8020 aluminum stand question
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Which grade of 1530 do you plan on using, full thickness, LS (Light Series), or UL (Ultra Light)? There are many calculators which you can google to aid in the design. Personal experience, I have 130 gallons supported on 36" length of 1.5" square solid extruded aluminum with no deflection. My best "guesstimate" would be (using full thickness) that as long as the longer width axis (of the horizontal spans) was in the vertical direction and the horizontal spans were supported on top of the vertical posts, I would think it would be more than sufficient. Again, just my best guess. Definitely run the math through a calculator for piece of mind.
siggy
My Aquariums Going Again
Looks like thats less than a tenth of an inch....But any defection with that investment is no good. You will have doors so a center support would benefit both and is easily removable. BTW it could be a single instead of the double.
siggy
My Aquariums Going Again
@HolisticBear bought a stand engineered by a company, cut and shipped. to try to get away with no center support for a tank that large is gonna cost $$$ ether go with the 3x3 square all around or go with a welded aluminum.
siggy
My Aquariums Going Again
Looks Sharp I use this stuff at work and its solid if you use the right fastening HWD . You need to shore up the bottom corners with all that weight the bottom joints could fail
these are popular inside, below are outside flats I use and are rock solid. Still those legs look weak with 2k+lbs I would still go larger. Add the cost and thats why I mentioned a welded stand
these are popular inside, below are outside flats I use and are rock solid. Still those legs look weak with 2k+lbs I would still go larger. Add the cost and thats why I mentioned a welded stand
Looks Sharp I use this stuff at work and its solid if you use the right fastening HWD . You need to shore up the bottom corners with all that weight the bottom joints could fail
these are popular inside, below are outside flats I use and are rock solid. Still those legs look weak with 2k+lbs I would still go larger. Add the cost and thats why I mentioned a welded stand
I am going with 1530 legs instead of the 1515 shown in the picture. I am also not getting the feet. The stand will be resting on the floor.
Check out my new build thread if you'd like to see my experience with an 80/20 stand. I've built mine out of 25-series as it had more strength for my larger tank, but I think I could have (should have) used 20-series as it would have made it easier to get pieces (20-series seems more common than 25-series).
HolisticBear
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I used Framing Tech, https://www.framingtech.com/solutions/aquarium-stands/. A few people have used them on R2R, I found the cost to be very reasonable. Basically help you design and flatpack ship you all the pieces and include a powder-coat service for specific colors.
Something like this?
One more thing to consider. In your calculations you used 1400 lbs, which is a fair number to estimate the weight. But you put the entire weight on one beam. I have a sneaky suspicion that your stand will have a front beam and a back beam. 
You might even have a couple of side beams in there too. Maybe even a solid top. This will help distribute the load. Rerunning the calculations for just two beams (700 lbs each) results in a defection of around one onehundreth of an inch, about the width of three human hairs. As mentioned above, just use good brackets and you will be fine. Good luck!
You might even have a couple of side beams in there too. Maybe even a solid top. This will help distribute the load. Rerunning the calculations for just two beams (700 lbs each) results in a defection of around one onehundreth of an inch, about the width of three human hairs. As mentioned above, just use good brackets and you will be fine. Good luck!
Bill Howard
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I also have a Framing Tech stand, and love it. Anthony is great to work with and will build you exactly what you want and need.
Something like this?
One more thing to consider. In your calculations you used 1400 lbs, which is a fair number to estimate the weight. But you put the entire weight on one beam. I have a sneaky suspicion that your stand will have a front beam and a back beam.
Thank you for the reassurance! Much appreciated.
