D-Rock4130 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Has anyone ever cut up an old tank to make lids for different tanks? Tips or tricks I should know about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/15/2023 at 8:44 PM, D-Rock4130 said: Has anyone ever cut up an old tank to make lids for different tanks? Tips or tricks I should know about. Tip: Don't get cut! Actually, my tip would be to practice scoring and snapping glass on some scrap pieces a few times to get it down before wrecking a larger, nice piece (that is, if you don't already have experience with a glass cutter). Actually, I haven't cut up an old tank, but I have made DIY lids from glass. There are a few YouTube videos on the subject. If I can find one, I'll link it. I know @Dean’s Fishroom has a bunch of DIY lids on his tanks (at least from what I've seen in his videos), and I feel like I've seen him in a video showing the processl or glass cutting or something. But I could be remembering that incorrectly. EDIT: Ok found it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Rock4130 Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/15/2023 at 5:51 PM, tolstoy21 said: Tip: Don't get cut! Actually, my tip would be to practice scoring and snapping glass on some scrap pieces a few times to get it down before wrecking a larger, nice piece (that is, if you don't already have experience with a glass cutter). Actually, I haven't cut up an old tank, but I have made DIY lids from glass. There are a few YouTube videos on the subject. If I can find one, I'll link it. I know @Dean’s Fishroom has a bunch of DIY lids on his tanks (at least from what I've seen in his videos), and I feel like I've seen him in a video showing the processl or glass cutting or something. But I could be remembering that incorrectly. EDIT: Ok found it! Sweet I knew I had seen that video I watched it when he did it but didn’t remember that it was one of Deans videos. Lol and heck yeah the other video with the tracks gave me the idea for making my own sliding lids. Was looking at my old 45gallon hex and was like I could make so many lids out of that leaky old thing lol. Now I just gotta go grab some old thrift store picture frames to practice on. Thanks for sharing the videos now I have some video tutorials. 💪🏼 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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