Thanks everyone
I’m finally getting the sump almost completed.
Now it is my 1st acrylic project so it was a big learning process.
I give big thanks to a fellow reefer from SDIRB (Cjae74) for his advice & donating some scrap acrylic to practice with along with the glues to make this project a success.
Creating a sump to fit was a challenge at 18”x15”x12” with 3 separate chambers.
Then with only advise on how to cut & glue acrylic was another challenge.
Everything was going very good up to the end but I had forgot to route teeth in the chambers so I attempted to do it for the final step.
Mistake #1, while routing the very last teeth the router kicked out & cracked the whole piece.
Mistake #2, as a carpenter first instinct is grab a hammer & knock the piece out…very big mistake…huge crack now appears on the bottom
Acrylic isn’t glued with Weld On #4, it actually bonds itself together so it becomes one piece.
So after adding several patches & a little more sanding it will be complete.
Patches that were added are where the letter A's are
the water flows over the 1st chamber into the 2nd then back up into the 3rd
Next up the drilling & lighting
Feel free to make suggestions at any time...Thanks...
