Help Drilling Tank

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sparky5785

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I just ordered my supplies to drill my new tank (build thread coming) and I was wondering if anybody here could give me some advice or even come over one day and help drill my tank. Dont have any frags to give out but Id gladly supply pizza and beer or pay for gas. Let me know. Thanks.
 
I'm In Plainfield I can give your hand if you need it I have drilled a few tanks before it's not that hard if you just take your time and go slow
 
its easy i used electric drill and cooking oil . key is start on angle to start it so dont walk and use no pressure let the bit do the work oh and make sure u think out where u putting it . no pressure and when get almost though go even slower so it dont chip out
 
I used electric so I can have the clutch set to slip
I always used a garden hose running on it slowly
Slow speed
Start in an angle
And let the saw do the work
Don't push on the drill like you would normally want to do
 
Its a 93g cube I ordered from BRS its just two returns that I need to drill 3/4" holes. I really dont want a broken tank so im just nervous I guess.

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You could practice on a piece of ceramic tile if you have a spare one laying around. Same principle. Draw your line, start at an angle and keep it wet. Look at it as grinding the hole in, and not so much cutting it. You don't have much risk breaking the tank as you do in scratching it if you walk the bit. Good luck!
 
sparky5785 said:
Its a 93g cube I ordered from BRS its just two returns that I need to drill 3/4" holes. I really dont want a broken tank so im just nervous I guess.

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I hear that
I have drilled a few 24 gallon nano cubes
400.00 tank down the drain if it cracked
Luckily they never did
 
I drilled a 6 gallon fluval edge lol so wasnt worried if it cracked so that helped. But when done was shocked how easy it was
 
Thanks guys. When I get my shipment of supplies I will pm you jwb and see if you're available to help or at least lend emotional support. Lol.

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If you drill the whole first on a piece of plywood and then you put that plywood over the marked hole in the glass and clamp it down , it will serve as your guide and your hole saw will not walk and scratch your glass.
 
Take your time you are grinding not drilling the glass and remember to put something on the inside of the tank to catch the piece that you drill. It would suck to drill a perfect hole and have the piece fall out of the hole saw and crack the opposite side of the tank.
 
The guide idea doesn't work, you need to keep the glass and drill cool.

So what you do is lay your hole saw on the glass, and circle it with a marker, then put puddy around it and add some water. Then you take the drill and bit then lean it so on a small portion of it is grinding the glass, what this does is build you a guide for the drill to stay this way it does not skip on the glass.

Glass Holes has a great video on a "How to" on drilling glass. I've drilled a few dozen tanks with multiple holes.
 
GaryR1984 said:
The guide idea doesn't work, you need to keep the glass and drill cool.

So what you do is lay your hole saw on the glass, and circle it with a marker, then put puddy around it and add some water. Then you take the drill and bit then lean it so on a small portion of it is grinding the glass, what this does is build you a guide for the drill to stay this way it does not skip on the glass.

Glass Holes has a great video on a "How to" on drilling glass. I've drilled a few dozen tanks with multiple holes.
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The guide does work, you can set it on top of the putty ring. You only need it to get it started. Just do not use the glass bit to drill the plywood, find a hole saw to match!
 
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