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post Jul 6 2009, 12:29 PM
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I purchased some acrylic sheets to make into dividers. I have cut them to size so they fix proper in the tank. How do I drill holes in them? All of my drills do not seem to be able to get through? What type of drill bit should I use for this task? I have tired many.


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post Jul 6 2009, 12:50 PM
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I used the wood drill for my. It better not to drill the hole for the divider just cut a couple line on to & bottom it look much nicer. To do that I've the wet saw much easier.
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post Jul 6 2009, 01:11 PM
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Can you show me a picture of what you did?


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post Jul 6 2009, 01:31 PM
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I would recommend uniform holes and slits at the top and bottom of the sheet. You want to have your water properly circulating in the tank. Having slits only isnt enough, you need holes in the midsection of the acrylic sheet.


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post Jul 6 2009, 02:44 PM
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Here the picture that I just took
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post Jul 6 2009, 02:52 PM
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QUOTE (FlowerhornNYC @ Jul 6 2009, 01:44 PM) *
Here the picture that I just took



Thanks, What kind of saw did you use?

I am going to have to "borrow" it from work.


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post Jul 6 2009, 10:21 PM
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Power saw or just like a hack saw?


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post Jul 29 2009, 01:50 AM
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Hey, was curious about making dividers myself, was looking into the eggcrate , which I have noticed a lot of people using, just wondering where you would get the suction cup bracket contraption that attaches to the eggcrate (or even acrylic if I used it) to keep it in place in the aquarium?


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post Jul 29 2009, 05:30 AM
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Bro, If that's some sort of a plexi glass, don't drill it. It will break. What I did is I heat up a nail the size of the hole you want and press it through the glass. If you have a blue torch, the job will even be faster. Wait for the nail to turn red and start poking through your glass. You can make like around five holes at a time. Hope this helps.


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QUOTE (Sunks @ Jul 6 2009, 10:21 PM) *
Power saw or just like a hack saw?

I have all eggcrate dividers and I by the suction cup with a little metal hook on the at
Ace hardware for 49cents each.this is what they look like




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i use a hack saw (TO MUCH WORK) i tried a SAWs ALL with fine teeth blade lol melts the acrylic lmao ... I finally scored it and broke it lol


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post Aug 1 2009, 11:54 AM
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QUOTE (bluecanFH @ Jul 28 2009, 10:50 PM) *
Hey, was curious about making dividers myself, was looking into the eggcrate , which I have noticed a lot of people using, just wondering where you would get the suction cup bracket contraption that attaches to the eggcrate (or even acrylic if I used it) to keep it in place in the aquarium?



I got my egg crates from Lowes hardware.. it's also called light difuser.

I got some suction cups from Petco, they are suction cups for heaters..(all plastic)
I use small 'zip ties' to tighten the suction cup to the egg crates..


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post Aug 10 2009, 08:57 AM
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egg crate aka light defusers work great ;)


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post Sep 12 2009, 10:14 PM
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I used a table saw, It didn't burn.
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post Nov 4 2009, 09:31 PM
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I currently have egg crate, which works great, but i find the acrylic much more attractive, picked a peice of recently and used the heated nail with a torch method, it works perfectly!! also home depot sells the knives to cut it to size for dirt cheap as well, its definetly the way to go and beats drilling (so easy to crack it that way)

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post Nov 4 2009, 11:25 PM
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im just wondering what do u use to cut your dividers.


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post Nov 4 2009, 11:58 PM
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I am going to experiment with pvc peg board material, let you know how it turns out.


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post Nov 5 2009, 12:06 AM
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QUOTE (danz @ Nov 4 2009, 11:58 PM) *
I am going to experiment with pvc peg board material, let you know how it turns out.




sounds good! where do you pic that up?

noob you can get the cutting knives at home depot as well, they are cheap and come with instructions on how to cut...you have to use a straight edge and make a few passes with the blade and then snap it off


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post Nov 5 2009, 12:10 AM
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QUOTE (bluecanFH @ Nov 4 2009, 09:06 PM) *
sounds good! where do you pic that up?

noob you can get the cutting knives at home depot as well, they are cheap and come with instructions on how to cut...you have to use a straight edge and make a few passes with the blade and then snap it off


Depot or lowes comes in 24x48 sheets for about $10-15


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