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11/28/2015, 02:34 PM
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Metal stand
Anyone out there have a metal stand? I'll be building one probably next weekend but I'm curious as to what thickness I should go for... I'm thinking 2x2 .065 will be thick enough for a 6'x2' frag tank The stand is currently going to be for a frag tank but in the near future I'd like to have a 160 rimless built... Anyone have any thoughts on the thickness? Not sure if I should go thicker or not
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11/28/2015, 02:59 PM
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The price of steel is so cheap I'd go as thick as I could. It's going to get heavy pretty quick tho. Is going to be welded or bolted together?
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11/28/2015, 05:59 PM
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Depending on welding ability you might want to go thicker just to make errors in cutting a non-issue even with largish gaps...
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11/28/2015, 06:58 PM
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I built my stand out of 2x2x.188 wall. It is way over built 96x32x40 tall. Its for a 96x32x24 tank. You could park a truck on it.
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12/04/2015, 09:06 PM
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Stand build starts tomorrow
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12/04/2015, 09:13 PM
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