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Posted: December 18 2007 at 10:22am |
Here is a new overflow box made for Nate Laidlaw (Crazy Tarzan) Hopefully he will post some pictures of it after it has been installed.
The box has a lid for an open topped aquarium to keep jumpers out of the overflow.
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 10:58am |
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I'll get some pics of my whole set up on this week for everyone. And just a public Thank You to Richard for helping me with the awesome overflow box.
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Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ?
Down to a 20, soon to double or nothing
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 11:48am |
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I know who I am contacting when I need over flow boxes made!
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 11:52am |
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Nice. I love the lid idea.
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 12:44pm |
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I didn't feel like having to fish out fish, shrimp or any other critter that decided to go over the top. I've had to do it before and if you can't get your whole hand in it's a major pain.
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Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ?
Down to a 20, soon to double or nothing
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 2:40pm |
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That looks like a piece of art. How big is the tank Nate?
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 2:58pm |
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it's just a 40 gal breeder, so not huge, but fun.
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Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ?
Down to a 20, soon to double or nothing
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 6:15pm |
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Fantastic job! I like the lid idea also. It will help with the noise level too, just have to adjust your durso for fit with the lid.
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 7:51pm |
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Posted: December 18 2007 at 11:13pm |
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Richard that turned out awesome! Tell us about how you made it. Router? Mill? Is it acrylic or PVC?
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Posted: December 19 2007 at 2:30am |
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I would love a lid for my overflows! Wish I were handy!
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Posted: December 19 2007 at 8:26am |
Shows how stupid I am...
I've been complaining to my wife that my durso is just way too loud. I guess I could try putting a lid on it.  Adam
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Posted: December 19 2007 at 11:09am |
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I put a lid on mine months ago, right after I had to catch my mystery wrasse after he jumped in there. Plus the overflow was getting clogged with algea from the lights, and now , no more algea. I just had a black peice of acrylic cut to the size of my overflow, with a hole cut in it for the durso. This makes it easy to remove and clean all of the salt creep off.
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Posted: December 19 2007 at 12:26pm |
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I created the layout in Adobe Illustrator and cut it out using a Universal Laser. This box is made form ABS plastic. It could also be made with Acrylic. The cost for ABS is less then half that of Acrylic.
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Posted: December 19 2007 at 1:26pm |
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Guys, it's even cooler looking in real life vs just pics, the cuts are so precise it's scary.
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Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ?
Down to a 20, soon to double or nothing
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Posted: December 19 2007 at 3:30pm |
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How did you get access to a laser that would do that? Looks very nice!
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Posted: December 19 2007 at 5:53pm |
I like the over-flow....nice choice of materials.
So you have access to a digi-laser cutter?
Like a digi-water jet?
Very sweet.......so can you take a set of drawings and just wack away at the drawings? 
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Posted: December 19 2007 at 7:24pm |
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The files have to be an eps and the lines have to be set to hairline. We have a small 12"x24" laser cutter at work. To cut larger pieces you can use Tru-Cut Steal Rule and Die. They have a very expensive large two headed laser that will cut just about anything. They charge by the linear inch.
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Posted: December 21 2007 at 8:18pm |
It would be our advantage to order in the cut pieces from glasscages.com on large projects. Thanks for the information about your laser jig cutter, it will help on small projects. The over flow is grand.
Maximo
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Posted: December 21 2007 at 8:27pm |
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That is awesome. You should go into business. It is so awsome that you could call it totally awesome overflows. :)
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