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good diy site
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:16 pm
by oddball
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:35 am
by Scott
How did you find anything on that site? I hate it because their whole design is terrible.
Are you thinking of building a tank?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:19 am
by oddball
yes I am thinking about building a tank within the next year.
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:17 am
by Scott
What material(s) are you going to use? How large is it going to be?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:18 am
by oddball
i AM PLANING ON USING 1/2 INCH CATS ACRILIC AND IT BEING AROUNG 600 GALONS.
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:37 am
by Scott
That's pretty ambitious. Do you have any experience working with acrylic? Where are you getting your supplies?
I would love to learn to wrk with acrylic. I have read hundreds of pages on it. I am going to go out to Al-FLA plastics to buy some cheap acrylic or see if they have any scraps that I can work with. They have Weldon 3 and 4 and the needle applicators out there too.
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:43 am
by oddball
you dont need to go there to get scraps to practice on home depot caries extruded acrilic. just dont use this stuff to build anthing that you hold water in or the seams will come apart.
also I have built some display box's out of acrilic for retierment cerimonies while I was in the NAVY
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:40 pm
by yardboy
Scott wrote:That's pretty ambitious. Do you have any experience working with acrylic? Where are you getting your supplies?
I would love to learn to wrk with acrylic. I have read hundreds of pages on it. I am going to go out to Al-FLA plastics to buy some cheap acrylic or see if they have any scraps that I can work with. They have Weldon 3 and 4 and the needle applicators out there too.
Scott, can you give me an address or phone on that company? I can only order materials around here.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:48 pm
by snoopdog
They are actually on the service road heading North on I-65 right before the prichard exit if I remember.
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:53 am
by yardboy
Thanks, I'll have to check them out.
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:59 pm
by tswtrskier56
So, does anyone know where to get 1/4" acrylic? I want to build a coast to coast overflow in my 180. It is not drilled, but i am having the back drilled. I need to know where to get the acrylic, reasonably, and where to get the acrylic sealant. Can i use a high quality silicon to glue the acrylic to the glass? Any info would be awsome. I live in R'dale, lookin for something close by to go pick up or pick out colors etc..thanks
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:04 pm
by DrHank
You may want to consider doing the coast to coast with two pieces of glass and use a piece if gutter guard as a strainer. I'm not sure how well aquarium sealant would bond to acrylic. Just a thought.
Re: good diy site
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:46 am
by Ilovefish21