JerseyWendy
Premium Member
Hi everyone,
Well, I finally started taking some baby steps towards putting together my 75 AGA RR.
Before I show you what I've done so far, I'd like to personally thank Travis Stevens and Bill (MCWarhammer), who ever so patiently are answering my gazillion questions.
Another BIG thank you to Joe (Mongoose), who sold me the 75 + a 30 which I'll be using for a sump, and last but not least to Jon (demon16v), who supplied me with my return pump. 
Here is what I've got so far for my setup:
75 AGA RR
30 AGA (future sump)
Octopus NW-200 skimmer
Quiet One 4000 return pump
Yesterday I went to Lowe's to purchase some lumber and 1/4" plexiglass, which I asked to have cut to size for my baffles. Of course I bought wood screws, liquid nails, brackets, eggcrate, and silicone, too.
Got home - all excited - and realized the plexiglass wasn't cut correctly, it was a wee bit too wide to fit into the sump. A bit disgruntled I pondered on how to fix it. Out came my husband's super heavy duty sander, and ever so carefully I "filed" off some excess until all 4 baffles fit nicely. Then I noticed that one of the baffles was an entire inch taller than the others. Ok, I'll admit, I was pretty p-o'ed because there was NO way I was going to file down an entire inch with that sander. (At that point the sander seemed to weigh 20 lbs. :eek2: ). Out came the soldering iron. After spending over an hour in the garage soldering off that extra inch, and after having lost all feelings in my toes (it was pretty nippy in that garage), I finally got it done.
This morning the "real" adventure began because I wanted to put together that sump with the baffles and the eggcrate.
Here's a picture of how I had it laid out in the dining room:
Before I could do anything I had to clean the sump and leak-proof it:
Then I drew in where the baffles were going to be placed:
THEN I found out the hard way that siliconing can be a bit messy. :lol: I used one of my bird's old perches, which is exactly 1" to get the second baffle in place:
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Well, I finally started taking some baby steps towards putting together my 75 AGA RR.
Before I show you what I've done so far, I'd like to personally thank Travis Stevens and Bill (MCWarhammer), who ever so patiently are answering my gazillion questions.
Another BIG thank you to Joe (Mongoose), who sold me the 75 + a 30 which I'll be using for a sump, and last but not least to Jon (demon16v), who supplied me with my return pump. Here is what I've got so far for my setup:
75 AGA RR
30 AGA (future sump)
Octopus NW-200 skimmer
Quiet One 4000 return pump
Yesterday I went to Lowe's to purchase some lumber and 1/4" plexiglass, which I asked to have cut to size for my baffles. Of course I bought wood screws, liquid nails, brackets, eggcrate, and silicone, too.
Got home - all excited - and realized the plexiglass wasn't cut correctly, it was a wee bit too wide to fit into the sump. A bit disgruntled I pondered on how to fix it. Out came my husband's super heavy duty sander, and ever so carefully I "filed" off some excess until all 4 baffles fit nicely. Then I noticed that one of the baffles was an entire inch taller than the others. Ok, I'll admit, I was pretty p-o'ed because there was NO way I was going to file down an entire inch with that sander. (At that point the sander seemed to weigh 20 lbs. :eek2: ). Out came the soldering iron. After spending over an hour in the garage soldering off that extra inch, and after having lost all feelings in my toes (it was pretty nippy in that garage), I finally got it done.
This morning the "real" adventure began because I wanted to put together that sump with the baffles and the eggcrate.
Here's a picture of how I had it laid out in the dining room:
Before I could do anything I had to clean the sump and leak-proof it:
Then I drew in where the baffles were going to be placed:
THEN I found out the hard way that siliconing can be a bit messy. :lol: I used one of my bird's old perches, which is exactly 1" to get the second baffle in place:
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I can't take credit on designing the sump BTW, it's from here: 
Tomorrow is another day, and I do plan on getting more lumber - unless I redo the baffles first. I bought more than enough Silicone. Heck, my husband wondered whether I was planning on installing new windows in the entire house, that's how much silicone I bought. :hmm2:
I'm sure that'll be a challenge.
