65g Tank Stand Design

[MattTVI]

Well, I've decided to build a new stand for my 65g. I built the current one, but it doesn't have enough storage or any room for an auto top-off, plus after looking at Steve's (countertopguy) at RC, I got stand lust. After a couple of emails w/ him, he told be about a program called sketchup, and I downloaded it to design the stand. Construction will begin as soon as I'm done with the dresser I'm building for my wife...

The design is pretty simple, it will be built w/ 2x4s and skinned w/ a combination of lumber and finish ply. The base is one solid unit at 5' x 2' x 3' and the units to the left and behind the tank's spot are built separately and attached to the base... the top is there for astetic reasons and will not be built out of 2x4s, but i put it there to give more continuity to the design.

take a look...

[Blorton]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing that. I'll go try out sketchup myself.

Cheers!
Dan

[MattTVI]

careful blorton, it's an addictive program!

the trial version gives you about 500hrs of time... :-)

enjoy,

Matt

[Blorton]

Huh? Their site says 8 hours? Do you know of anywhere to get it for a discount? $500 is pretty spendy...

Dan

[MattTVI]

that's correct, my mistake... 500 minutes or 8.33 hrs... :-)

no idea where to get a discount, i just used the trial version... i went through the tutorials and after building that design, i still have 300+ mins left...

[Blorton]

Hmmm - maybe we could get a club powerbuy.

[MattTVI]

lol, sure, but it'd have to be like 75% off... ;0)

[Blorton]

Heh - too true! I did find some stuff in Google regarding 20% off, but that's to trade groups, etc. I imagine they'd be wanting an actual volume order to do even that much. Don't think we'll get too many interested takers even at 400. Heh.

[MattTVI]

hmmmm, well, i AM a student, so I should get a student discount... maybe we could all be "students," after all, it's called Saltwater "University."

right!?!

[mike17kb]

Or just download the trial, use it for 8 hours. Remove the program and clear the registry entries it leaves. Redownload it and 8 more hours later repeat.

[goodfortune]

What program are you guys talking about? I'd like to get a drawing/drafting program where I can "flesh" out future ideas too.

- Michael

[MattTVI]

Sketchup

[Blorton]

For anyone interested in this software, I just received an invite from them to attend a 30 minute demo session at noon today.

Hope this pastes in properly...

SketchUp Free Live Web Demo
Today at 9AM PT, 10AM MT, 12PM ET
Join Demo: http://www.sketchup.com/index.php?id=114
(You may join the web demo up to 30 minutes early)
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Today our SketchUp experts will be demonstrating how you can create an impressive
SketchUp drawing...in only 20 minutes! You'll learn how to use the Push/Pull tool,
Follow me tool, how to bring in components and also how to make your own components!

Live from Boulder, Colorado...the SketchUp Training Squad will present a Free Live
Web Demo Today! We invite you to join. At only 30 minutes in length they're a great
way to learn the basics of SketchUp and ask us any questions you may have.

The demo is scheduled for TODAY, Tuesday, March 7th at 10:00am Mountain Time. See
SketchUp without leaving your desk!

JOIN DEMO: http://www.sketchup.com/index.php?id=114
(You may join the web demo up to 30 minutes early)

Unable to attend demo? Please click here to view a recorded video of a previous demo
(must have Quicktime or Windows Media Player)
http://download.sketchup.com/downloads/markets/SketchUp_Live_demo.wmv

Jen Kartchner
@Last Software
www.sketchup.com
303.245.0086
jenk@sketchup.com


Cheers!
Dan