Drilling a tank in Akron Area

[ktkreegs]

Anyone in the area willing to drill my 30 gallon? I don't have a drill or the drill bit, and I don't want to drive up to Vermillion or Amherest to get it done.

I'm not to worried if it breaks, I'm just trying to experiment with a smaller tank before moving onto larger tanks.


Or better yet, anyone going to the frag swap that would like to bring there drill and bit to do it there? Not sure if we would be allowed to it but just a thought.

O well...let me know and thanks ahead of time

 

[MadSkillzMan]

Do you need a special bit? and how big of a hole?

i have no clue in hell what im doing but im always the guy that gets called when holes must be drilled in large beams for network cable lol

 

[mike660r]

Yes Madskillz, you need a diamond tipped bit.

 

[Kreeger1]

Drilling glass isn't the easiest thing to do. You need a 2" diamond bit for the hole you need drilled
Erik

 

[itZme]

I have a cordless drill and a 45 mm (for a 1" bulkhead) that I could bring if you wanted to attempt it. I have drilled my tanks here. 4 holes in 5/8" glass and about 4 more in 1/4" and 1/8". We could do a quick demo at the meeting if anyone cares to learn it and hopefully don't show everyone how to BREAK a tank.

Gotta love DIY projects

If you are going for a 1" bulkhead I can do it for you for nothing.

Any larger and I don't have the holesaw.

-- Kevin

 

[MadSkillzMan]

hahah ok i have nothing of that size..i have tons of metal/concrete bits, but no glass

 

[Kreeger1]

needs to be a 2 inch bit thatnks though itzme
Erik

 

[frank10]

You can get the diamond coated bits here:

http://www.richontools.com/

or on ebay from laulau

 

[jh2pizza]

I ordered mine of ebay. same guys as richontools. I needed it right away, the shipped it express for 27 bucks, But when I explained that I needed it right away, he emailed confirming it was shipped with in 20 minutes with the conformation number. now thats fast. we received it in 4 days from hong Kong.

 

[hllywd]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6954844#post6954844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kreeger1
Drilling glass isn't the easiest thing to do. You need a 2" diamond bit for the hole you need drilled
Erik

What size bulkhead works with a 2" hole?
Thanks, Tim

 

[jh2pizza]

www.savko.com

You can find it there

 

[hllywd]

Sweet! Thanks for the info!

 

[bond007069]

just be carefull about schedule 80 vs. schedule 40

there can be some significant differences

Have your bulkhead before you drill

 

[jh2pizza]

amen to that, but savko has all there sizes listed with what holes size is needed

 

[hllywd]

Well I've got the saws ordered so I'll match bulkheads to them. Actually I've cut some holes with my Dremel so I do know the sizes will work. Thanks for the tip though!!!