Equipment cabinet

ORayRay · 03/20/2011, 08:23 PM

I don't have room under my stand for my electronics (RKL, Vortech drivers, battery backup, ect.) so im building a cabinet to hang on the wall next to the tank to house everything in a clean and tidy fashion

built the cabinet 24" x 24" square that is 5 1/2" deep

cut holes in it for ventilation and wires

stained the cabinet black, trying to get a glossy piano finish

and heres how I plan to layout the equipment

reefermad619 · 03/20/2011, 08:35 PM

Looks good. What's the stand look like?

ORayRay · 03/20/2011, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by reefermad619

Looks good. What's the stand look like?

thanks, heres a quick pic of the stand

reefermad619 · 03/20/2011, 08:48 PM

Nice. I love the dark stain.

ORayRay · 03/20/2011, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by reefermad619

Nice. I love the dark stain.

Thanks

Sharpie_ · 03/20/2011, 09:04 PM

I tried doing the piano finish on a friends stand and it was a PITA. If you're really set on that gloss finish, we had to bondo the stand and sand down to polishing grit. Then stain and polish back and forth... it took forever.

ORayRay · 03/20/2011, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Sharpie_

I tried doing the piano finish on a friends stand and it was a PITA. If you're really set on that gloss finish, we had to bondo the stand and sand down to polishing grit. Then stain and polish back and forth... it took forever.

Yea I've read that its a pita, but I'm doing it the lazy/poor mans way, I've got 8 thick coats of stain and it's getting glossy, it might work, it probably won't, but as long as it's black and clean looking I wont really care

carpenterman23 · 03/21/2011, 07:33 AM

Looks good

ORayRay · 03/21/2011, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by carpenterman23

Looks good

Thanks, I've had this idea in my head for a while, it's nice to see it coming together

ORayRay · 03/28/2011, 09:16 AM

Stain didn't come out like I was hoping so I sanded it down and primered it

Also cut some angle aluminum so I can mount the faceplates

Still have to finish the faceplates, finish painting, mount my ventilation fans, and wire everything up, still slot of work to be done, need to stop slacking

03/20/2011, 08:23 PM	#1
ORayRay Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 207	Equipment cabinet I don't have room under my stand for my electronics (RKL, Vortech drivers, battery backup, ect.) so im building a cabinet to hang on the wall next to the tank to house everything in a clean and tidy fashion built the cabinet 24" x 24" square that is 5 1/2" deep cut holes in it for ventilation and wires stained the cabinet black, trying to get a glossy piano finish and heres how I plan to layout the equipment

03/20/2011, 08:35 PM	#2
reefermad619 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Salty D! Sandy let go of my eggo! Posts: 1,962	Looks good. What's the stand look like? __________________ Fish tanks and Chevys... And my cousin's Datsun too. Some call it paranoid. I call it prepared. You have more post than I do... You MUST be right then!

03/20/2011, 08:48 PM	#4
reefermad619 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Salty D! Sandy let go of my eggo! Posts: 1,962	Nice. I love the dark stain. __________________ Fish tanks and Chevys... And my cousin's Datsun too. Some call it paranoid. I call it prepared. You have more post than I do... You MUST be right then!

03/20/2011, 09:04 PM	#6
Sharpie_ Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada Posts: 363	I tried doing the piano finish on a friends stand and it was a PITA. If you're really set on that gloss finish, we had to bondo the stand and sand down to polishing grit. Then stain and polish back and forth... it took forever. __________________ Getting wet since '07. Current Tank Info: 120 Display, 65 Sump, 50 Refugiem, DT is holding 135 lbs of aquarcaultured rock. 400W MH 14,000K XM bulb provides light for a mixed reef.

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