Weekend project is about done. need to choose a finish

[steveoutla]

The only thing that would make it better is if you were to ship it all to me so I could put it in my house!
Fantastic job. I would be interested in the plans as well if you're sharing.
steveoutlaw@verizon.net

 

[cayman isl]

There's not really any plans... I just build things as I go... I do have a bunch of pictures that I will post here once I get them all re-sized. Unfortunately my customers seem to want priority this week!
I hope to get them up either today or tomorrow...
Thanks

 

[steveoutla]

Hey Cayman - Can you post those pics of your stand in progress? Or could you e-mail them to me at steveoutlaw@verizon.net?
Thanks!

 

[macmommy]

No Steve, he can't just email them to you! He has to share them with all of us who have been waiting patiently... :joy:

 

[steveoutla]

What can I say......I'm selfish!

 

[jsb]

The stand looks awesome. Would you mined snapping a shot of the back side. I built a stand, and I'm thik of building another. I was just curious how it's supported. I ended up staining mine more of a maple or mahogany color.
Thanks,
JSB

 

[cayman isl]

Here are those pictures..... sorry for the wait.
Disclaimer: This is a guy drinking beer on the weekend in his garage building stuff! I am by no means an expert. Hope these help with your project.
This is the frame stand. The tanks frame is 18-1/2 by 48-1/2 so I made the frame 19-1/2 by 49-1/2 for 1/2 inch clearance on the sides and 1 inch on the back. I used 3 inch deck screws and angle brackets to attach legs.

 

[cayman isl]

Next was the top. Just laid the stand on top of the 1/2 inch plywood and marked/cut it: Screwed to the frame:

 

[cayman isl]

The bottom was also made form 1/2 inch plywood. I screwed up here as I had to remove one of the center posts to fit it in there:

 

[cayman isl]

Here a look at the bottom after the shelf is in place:

 

[cayman isl]

Measuring and cutting the front face. This is from 3/8 inch plywood:

 

[cayman isl]

A shot of attaching the front face. Another screw up here since I had placed the supporting legs on the inside of the top and bottom frame, there was a 1 inch gap in between the front panel and the legs. I added 1X1s on the three face fronts to allow me to attach the face to. It was unstable with the just the top and bottom attached. If I were to do it again, I would have notched the legs so they were all even with the top and bottom frame:

 

[cayman isl]

Next were the side panels, these were a bit more stable than the front face so I did not add the 1X1s on the back corners (The front corners had the one by ones for support already):

 

[cayman isl]

Here is the stand now with the front and side panels attached. Just drywalll screws for these since they will be hidden later by the trim:

 

[cayman isl]

Next I added some plywood pieces to the top and bottom front and side panels. This gave me an extra 3/8 inch once the trim was in place so that the corner beads were not flush with the crown moulding on the top and the trim board on the bottom:

 

[cayman isl]

Another shot of the lpywood spacers. I miter cut the bottom trim boards and used some framing corners to hold them together while the glue dried:

 

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A shot of the bottom trim: this was one of the expensive "stain ready" boards, 1 X 4 inches. they are all white now!!

 

[cayman isl]

I added the top trim board that would support the crown moulding. That's the 1X3 that is attached to the plywood spacer. Then added the cap on top of that. The crown will go between these two pieces all the way around the top. the cap was routered with a round-over bit once it was glued/nailed into place:

 

[cayman isl]

Here is a close-up of the top moulding trim:

 

[cayman isl]

Next I cut the blocks that would be at the top and bottom of the decorative trim. These were glued/nailed into place: