Acrylic

So I read every forum I could find and every web site I could find on DIY tank add ons. I am pretty handy with woodworking so I started with a ~185g plywood, glass & acrylic tank. That project went down without a hitch, mostly due to the glass and acrylic being precut to my needs. Now I built a 120 g/hr overflow box for my 29g out of acrylic. This is no easy task if you have never worked with acrylic before. Straight cuts are difficult to acomplish and are 100% nessicary to create a working overflow. Now, it can be done with a little patients and alot of errors but for any new DIY'ers, be ready to fail a few times!!! But it is also very rewarding learning a new skill and seeing it function in one of your great loves (yes I mean your reef tank). I will post some pictures as my projects become fruitful.

 

Oh yes, post those pics. Am looking forward to seeing them.

I find any action or interaction with the tank and it systems rewarding. - especially when it works. ;D

Even in mundane tasks, such as water changing, testing, cleaning, etc. I find great pleasure...

I am hopelessly afflicted.

 

filling small gaps in acrylic from bad cuts... can it be done and what do I use?

 

To answer my own question, I just took some of the acrylic shavings and soved em in the gaps with some weld on #3. Doesn't look storebought anymore but no more leaking. Yay for me!

 

What method and equipment are you using to make the cuts ??

 

omard I totally agree!~

 

http://www.3reef.com/photos/showfull.php?photo=3566

http://www.3reef.com/photos/showfull.php?photo=3565

My DIY Overflow - I calculated it out to ~310 / hr. Way more than I need but yay anyways!!

 

$9 in material btw

 

Sorry Tang, I missed your post a while back. I am using just a router w/ guide as my circular saw was making for very rigid edges.

 

Not too shabby?

Are you bending with a heat gun or heat tape?