My first DIY skimmer
 

I've wanted to build one of these for a long time now. After my old skimmer wasn't cutting it anymore, I decided to take the plunge. Wayne might recognize the old skimmer! :biggrin: It stands about 2ft finished. I based it on the AquaC.

Here are some pics.

First one is of the parts..

http://aquahome.no-ip.com/piececut.jpg

Next one is a picture of the old skimmer

http://aquahome.no-ip.com/oldskimmer.jpg

Our messy shop! :lol:

http://aquahome.no-ip.com/shopmessy.jpg

My "jig" to keep the joints square.

http://aquahome.no-ip.com/keepsquare.jpg

Gluing it together.

http://aquahome.no-ip.com/cluetogether1.jpg

The nozzle.

http://aquahome.no-ip.com/spraynozzle.jpg

Here is 3 shots of it done.

http://aquahome.no-ip.com/completed1.jpg
http://aquahome.no-ip.com/completed2.jpg
http://aquahome.no-ip.com/completed3.jpg

It took about 2 hours to make. It was also my first time working with acrylic. Comments?

Walter

looks good

Mike

you make it look real easy :biggrin:

Jim

OMG Walter, you are zooming....you'll have SPS next :mrgreen:

must be nice to have that much open room in your garage :rolleyes: wanna come organize mine? :mrgreen:

Steve

thats looking more like a cabinent shop than a "garage"

Mike: Thanks.

Jim: Looks are deceiving :lol:

Deb: Never, no SPS!

Steve: It's our shop for work, we do renovations so we tend to collect "junk"

We do some cabinets if we need to.

Thanks everyone.

Walter

looking great Walter

Thanks Jon! I think I cought your bug! Next is a Kalk reactor. :biggrin:

Walter

Nice Job!, now, why didn't I think of that., gald to see you making good use of the Old Skimmer.