Thanks Again all,
Im sorry im so slow to respond....
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11152766#post11152766 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SCIFI_3D_zoo
I still don't understand how you zip-tied the rock to pvc. It would seem that the rock would slide around the pvc and not stay where you wanted it. I guess it couldn't move much and the other pieces helped hold others together. I liked Paul's TOTM last month and wanted to redo my rocks like his but I wanted more overhangs and shape like yours. Really kool. :eek2: Maybe I can fake it with some creative pvc. Just have to think about how to do it. Maybe even using glue of some type to hold rock. Do you guys use some sorta "reef safe" glue for rocks, pvc, etc.? I have a tube of something for frags.
The reason they dont slide is because i will do more than one hole in the rock and use more than one hole in the pvc when zip tying.
I did find this out the hard way tho, but now for the most part they have been in the same position for well over a year.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11153990#post11153990 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SCIFI_3D_zoo
I have a good question. I was reading Paul's threads on his TOTM and he talked about using a hole saw,,, and how it must have been the type of rock he had or something b/c he ended up ruining the saw. What sorta equipment and problems did you enounter to drill all your holes. You have an entirely different method than he did of course. You went with little holes for zip-ties and he drilled big holes for pvc to slide through the rock.
I did use hole saws aswell to seat some of the rock on the pipe, here i would just do a half hole or a channel down a side of the rock.Then i would zip tie it.
Yeah, it is pretty hard on bits, but i just went out and bought a cheapie set of bits and a couple crappy but solid hole saw bits.
and then i went about wrecking them.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11168749#post11168749 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crazzy
Congratulations on a fantastic eye on the Ocean and many thanx for sharing. At some point you mentioned that you had wished you had vacum done the epoxy. Why would you wish that? Stonger? Smoother surface? If so what difference what is the benefit?
Crazzy, if i had of vacumed it i could have ensured the final finish was as smooth as possible, so that typical razors or glass type scrapers would have worked here.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11186085#post11186085 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kigs
Congratulations on the win! Could you describe how the PVC skeletons were mounted onto the floor tabs?
The skeletons were mounted to the floor and wall tabs with multiple heavy zipties.
This allowed me to offset the balance of the structures without building the huge base to accomodate the weight of the upper portion.
I slotted the end of the PVC to sit right on these tabs, drilled through the pipe in line with the hole on these tabs, and used the heavy zipties as sort of a cotter pin idea.
Thanks Again all !
Marc.
