ReefWerkes
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niko5 said:
I am currently in the process of trying to mend my props together to do the "corkscrew"... not working with Weld-on though. Gonna have to try Super Glue for Plastics.
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I am currently in the process of trying to mend my props together to do the "corkscrew"... not working with Weld-on though. Gonna have to try Super Glue for Plastics.
niko5
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Mines perfected 
With the addition of that grove from ReefWerkes its easy to clean if that ever comes up and with the double prop it blows LOTS of water... I think think of anything to change other than how its mounted... right now its in an acrylic box i made works good but theres always a better way.
With the addition of that grove from ReefWerkes its easy to clean if that ever comes up and with the double prop it blows LOTS of water... I think think of anything to change other than how its mounted... right now its in an acrylic box i made works good but theres always a better way.look at http://smallparts.com/ for titanium rod. They even have titanium tubing that might work instead of the plastic tubing.
ejmeier said:
Without going into a long explanation that no one but me cares about:
The higher the GHP of a powerhead, the beefier the impellor. I felt a little silly paying an extra $10 for a slightly beefier impellor, but I did anyway.
Kowabunga dude! I didn't know what I was missing.
The new one with a larger prop just blows away my sad original crappy ones by like a mile. I realize now just how pathetic the performance of my original ones were. Glad none of you all seen them - embarrassing.
"What other three? No this is my only one right now."
PS - I've also had trouble with getting them to start after a loss of power. No exactly a high priority with me - as I havn't had a power outage since I started running them. And restarting them after fiddling with them isn't worth the effort to get fancy and make something that I'll have to fix all the time.
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I'll try and remember to take a pic!
Basically an 'untrimmed' prop (Had to trim all the others). Given the 'umph' of the thing I decided to go with the 3/32 SS axel idea (thanks!) and support both ends with a "U" type structure hacked together with acrylic/little solvent/ hot glue. Went together in one evening - even with the trip to the hobby shop to buy the stainless steel rod!
Propeller head details: (No pun in ten did).
The "local" hobby shop that carryââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s the RC props is like a hour's drive away - so I pretty much bought every small (cheap) prop that they had. So I had a couple laying around. I tried one and it didn't go
but then I tried another one with a different pitch - it's the angle of the prop to axel: --/-- Boom! It worked. Must've been just on the ragged edge with the prop with the --|-- pitch.
I took the axel with me to the hobby shop and 3/32 was the closest match. It was a touch big for the impellor, nothing that a drill bit and cordless drill couldn't fix. I liked being able to re-use the original plastic ends. (Didn't even have to get the bigger hammer!) Made attaching the outside end to the acrylic with a little hot glue child's play.
I used a Penguin PH. It was what 2 of my three previous ones where. So I knew it worked. And it was the best one the local corporate LFS carried since they didn't carry Maxijet!
Basically an 'untrimmed' prop (Had to trim all the others). Given the 'umph' of the thing I decided to go with the 3/32 SS axel idea
(thanks!) and support both ends with a "U" type structure hacked together with acrylic/little solvent/ hot glue. Went together in one evening - even with the trip to the hobby shop to buy the stainless steel rod! Propeller head details: (No pun in ten did).
The "local" hobby shop that carryââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s the RC props is like a hour's drive away - so I pretty much bought every small (cheap) prop that they had. So I had a couple laying around. I tried one and it didn't go
but then I tried another one with a different pitch - it's the angle of the prop to axel: --/-- Boom! It worked. Must've been just on the ragged edge with the prop with the --|-- pitch.I took the axel with me to the hobby shop and 3/32 was the closest match. It was a touch big for the impellor, nothing that a drill bit and cordless drill couldn't fix. I liked being able to re-use the original plastic ends. (Didn't even have to get the bigger hammer!) Made attaching the outside end to the acrylic with a little hot glue child's play.
I used a Penguin PH. It was what 2 of my three previous ones where. So I knew it worked. And it was the best one the local corporate LFS carried since they didn't carry Maxijet!
I'm not sure who left that stubby little prop in my house. I've never seen it before ...
Sometimes size DOES matter ...
Here's a shot of my acrylic and hot glue support assembly. I think my magnets wern't strong enough, and over night it slide down until it sucked up some cheato. Basically a piece of acrylic with a keyhole shape cut in it.
Notice the attention to detail. Real old world craftsmanship!
I'm going to fashion some sort of blade guard before too long...
Sometimes size DOES matter ...
Here's a shot of my acrylic and hot glue support assembly. I think my magnets wern't strong enough, and over night it slide down until it sucked up some cheato. Basically a piece of acrylic with a keyhole shape cut in it.
Notice the attention to detail. Real old world craftsmanship!
I'm going to fashion some sort of blade guard before too long...
niko5
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Oh wow that one is abit stubby my props look very simmilar to your new orange ones except I put 2 side by side so it look slike a corkscrew they are awsome
I like your acrylic mount keep an eye on your fish though and keep an eye on the hole in the acrylic the SS rod goes in. Unless you secure the center rod so it does NOT spin and the prop assembly spins on the rod, the rod will wear through the acrylic in about a month.
my props look very simmilar to your new orange ones except I put 2 side by side so it look slike a corkscrew they are awsome I like your acrylic mount keep an eye on your fish though
and keep an eye on the hole in the acrylic the SS rod goes in. Unless you secure the center rod so it does NOT spin and the prop assembly spins on the rod, the rod will wear through the acrylic in about a month.
