LF-Someone with a Diamond Hole Saw and experience

[Veng68]

PM Seahorse_Fanatic.

He has lots of experience and the diamond hole drill.

Cheers,
Vic

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Yes of course...Anthony. I forgot about that. Thanks.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

How hard is it to drill a tank? I may try myself....I am cringing at the thought though!

I heard thinner glass is harder. This tank is only 1/4" thick.

[Phanman]

thinner glass is definitely harder... I broke 2 10gals a few weeks ago... just start on an angle so you get a groove going, then flatten out. Go SUPER slow and let the drill do all the work. Hardest part is when your about to go through the other side, so take extra caution there.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Phanman

thinner glass is definitely harder... I broke 2 10gals a few weeks ago... just start on an angle so you get a groove going, then flatten out. Go SUPER slow and let the drill do all the work. Hardest part is when your about to go through the other side, so take extra caution there.

Yeah...scares me. I think I will have someone else who has done it before give it a shot. I think I know someone who may be able to do it.

[justinl]

my advice is to go to anthony and ask him to drill for you... and pay attention. ask for some pointers if he's willing. Then go out and get some scrap glass (usually easy to find used cracked tanks) and start drillin yourself. I've always maintained that practice and experience is the best teacher in most things in life. I seem to remember some people drilling from BOTH sides of the glass to avoid the problems of drilling one way through and chipping the glass on the opposite side; obviously you have to be super exact to get the holes to line up (easier said than done). other random tip was to keep the thing well-lubricated; having a hose on the drill the entire time is a good thing. as mentioned, let the bit do the work and don't be afraid of buying new bits for every few holes you drill; they wear out fast.

[Veng68]

I helped (well more like held the template) Ant a couple months back.

Seems pretty straight forward.

I'd get him to supervise me though...... since I've never actually done the drilling.

Cheers,
Vic