JEBO R375....It can be drilled

[bumpintj24]

Finally got the courage to drill it w/ my dremmel and it worked like a charm. Took me about an hour and a half b/c the glass in the back was so thick. Just have to make my overflow box now.

[Yano]

Did your hand get tired? :lol:

[BA]

how big is the tank???do you have the equipment in a serperate equipment room, or just like the garage?

[bumpintj24]

did it...my wrist and my forearm are still sore.

BA-

it's a 40 gallon, what equipment, like the sump and stuff like that? If that's what your talking about then no, the sump is below in the stand along with the pump and skimmer. If your talking about the tools, then yea, they're just in the garage. I'm about to turn it into a workshop though consisting of a tablesaw, router, jointer, ect.

[brewercm]

Just curious what you used to do it with your dremel.

[btacker]

yeah, give us some details. Looks really good!

[Sunhutch]

Yes, details. Ive been wanting to get a dremel for some time now. Ive seen some good deals on E-bay. Which one do you have?

[bumpintj24]

Thanks for the all the comments,

I have the Dremmel multipro model 395 that has 10 different speed settings. Black and Decker make a 1/8 glass drill bit which is what i used to drill the hole. Then i used dremmel #7134 bit which is a glass grinder to grind around my outline until I completed the circle. I setup the waterhose pointing at the entire area and had it running the whole time on a low flow so that the area well always well lubricated. After about an hour and a half I finished the hole thing. I then simple went around grinding out some area that were a little off until the bulkhead slipped right in. Now just have to make my overflow box.

Sunhutch, if you ever want to do little DIY'ers I would def. recommend getting a dremmel. They are awesome, would be a good tool to have around.

[ratboy]

Something that works better than a water stream is to build a little epoxy or clay dam around your circle. Fill it with antifreeze and drill away. The antifreeze will disipate heat much better than water... Dremels are awesome to have but glass bits arent that much anymore either...
http://www.diamond-drill-bit-and-tool.com/Diamond-Drill/MAIN.htm

[bumpintj24]

Here is the picture of everything done except the closed loop. The sump/refuge, overflow, and return are all done. I'm just waiting for the bulkheads to come in for the closed loop and the pumps.I got the acrylic for the overflow for free and shaped it myself. Then I routed some teeth. I asked what size the teeth should be but never got a response and on one website i read 1/2 inch wide every 1/2 inch. So I did the teeth 1/2 inches wide and about 1/4 inch below the water line. Is this ok or should I trim off the teeth and redo them 1/4 wide? Thanks. Let me know what you guys think.!

[dan]

i cut mine 1/2'' apart with a 1/4'' bit and 1'' down and go all the way under the trim with the overflow. the water will come 1/2 way up the teeth without seeing a water line on the tank. your set up looks good. keep us inform on how it's coming. dan