10g acrylic tank I made today

[joez]

Ouch. I play drums for about an hour each day so I have plenty of those

 

[richard rendos]

I use a table saw...works great but you gotta use the right kind of blade. Thin kerf with at least 60-80 teeth. After you cut, sand it with 240 grit sand paper.
Did you water test it yet? Did it bow out?

 

[broncofish]

It's water tested and not bowing, I think if the tank was larger I would have had some problems though

 

[heyoo]

Originally posted by JoeZ
Bronco...so how do you cut your actylic? I've done jigsaw which proves to be less-than-straight, dremel with same results, and have yet to find a good means for cutting 1/4"
I'm going to also build a 240 in acrylic hopefully, but I certainly won't make cuts for that!
I had no problem cutting 1/4" acrylic with my table saw. If you've got one - or access to one, just make sure you get a blade for plastic. I ordered mine from McMaster-Carr.

 

[joez]

Thanks heyoo. Unfortunally I learned the hard way and don't need to make any more cuts, otherwise I'd have gone with that from the begining

 

[broncofish]

Heyoo did you have any problems with the blade heating up to much, and melting the acrylic

 

[slick]

I thought I would throw in my .02 here. I cut 1/8 plexi glass in a table saw. I know it's not the same stuff but thought I would throw it out there. Good luck with all your projects.

 

[broncofish]

What do you guys use 1/8th acrylic for(besides dividers)? Just curiose

 

[broncofish]

Cool I would like to see that

 

[cbr929]

HELLO EVERYONE I JUST GOT DONE WITH A
DIVIDER FOR MY SUMP AND I USED 3/8 BECAUSE
I GOT IT FOR FREE. IF YOU HAVE A LOCAL MACHINE
SHOP THEY WILL CUT AND MILL HOLES/SLOTS WITH
NO PROBLEM AT ALL. DONT THINK IT WILL COST MUCH
I WORK AT A MACHINE SHOP AND WAS ABLE TO DO IT
MYSELF ONLY TOOK MY ABOUT 15 MIN TO COMPLETE.
IF YOU TRY TO GET ONE TO DO IT ON THE SIDE FOR CASH
YOU COULD ALSO SAVE MONEY. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR
PROJECTS. IF I CAN HELP ANYONE I WILL BE GLAD TO.

 

[broncofish]

Please take off your caplocks, and thanks I wish I lived near you(or owned a machine shop ) Welcome to the board I'm sure you will be a very valuable member to the board with your machining expertise.