3ft stand with wood finish

Yip will do thanks!

 

Um... Troy... Did you paint the frame before putting the wood on?

Another suggestion... make everything to fit, put everything together... then strip is completely and paint the frame, and varnish the wood. Then put it back together again. You'll be surprized, and really pissed off, to see what damage water does when it get's under the cracks of an unvarnished piece of wood/unpainted steel!

 

Yip i did.

Been at it the whole day and impressed what we have done. Will post a pic as soon as i find my USB cord....

Father told me the same thing Zoom Thanks!

 

Updated pics of todays works.
Top was added


Back and bottom was added


Front frame was done. Middle section isnt fastened


Doors, shelving, holes covered, sanding, varnishing, tank hood and the left top piece still to be done!


Hope its looking good!

 

Looking Good

 

Update on progress:

No other work has been done.

This is going to take longer than i thought.
Father is leaving the country on sunday and will only be back begining of august.
So i hope the doors can be done before he leaves otherwise a long wait....

 

looking good - if it is only the doors then nothing stops you from doing the final sanding .. taking the sharp corners off with some sandpaper do the re-assembly - if needed etc ... doors could probably be done even after the tank is full of water - but be careful you might never get doors on the stand once in use.

Later Ferdie

 

Good point.

Think i will get my bro to drop it off by me so that i can do that at work.
Should i use the power one that uses virbration? The belt one is taking a risk? Or hand sanding?

 

You could cheat and use a router then just hand sand for the edge ... what ever you use keep the lines straight.

 

Cabinet build is complete! Finally! Just need to sand everything down and seal it!

Hood is going to be built at a later stage.

Will post pics when it is complete!

 

Alright, i know i said i will ad pics when done but i cant help myself

Everything is sealed. Going to sand it tomorrow and then seal it again.
Once done the varnishing can begin!

Sorry for the dark pic, forgot to put flash on

 

Found itt! Finally LOL it lloks great! Can't believe you actually got it done. Too bad about the black though :\ what bad luck

 

Finished doing the 2nd coat now. Is a 3rd required?

 

Nice! Similar design I had in mind

 

If you going to build one upload pics as you go alog. Always nice to see others DIYs

 

Yeah, but it wont be now.... probably towards the end of the year or beginning of next year.

 

What was that white stuff on the wood?

 

Wood filler

 

Yip thanks Ashley!