tenohfive
Always room for one more tank...
I'm planning on creating a couple of tank stands in the near future. The first one will be for a 36W 12D 18H tank - approx 125 litres, so when you add the weight of the tank, substrate etc you're probably talking about 160kg weight. I wanted to run it past someone who knows something about DIY, because I'm basically useless at it.
Plan is for four legs of dimensions 45x45mm and 740mm tall nailed into an 18mm MDF sheet cut to the right size (36 x 12 inches) then varnished/painted to keep any spillages off the wood.
Would a simple table design like that be okay to take the weight, or should I look at using some more 45x45mm to join the legs at the bottom or as horizontal cross bracing? I don't have a jigsaw so diagonal cross bracing is out of the question.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Chris
Plan is for four legs of dimensions 45x45mm and 740mm tall nailed into an 18mm MDF sheet cut to the right size (36 x 12 inches) then varnished/painted to keep any spillages off the wood.
Would a simple table design like that be okay to take the weight, or should I look at using some more 45x45mm to join the legs at the bottom or as horizontal cross bracing? I don't have a jigsaw so diagonal cross bracing is out of the question.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Chris