Any Cabinet Makers Around?
 

We have our new tanks and stands ordered from AI. The tanks should be here in 7-10 days. However, we ordered stands to go with the tanks at the same time, and they don't even have a cabinet maker lined up yet :eek:

Anybody here a cabinet maker? Or do you know of one who does tank stands? Looking for oak cabinets for tanks:

- 24"x18"x24"h
- 36"x18"x24"h
- 48"x24"x24"h

sorry to hear that Bev if I were up there i woould make you the cabinets i made areally good one for my 75 gal.

i hope you find one for a good price...


michael :mrgreen:

Too bad you're so far away, Michael :frown: Got any pics of the one for your 75g? Maybe you could make me some and bring them up for the next meeting :smile:

Bev
are you looking for basic 2x4 frame with plywood cabinet?if so I can do up a few designs and send them to you,maybe a few full wall iunit style designs if you want.

Jim,

Here are a few pics of the quality I'd like....

This one is a little too ornate for me. Does not need to have such fancy doors, nor have legs or canopy:

http://petsolutions.com/images/200/47464170.jpg

Something like this (from this page, http://www.brouhaha.com/~ellis/aquarium/stand.html) is okay, but not is a little too simple:

http://www.brouhaha.com/~ellis/aquarium/stndang.jpg

All the stands need to be oak and black. I've started a thread at RC asking for pics of DIY stands. Hope I get some feedback:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=376914

Do you have any ideas from the stuff I've shown you?

HI there Bev i can make you up a set of plans to make them look like peanut butter ,i will start on them tomorrow ok

mike

Michael,

Gee, thanks for the email with the drawings. Not quite what I'm looking for, though. I need two doors on the front of the 48" stand and one door on both the 24" and 36" stands so we can store stuff down there.

Here's a pic from the RC thread that looks similar to the ones I'd like. Don't need the canopy, and sort of don't like that the doors have an extra strip of wood down the centre of them, but this one looks close:

http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~plee/pictures/TankHoodStand.jpg

I'd like the oak painted black, but only with a spray painter to get an even furniture-type finish instead of the streaky finish of using brushes...... Unless you're really great at working with brushes :smile:

Can you bring all three stands with you when you come to the next meeting, whenever that is, and not damage them during transport?

Gee, now I've got both Jim AND Michael working on this in their heads :eek: If both of you have similar stand building abilities, it might make more sense for Jim to make them so shipping won't be a too much of a hassle.

Jim,

Do you have a truck or access to one? We don't and would need to have the stands brought to us. Any chance of us slipping over some time soon to have a look at your stands more closely? If so, PM me with your phone number and we'll set up a time :smile:

Bev
I tried emailing you a couple of drafts I did lastnight,but there was an error trying to send.I safed them on disk so if i cant send by email,you can see them when you come over for the meet.
I do have the tools to build,so when you decide on a design let me know.I'm not a master carpenter,but not bad :mrgreen:

Going to see Keith today so won't be home all day,talk to you later tonight.

Am PMing you with my phone #. Call me when you get back. Don't want to wait until the meeting to see your tanks, though. Maybe we can come over to your place some evening this week to look at your work.

cabnets or stands
 

try pet paridise in st albert
have steel stands