This week has been slow go on build status. Between working nights and replacing AC unit on the house I didn't have much time to get the wood to skin the stand.
Today I did do some DIYing tho. On my old tank I ran 2 3/4" sea swirls. On this tank I didn't thing I was going to be able to use the 3/4" with the return pump I have going on this tank.
I took one of the old sea swirls all the way apart and figured I could DIY it to an 1.5" setup
Sorry I don't have pic of the steps I did just a few of the finish product.
First after taking it a part I drilled a inch&9/16 hole in the original casing. Then took out the table saw and notched 2 slots in a peace of 1.5 PVC. The notches are for the O rings to fit in to cause a seal inside the 2 peaces of PVC. Then glued the notched PVC to the top peace of casing.
This pic shows the notches with the O rings already on.
Then I took an 1.5 sleeve coupling and cut the end off. This fit perfect over the 1.5" PVC with the O rings on it. Then I cut and epoxied the old arm of the original 3/4" sea swirl to the sleeve
This pic shows that
Then after the epoxy cured I was good to test try
Drum roll please, the vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KfJQxa9HAU