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Can someone explain how to skin a stand as if I am 5?


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I have just made an absolute abomination of stands before.

 

Can someone tell me exactly step by step how to make a stand look great?

I have a wood stand that is almost done. The skinning does not need to provide support.

 

A) How thick wood? 1/4? 1/2?

B) What type of wood?

C) HOW exactly do I do it?

--- Buy one large board, then cut out the inside to make two squares for the doors?

----Cut 4 individual pieces to create a border?

 

C) How do I then attach it so no screws are visible?

 

Are there any videos for dummies?

 

If I make another horrible looking stand, I will for SURE get a NO GO from the Fiance!!

I am capable, I just have no experience, and nobody I know is a carpenter...

 

I want TWO large doors in the front, and then one door on each side. Maximum access is priority, but I want to keep it as simple as possible due to my lack of skill.

 

JUST like this:

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My questions are different here. I basically wanna know how they trimmed like in the photo above. Is it one large piece of wood with the holes cut, or is it individual rectangular pieces connected together?

 

I got the stand completed right now. So I would like to try and get a gameplan so I can tackle it tomorrow.

 

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Looks like to me that is a MDF or plywood stand. From the picture it looks like you would need 2 big doors for the front, one for each end, a center brace or mock center brace to fill the gap where the doors meet and act as a door stop since you're won't be contacting the bottom of the stand like theirs, a piece to cover the horizontal 2x4's on the top and bottom of each side Wouldn't really be skinning it as much as just putting big doors on it that serve the same purpose. If you don't want the center brace to be functional you could make it where it is removable so you can have room to pull the sump out the front if you ever need to.

 

 

Just make sure before you mount the doors to put the top and bottom horizontal pieces on first so you can make sure you will have even gaps on the top and bottoms. Yours are going to be flush with the top and bottom pieces since you don't have a recessed kick plate on the front.

 

I hope this is what you are asking but if it's not I don't know what exactly you are referring to.

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The first stand you posted looks like either an ADA stand or a diy ADA stand, basically made from just thick plywood and no frame. You can skin in to look similar to that. Just cut some 3/4" ply to the sides, secure the sides pieces in from the inside so you don't have to fill in the holes. As mentioned above, a center brace will be preferred as you're not going to want one big door on a stand that size. To be honest, then for the inside on the stand you can just fill in the sides with plywood. One other thing, that stand looks to be laminated and not painted .

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Just as an example, here is an old stand I built, just a 2x4 frame, the sides, inside sides and inside bottom are 3/4" ply. The front is 1x5 poplar board. I was going to add a door but I really like open face stands.980623_685774344775720_2041459363_o_zps4

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Do you just find the perfect screw so it doesn't pierce all the way through then?

Or screw in just far enough and stop?

Your average 2x4 is 1 1/2" thick, plus 3/4" ply is 2 1/4". Find 2" screws and profit.

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I think it all depends on the size of tank you are doing also. I just did a Fusion 20 and just used 3/4 poplar for most of the wood. Also 3/4 sanded ply for the back and a shelf. Top was a Ikea butcher block counter top I picked up. Purchased a Kreg Jig for the holes and all was pretty easy. Here are a few pics. IMG_1015.jpg

 

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Now if you want to get really into it. This is my new stand for the bigger tank. Am going to make a s sided skin to just wrap around it when it is done.

 

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