Drilling Tanks

[CHOMPERS]

drilling acryilic you just go down to home depot and buy a hole saw for the size you need. Then drill away. No jig, no water.

 

[ozz465]

Hole saw??? sorry like i have said b4 im a newb to this. is this a circular bit of some sorts?

 

[Dr Joe]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93421

 

[ozz465]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93421

Thx , i will buy that set when i get paid. i did a hole for my tank a while back uing a similiar bit and it turned out slightly bigger than the bulkhead connection . i had to use silicone to seal up the excess place.

 

[softturtle]

Ahhhh, drilling glass tanks, thats always exciting. Don't you just love the sound of it though.

 

[CHOMPERS]

Ahhhh, drilling glass tanks, thats always exciting. Don't you just love the sound of it though.

Ya mean like the sound of fingernails on a blackboard? Ya get use to that...I think. I am on my sixth tank. I will let you know when it kicks in.

 

[CHOMPERS]

Here is a couple of pictures showing the difference of a hole saw for wood and plastic vs. one for glass or stone. Note that the one for wood and plastic has a drill bit in the center. This keeps the thing from drifting all over the place. Thus a jig is not needed. Since the one for glass does not have a center bit, a jig is needed to keep its location in one central place. The jig also holds water to keep the bit cool. Water is a must because the heat generated will weaken the bonding material in the bit and the diamonds will pop off. No diamonds, no cutting.

 

[CHOMPERS]

And while I am playing Show-n-Tell, here are more pictures:

The first shows the billet cut from a ten gallon tank and my 15g breeder tanks. The breeder tanks are about three times the weight of a ten gallon tank and the glass is a little thicker than double. I love my breeder tanks.

The ugly ass tank in the second pic is one of my breeder tanks. That is how I got them. The guy scraped some of the paint on all of them but didn't scrape a single tank clean. For forty bucks for 120 gallons of breeder tanks, I think I can put the time in scraping them. I have all but two done so I think my raw bleeding fingers will survive.

 

[born2lovefish]

Can I use a dremmel with a dimond bit to cut a hole in glass?

 

[Dr Joe]

A very small one...

Bigger holes need bigger tools.

And don't ANYBODY GO THERE, I know what your thinking CHOMPERS etc. this is a family show.