ilwis Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I would look very carefully at the way you've constructed some of those stands, ill be honest, they scare me quiet abit. lol yea i had a bit of a think about it asked around about strain weights on wood and things like that Ive done a bit of building in the past so i know how fragile wood is but its all quite solid there is no movement at all in the stands loaded or not they are rated to be able to hold 4 times the weight that Ive got on there so im not too worried about them even the corners are still well strengthened, a tho it looks flimsy because of what you can see its really quite strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 you just nail all the bits together bro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilwis Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 you just nail all the bits together bro? no nails at all! just number 8 wire all the way! that's not even wood its just paper i printed to look like wood to make it look good for all my fans. real answer: no way! only some select places can be nailed that have no forces applied to them anything that requires any sort of external forces needs to be screwed this is 90% screws and slotted wood bro. seriously thousands of dollars of fish and gear and id risk it on some flimsy stands? gotta be kidding me. not a backyard jockey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Good on ya! People tend to go WAAAYY overkill when building their own stand and so when they see one that is not overkill they think it will break.. If you look at a stand for a Juwel Rio 400 tank. That's a potential 500kg on top of a few pieces of particle board put together in the right way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 how did you stiffen the paper? or are you just joking and it's really cardboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 it looks like veneer to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilwis Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 how did you stiffen the paper? or are you just joking and it's really cardboard lol its really paper i just put pva glue over it to make it hard enough to hold straight and look good in the photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 loge the set up so far ! :cophot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilwis Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 loge the set up so far ! :cophot: :thup: tanks! :bggrn: :nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 :thup: tanks! :bggrn: :nilly: Oops was suppose to be love . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilwis Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 lol its alright i can read most cryptic messages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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