My sump I built for my 75 gal.

[icereefer]

and on the left side on my sump you can see he cut my teeth down on my baffles and broke 2 of the teeth off.:12: good thing this is one of my sumps and I wasn't doing one for someone else I would of killed him.......
so I asked him what the hell did you do??? he said it kept jumping around on him???? I said even after you put the router guide on the Dremel, he said oh that's what the black thing in your case is for??????
he used my pencil extention with the router bit in it to cut the teeth.
oh well it don't look pretty any more but it should do the trick.
Okey enough venting...LOL.
well to start out I got my baffle cut and teeth cut in I used my double 3/8th fluted router bit on this baffle. and added a shelf bracket 2" below my teeth so I could add a egg crate shelf so if I waned to run carbon or filter media.


in my finished photo you will see how the braces for my Egg crate shelf was done.
in these shots I'll show you how I made my probe bracket.
I'll be running a PH,Salinity, and calcium monitor, so I made a 3 hole bracket.
first I drilled my holes I used High carb drill bits at a medium speed, to fast you run the risk of cracking or chipping your Acrylic same with to low of a speed. if you don't have a drill press make sure you use acrylic drill bits. it will save you a lot of head aches.

[icereefer]

once I drilled my holes I ran my piece threw my table saw to get the size I needed then I rounded the ends with my disc sander.

then I add triangle braces to the end and the finished product.
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this shot is the bracket installed.

Next I'm running a calcium reactor so I needed to make a effluent box so I can monitor my effluent thats going into my sump.
here a photo of my box installed I just need to drill my top for my prob to fit in.

[icereefer]

and this is a picture of my sump/refuge all done.

well I guess it's really not done till it's been labeled.......LOL.

Well thanks for checking on this post and if you have any questions on something I missed please feel free to ask.
My next task will be building my stand. and powerstation.

[FragOutpost]

Nice craftsmanship. Good job on building your sump. Did you use the pins method or just lay the pieces together and glue them? What did you use for weights? Usually I'll use some bricks wrapped in duct tape. When building small sumps out of quarter inch acrylic I find it easier to place a large sheet of cardboard on the table first to act as a cushion. I also like to keep a bowl of pennies around to wedge under the joints where needed to help hold the seams together unitl dry. You said that you used WeldOn 14 right? Do they still make WeldOn #4? I bought a ton of WeldOn 4 a few years back to keep on hand and haven't ordered any in a while. Anyways, Thanks for sharing your project with us. I look forward to seeing more of your handywork.

[icereefer]

yeah you can still get weld-on # 3,4,16,10 and 40.
and myself I use clamps I have clamp that will expand up to 8' if needed, and clearance of up to 32".
later I'll post my bubble trap media box my effluent box and my stand I made.