aquachris
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I am starting this post to be for my DIY aquarium rack build.
Here are the rough plans:
Here is the supplies... gotta figure out how to turn below into above LOL! I have some gas cans behind it... Maybe if I get super frustrated with the build......
Today (2020-08-22) I just worked on getting the area cleaned up and ready for building in my garage.
So did some cutting on Saturday night and got this much done...
Excuse the mess, but its in a garage LOL
So here's my Sunday's adventure:
Cut rest of wood
Built the first Shelf.. It was when I started this, I realized I messed up on the width.. I was going to make the total width 24", but the pieces in the middle I was short an inch (Was supposed to cut 21.5, but I ended up cutting at 20.5). All good though, still deep enough for most of what I want... I wanted to go 24.5" deep just in case I ever decided to do a 20 gallon sideways, but now my depth is only 23.5"... Oh well, I can still put 10's sideways, and still have tons of options for tanks in the future, or if I ever decide to custom size an aquarium.. who knows. Either way it was enough wood, and I was already committed and decided I'll be fine.
Took about an hour to figure it out.
Built second shelf in much much less time
And now third and final shelf.. definitely had it down by this one
After that, I added the side braces, and started building up to the second shelf and put in the supports. By the time I completed it was time to call it enough for the day, so more in the future!
Oh had to weight test it of course.. this is with the third shelf I used to make sure I was pushing down onto the support studs when I built it. Forgive my dirty knees and legs LOL - I had to get on the garage floor quite a bit to build the bottom up, and level everything.
I do have some supports to add to the bottom in the middle. Just ran out of time.
Here are the rough plans:
Here is the supplies... gotta figure out how to turn below into above LOL! I have some gas cans behind it... Maybe if I get super frustrated with the build......
Today (2020-08-22) I just worked on getting the area cleaned up and ready for building in my garage.
So did some cutting on Saturday night and got this much done...
Excuse the mess, but its in a garage LOL
So here's my Sunday's adventure:
Cut rest of wood
Built the first Shelf.. It was when I started this, I realized I messed up on the width.. I was going to make the total width 24", but the pieces in the middle I was short an inch (Was supposed to cut 21.5, but I ended up cutting at 20.5). All good though, still deep enough for most of what I want... I wanted to go 24.5" deep just in case I ever decided to do a 20 gallon sideways, but now my depth is only 23.5"... Oh well, I can still put 10's sideways, and still have tons of options for tanks in the future, or if I ever decide to custom size an aquarium.. who knows. Either way it was enough wood, and I was already committed and decided I'll be fine.
Took about an hour to figure it out.
Built second shelf in much much less time
And now third and final shelf.. definitely had it down by this one
After that, I added the side braces, and started building up to the second shelf and put in the supports. By the time I completed it was time to call it enough for the day, so more in the future!
Oh had to weight test it of course.. this is with the third shelf I used to make sure I was pushing down onto the support studs when I built it. Forgive my dirty knees and legs LOL - I had to get on the garage floor quite a bit to build the bottom up, and level everything.
I do have some supports to add to the bottom in the middle. Just ran out of time.