90G stand

[Murminator]

Well this has been my 3 month project....yeah I'm slow I took all these nice pics of the build up.........and I can't seem to friggin find them :redface: ....soooooooo here is the almost completed pics
The cabniet frame is made outta 2X4's and 1/2" oak and the hood is 2X2's with 1/4" oak all the trim and rosettes are oak. Since the pics I put on 4 coats of urathane and painted the inside of the hood and cabniet white just to seal it
sorry for the size my free adobe trial expired so I don't have any photo editing

after the trim is put on

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/Murminator/100_1312.jpg

Hood before the trim is put on

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/Murminator/100_1314.jpg

After the trim

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/Murminator/100_1315.jpg

Hood open

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/Murminator/100_1321.jpg

And since I don't have "wee" arms I could fit them in around the reflector so I have the top swining open too

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/Murminator/100_1322.jpg

Lots-o-room

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/Murminator/100_1323.jpg

After the stain...turned out little darker than I wanted

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/Murminator/100_1325.jpg

Hood

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/Murminator/100_1324.jpg

[Aquattro]

Looks awesome. I especially like the hood design!

[muck]

I'll agree with Brad. Well thought out hood design.
Anything to make maintenance easier will help to get it done.. :mrgreen:

[Sebae]

Wow! Does it come in a hard top version as well ? Excellent design . IMO the stain looks just right. I've found ,especially with red oak, if you too light sometimes the colour varies,beige and red. Looking forward to the completed pictures!

[Ruth]

That looks very very nice. Good job.

[christyf5]

Looks terrific. I like the hood design too, smart thinking! :biggrin:

[Delphinus]

That's awesome!

[Dad]

Murray looking real sweet can't wait to see everything done and up and running.
joe

[Skimmerking]

Looks reallt good there Murray nice stain on there too. Are you going to add a few hole for the fans?

[Chad]

I've been working on my stand for my 90gal, on and off, for over 2 years! I wish I could have done what you did in 3 months :) good work..

I want my hood to do something similar to yours, I was considering to use a Piano hinge.