Ericwm
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Looking good how have you been testing the stands tolerances?
I thought about breaking out my old strength of materials text book and running some numbers but never did. I also considered a solid model and running a finite element analysis on the model, I can hardly find time to build it so I don't know where I would find the time for that. Finally I did what any good engineer would do, I looked at a stand at my LFS for a 90 gallon tank and beefed it up. I added 6 verticals 2x4s and swapped out the 2x4s below the tank for som 2x6s. This way I am sure it is stronger than the one I could buy and still cheaper. I will find out if my theory is correct when I fill the tank.