% of the time but I have an irrational fear of wooden tank stands. I think the largest tank I have had, up to now, was 75 or 100 gal, all with ugly heavy gauge metal stands. The ones that are just angle iron welded over legs. So recently I acquired a 180g tank. Nothing fancy its 6' wide 2' tall and 2' deep on a black wooden stand. The tank is frickin heavy, 350lb empty so it was a pain to move. It did not come out of the stand easily so the stand loosened up a little. Tankless, the stand weighted nothing and after having a look at it, the construction is 1/2" of some kind of plywood on each end and most of the rest is 1x4 pine (probably) and 4 cabinet doors. All held together by staples.
Any of ever built a stand? If so what was the basic construction? I was just going to make a new cabinet with a 2x4 frame held together with liquid nails and wood screws. I am an experienced woodworker but also a little ocd so if anyone has any experience with this I would appreciate the input.
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~In my humble opinion.
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