4 foot 120 stand without center brace?

[anthony]

I bought a 4 ft 120 stand that I've had for quite some time but just now noticed there is no Center brace. I was wondering if I should try to add one before setting up the system or do you guys think 4 ft of short enough that it won't matter?

 

[Steve Burton]

Is it 1×2s or 6×6s?

 

[anthony]

Is it 1×2s looks like 1x2

 

[anthony]

What i was trying to say is it's one of those stands which the exterior wood is the frame. All weight rest on the frame with no supports

 

[york1]

Its fine

 

[anthony]

Here's one more picture of the frame it sits on.

 

[tbrennan]

if it will make you feel better you can cut a 3/4 or 1/2 in plywood to sit directly under the tank. i dont think you need anything to be honest tho

 

[anthony]

if it will make you feel better you can cut a 3/4 or 1/2 in plywood to sit directly under the tank. i dont think you need anything to be honest tho

I was thinking about doing that exact same thing not only to give it support but also to allow me to have something to mount the plumbing to

 

[siege]

To paraphrase @bzb from a comment elsewhere, "I've built plywood-only speaker boxes that you could drive over with a truck. No 2x4's needed."

If the sides are built and joined well, this should be plenty. With a continuous edge support all the way around on a rimmed tank, force is transferred laterally to the corners/sides and then directly down.

You'd almost surely crack the bottom glass with uneven weight distribution (like stacking a ton of heavy stone directly in the middle of the tank) before that stand sags/bows in the middle.

If this were a rimless, flat-bottomed tank, it would be a different story, but the bottom glass on this one is as supported and braced as it needs to be, and the only real concern is full support along the bottom edges.

 

[anthony]

To paraphrase @bzb from a comment elsewhere, "I've built plywood-only speaker boxes that you could drive over with a truck. No 2x4's needed."

If the sides are built and joined well, this should be plenty. With a continuous edge support all the way around on a rimmed tank, force is transferred laterally to the corners/sides and then directly down.

You'd almost surely crack the bottom glass with uneven weight distribution (like stacking a ton of heavy stone directly in the middle of the tank) before that stand sags/bows in the middle.

If this were a rimless, flat-bottomed tank, it would be a different story, but the bottom glass on this one is as supported and braced as it needs to be, and the only real concern is full support along the bottom edges.

Awesome great to hear.. would hate to spend so much money an a new tank after looking for 3 years and have something bad happen
. Just better to ask those who have more knowledge than I to make sure..

 

[siege]

Awesome great to hear.. would hate to spend so much money an a new tank after looking for 3 years and have something bad happen
. Just better to ask those who have more knowledge than I to make sure..

Just don't consider me a final authority, lol. I'm pretty confident from what I see that it should be more than fine, but I'm no carpenter, FWIW.

 

[anthony]

Just don't consider me a final authority, lol. I'm pretty confident from what I see that it should be more than fine, but I'm no carpenter, FWIW.

I'm going to add some bracing but only 1x3 or 1x4.. .no reason it would hurt anything.. and always better to be safe than sorry.