Velcro
2500 Club Member
Recently tore down my large sps system that was slowly crashing and took the opportunity to remodel my office. I was considering getting out of the hobby, but during the teardown I discovered the cause of the slow death of my once beautiful acro system and decided to start a new tank to go along with the remodel.
I wanted to go with a smaller, shallow, simple yet reliable build. I wanted to take my time building the perfect stand instead of some ugly 2v4 thing that I've always done in the past. The stand was a TON of work and my first time striving for a "furniture grade" project so of course it took a long time and lots of redos. I experimented with about 6 different stains on test pieces and none of them worked well with the floor. I finally tried a product that simply accelerates the natural aging look of the wood and my wife and I both loved it.
I will follow this post with system specifics and more photos as time goes on, but I thought I'd get a primer going. Please ignore the mess of the office. The remodel is still a work in progress!
I wanted to go with a smaller, shallow, simple yet reliable build. I wanted to take my time building the perfect stand instead of some ugly 2v4 thing that I've always done in the past. The stand was a TON of work and my first time striving for a "furniture grade" project so of course it took a long time and lots of redos. I experimented with about 6 different stains on test pieces and none of them worked well with the floor. I finally tried a product that simply accelerates the natural aging look of the wood and my wife and I both loved it.
I will follow this post with system specifics and more photos as time goes on, but I thought I'd get a primer going. Please ignore the mess of the office. The remodel is still a work in progress!
