Many DIY Plans & Suppliers

[Snailman]

ReefCentral's DIY Page

DBW's OzReef DIY page

If you have any plans that you would like to link to our DIY page or a good DIY parts supplier let me know.

Here is the link to search for things on RC

[MarkS]

US Plastic A complete plastic supply house.

E Comm Plastics. Mostly acrylic sheet, and such, but has a greater selection of acrylic working tools and solvents than US Plastics. Better prices in most cases too.

Awesome plumbing supply!

Decent general purpose stuff

Decent general purpose stuff

Acrylic solvents

PC lighting retrofit

Rich Durso's site. Overflow stuff

World's Ugliest protien skimmer (The web site's owners description)

Lots of acrylic info

And to finish - Some brown noseing

[Snailman]

Thanks for MSC, skimmer and PolySci links. I will get them added ASAP.

[ricpan]

Here is a supplier for internal overflow boxes. www.wetdryfilter.com

Cheapest place I've found for diamond core drill bits
www.ameriglas.com

[Snailman]

ricpan...Thanks for the links.

[trutu]

here is a good place to get decent priced general tools

http://www.harborfreight.com

and In case you dont like radioshack

http://www.hosfelt.com

[Snailman]

trutu...Thanks for the links.

[Eduvic]

Here are my DIY's.

http://www.supercable.es/~eduvic/diy.html

It's in spanish but at last, I hope you enjoy de photos.

[Snailman]

Originally posted by Eduvic
It's in spanish but at last, I hope you enjoy de photos.

I know for a fact that we have a number of spanish speaking members so they will enjoy more than the pictures. Thanks

[kstockman]

Snailman--

You might want to sight my web page as a source for a simple automated water top-off system. Here is the link.

http://home.att.net/~rstockman/water.htm

[Snailman]

Thanks for the link Ken and it is an interesting system.

[KW]

Here are a few that might not have been listed yet.


Chemical source:

http://www.voigtglobal.com

http://www.al-chymist.com/

http://www.postapplescientific.com



Plastic Info:

http://www.plasticsmachining.com/

http://www.plasticsmag.com/



Plastic Source/Custom fabrication:

http://www.modernplastics.com/default.htm

http://www.customacrylic.com/



Tools for plastics:

http://www.generalsaw.com

http://www.abbeon.com




Used Lab Equipment (pH meters/stirrers/pumps):

http://labx.com/



SuperGlue:

http://www.usagoldca.com/




General Electronic Stuff:

http://www.electronickits.com

http://www.goldmine-elec.com/

http://www.sciplus.com

http://www.futurlec.com

http://www.meci.com

http://aaaim.com/CandH/

http://www.allelectronics.com



Magnets:

http://www.wondermagnet.com

http://www.indigo.com




Looking For Something? Try Here:

http://www.thomasregister.com

[Snailman]

Thanks KW for the links and the tip.

[SeaNemesis]

Whoa..... This should keep me busy for a near life time. Thanks Chris.

[Aquariust]

Minwax has an awesome color chart for all their products. Makes finding the right stain color easier.

www.minwax.com

[hEcToR1520]

It's in spanish but at last, I hope you enjoy de photos.

Yo hablo Español y disfrute mucho esa direccion especialmente la de el sifon. Gracias

[Sea]

building, worlds ugliest protein skimmer what size power head (gph)needed for 3' tall skimmer,how high up does 3/4 " tube go. In middle of skimmer. Where to put skimmer, how high off the ground. tank is on a stand about 3' off ground, no sump

[Snailman]

Sea...you might want to do a search on the skimmer here on the DIY forum because it has come up before and if you don't find your answer try putting you question in a new post. This thread is just for recomending links to be added to [DIY]



[welcome]

[NanoReefer53]

¿ que ?

[SciGuy2]

How about adding the Beckett webpage?

www.888beckett.com

-Lee

[nematode]

snailman
what about adding a reef central page with list of suppliers for very specific items that get requests often on the DIY and general reef discussion page.

like bulkheads
large diameter acrylic tubing by the foot
needle valves

These items tend to get many "where can i get this" posts. I think we'd do ourselves a favor to set up such a suppliers list for commonly requested items.

[Snailman]

With each vendor listing I try to give a note about them. So many places sell things like bulkheads that it would be a huge database not a list and would be a real job to setup. When someone wants a bulkhead I just send them to [DIY] and there are several places there that sell them. the more specialized things are what need to stand out in the list like diamond drill bits becasue not everyone sells them.

[plankton]

For acrylic sheet (odd ends), tools and supplies I've always done well at Tap Plastics:

http://www.tapplastics.com/

For Bay Area folks there is one right off Mowry in Frement that has an odd-n-ends bin where you can get 1/8,3/8, 1/4 and 1/2 clear, blue and black acrylic pieces. 8^) You would be surprised what I've patched and built using said pieces and thick acrylic glue.

PPS Don't forget Toyo 4", 30db, 75 CFS fans from Fry's Electronics for $16 a piece. What a steal.

Scott

[FishinGriffin]

thanks for the help

[RobinsonFam]

looking for diamond bits???
Try looking at ceramic tile tools and you might find some better prices! happy hunting