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Old 04-18-2004, 12:09 AM
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Default Beckett holders

well I completed my design of a becket holder today.

After scraping the proto type and going bigger (had a real small sexy one but when I was done I realized I didn't have room for an air valve ) I arived at a workable size.

here is the holder unmounted with no becket inside


and here it is with the becket installed


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Looks slick Steve.
Did you cut a groove for your big O-ring, or just squeeze it?
Also did you modify the beckett any on the bottom, ie to put O-rings or is that just friction fit too?
And are you going to make use guess the final prize winning dimensions?
I'll have to follow the next few steps, close to assembly time?
BTW beauty edges!
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Old 04-18-2004, 12:19 AM
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Would be nice with keyhole and thumbscrews eh?
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Old 04-18-2004, 12:32 AM
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Looks slick Steve.
Did you cut a groove for your big O-ring, or just squeeze it?
Also did you modify the beckett any on the bottom, ie to put O-rings or is that just friction fit too?
And are you going to make use guess the final prize winning dimensions?
I'll have to follow the next few steps, close to assembly time?
BTW beauty edges!
the big O'ring just sits inside the screws so they locate it. The becket is friction fit top and bottom.

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Would be nice with keyhole and thumbscrews eh?
you buy me the 300.00 rotery table and I will put the Keyholes in as for thumb screws thats what I was looking for but Home Depot didn't have any.

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How's the plumbing going to work on the bottom? I.e., how does it hook up the skimmer itself.
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How's the plumbing going to work on the bottom? I.e., how does it hook up the skimmer itself.
I am toying with a few options.. i am thinking of gluing a short lenght of 1" acrilic to the bottom and sement that into a slip threaded union to make it easy to remove.. if you only had short riser tubes the other option is to glue it directly to the 1" tube.

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Default Beckett height

G'day
I had thought that , for optimum performance, the beckett should be close to the height of the water level you want to run?
Do you think a taller 1 in mini tower under the Beckett would increase dwell time and DOC removal?
Are you going to shoot water and foam directly up the main column or into the bottom box?..I guess I could wait and see...
Just mulling over options
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this might help


http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...34#post1030034



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thanks...that is an uber-skimmer. But like I said the becketts are close to the height of the primary column????
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What is a becket and what is it used for?
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