Fuge for two tanks?

[al&burke]

Chris, I best stuff is cast acrylic, make sure you use at least1/4" thick. It can be a bit tricky siliconing it to glass, rough up the edges. You can use table saw, make sure you use a blade used for plastics or laminate cutting, one with alot of teeth, not a rip saw blade. You can route, joint, drill anything you would do with wood, just make sure you use fine teeth on your blades. Acrylics I hope will chime in - you have to keep a good gap between the glass and the acrylic baffles, because the acrylic will expand more in the water than the glass. I use methylene chloride to glue (melt) acrylic together you can also buy Weldon #4 - little thicker than Methylene chloride. Good luck

 

[acrylic51]

Agree

Only thing I would add is don't cut your baffles snug.....
Quote:
Originally Posted by Al&Burke http:///forum/thread/382005/fuge-for-two-tanks/20#post_3332873
Chris, I best stuff is cast acrylic, make sure you use at least1/4" thick. It can be a bit tricky siliconing it to glass, rough up the edges. You can use table saw, make sure you use a blade used for plastics or laminate cutting, one with alot of teeth, not a rip saw blade. You can route, joint, drill anything you would do with wood, just make sure you use fine teeth on your blades. Acrylics I hope will chime in - you have to keep a good gap between the glass and the acrylic baffles, because the acrylic will expand more in the water than the glass. I use methylene chloride to glue (melt) acrylic together you can also buy Weldon #4 - little thicker than Methylene chloride. Good luck

 

[al&burke]

Quote:
Originally Posted by acrylic51 http:///forum/thread/382005/fuge-for-two-tanks/20#post_3332945
Agree

Only thing I would add is don't cut your baffles snug.....
Quote:
Originally Posted by Al&Burke http:///forum/thread/382005/fuge-for-two-tanks/20#post_3332873
Chris, I best stuff is cast acrylic, make sure you use at least1/4" thick. It can be a bit tricky siliconing it to glass, rough up the edges. You can use table saw, make sure you use a blade used for plastics or laminate cutting, one with alot of teeth, not a rip saw blade. You can route, joint, drill anything you would do with wood, just make sure you use fine teeth on your blades. Acrylics I hope will chime in - you have to keep a good gap between the glass and the acrylic baffles, because the acrylic will expand more in the water than the glass. I use methylene chloride to glue (melt) acrylic together you can also buy Weldon #4 - little thicker than Methylene chloride. Good luck
I was hoping you were going to chime in, this guy is the expert

 

[chewwy]

Awesome, thanks fellas. I'm making a trip to the hardware store this weekend and getting to work. I'll keep you guys updated on my progress and post back if I have anymore questions, I think I got it now tho but we'll see.
You guys are amazing