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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / November 2004New Aquarium Set up: Stuck! :-(
Hi all, I'm setting up an aquarium for my two goldfish outside that I have had since early this year. I bought a plexiglass aquarium from wal-mart, and here's step 7: Using side cutting pliers or a heated knife cut out the rectangular hole in the back center of the hood. The store reps at both Home Depot and Lowes both don't seem to know what "side cutting pliers" are, so I just got cutting pliers. They did not do the job, unless I was using them wrong. Too large it seems. A search online seemed to indicate that they didn't look that much different from the real pliers and in fact one rep said that side cutting pliers and the cutting pliers are the same thing. So the only other option I thought of was to use a hobby knife. This got one of the joints away, but the blade got seperated from the handle. Any ideas? Daniel Daniel Phillips banditospam@toppler.zworg.com [+]bandito[-]spam = [-]toppler.[+]zworg.com Be warned, may mistakingly bounce back as spam. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Daniel Phillips A pair of dikes should do it. The curved wire cutter for those who don't know the term dikes... Another option is what we call a fret saw...used by wood workers... Or use a handle hacksaw...all it is ...is a handle which holds a hacksaw blade. Drill a hole first to let the blade get into position to start cutting. Another option if the plastic is thin enough it is tin snips...sheet metal cutters / scissors. NZed > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > [+]bandito[-]spam = [-]toppler.[+]zworg.com > Be warned, may mistakingly bounce back as spam. Hi, Thanks for all the advice. A solid box cutter did the trick. If anyone gets an AquaBrite V aquarium tank, be forewarned that you'll need a box cutter to cut out the panel it asks to be cut out! Hope plexiglass doesn't have a tendancy to leak. >Another option is what we call a fret saw...used by wood workers... >Or use a handle hacksaw...all it is ...is a handle which holds a hacksaw [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.799 / Virus Database: 543 - Release Date: 19/11/2004 Daniel Phillips banditospam@toppler.zworg.com [+]bandito[-]spam = [-]toppler.[+]zworg.com Be warned, may mistakingly bounce back as spam. |
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