stand doors

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  1. ermano

    ermano Zoanthid

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    Hey guys,

    Well today is day 3 of building my tank stand..(taking longer than expected) and I'm lost on how to go about putting doors on the sucker.

    I drew an outline on the front panel where the door holes are going to go and i'm going to cut them out later today...but my problem is how do I go about building the doors? I'm primarily going for simple slab doors, anyone have an idea how to build this!? Any help is appreciated!!!! :)
     
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  3. tigermike74

    tigermike74 Panda Puffer

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    There are a couple ways you can go about doing this. You can get sime plain wood panels that are 4" wide and 1/2" thick and cut them to how tall you need the doors. Then you line them up and make a cross bar to hold them together (nail together perpendicular). Another way: door you can make out of a sold piece of wood. I have both types on each of my stands. And of course a standard door hinge to attach it to the stand panels. I hope this helps. :)
     
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  4. fishoholic

    fishoholic Purple Spiny Lobster

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    On my stand I just got the doors and hinges from HD ,
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    the door came with predrilled holes for hinges
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    the doors I made for my canopy I bought a boring bit , the hinges will tell you what size bit you need
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    hinges gives real god detail on paper in the bag on how to install
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    hope this helps if you have any other questions just PM me