40 Gallon Breeder Stand and hood

[Chowder]

I have finally finished the stand and set up the tank as a holding tank for when I take my home tank down.





Chris

[Jason McK]

Looks Great. Is there water in it yet?

J

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Chowder

Never going into business making stands . Have not totalled up how much but figure it is in the $200 range possibly higher. Don't think to many people would pay $200 plus my time for a stand.

Chris

Very nice! I wish I had the patience to make a nice stand like that. Unfortunately my finishing carpentry skills are pretty much null since I dislike it so much nowadays!

Lots of people pay a lot of money for custom aquarium stands and canopies. How long did it take you? Properly finished, and if the work is very fine (hard to tell the fine work in pics) your efforts on this set would probably fetch $600-700 for that size. People would pay that. The market isn't huge, but it is there.

[Chowder]

I think it is more on the line that I don't have to much patience. About enough to make myself one. It also is hard to do when you don't have the proper tools. I had to borrow afew things from a friend to make this stand. I think if I had a house where I had a shop with the proper tools it might be difrent.

Thanks for all the kind comments.

Chris

[Myka]

Ya I hear ya. I had to make my stand with a chop saw, a cordless drill, a circular saw, and a router with only one bit and no table. Oh, and 0 for patience and want to do it. My stand is very simple.

[Chowder]

Sounds like the same tools I had, but I did have a table saw and air gun as well.

Chris

[hockey nut]

Holy sheep **** !!!

Where's the tank? I see a small pico tank but where's the 40 gal?



Well done Chris. Looks great !!!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Chowder

Sounds like the same tools I had, but I did have a table saw and air gun as well.

Chris

Oh man, my stand would be SO much different if I had a table saw and a brad nailer. I almost went out and bought them.