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Our second day of fabrication went much more smoothly than I expected. We had to buy some more wood, got to play with the saw, and nobody lost any fingers. All things considered I’d say it was a good day!

The first thing we had to do was put the saw together. Luckily saws are very simple devises and most of the work is done for you! This saw is pretty cool with it’s laser sight and spinning blade of death.

We made pretty quick work of the lumber once we had the saw set up. I can’t imagine having the guy at Home Depot do this kind of nonsense for us. He’d probably go nuts. That’s what we had to do for the TV stand we built in January. We didn’t have a saw and we needed everything cut up. This saw barely handles the 2×6’s. It leaves about 1/8“ connected unless you’re really careful.

The rest of the night was spent driving deck screws into the boards and playing with liquid nails. This stand is pretty heavy and should hold the tank up just fine. The only bits left to do are: measure the cross beams, cut, attach. Put the four pieces together, and level. The guy that was going to buy the 120 flaked out, so the mad rush is no longer in effect. We still need to get it done this weekend, but we can easily go diving now!