Drilled glass for arboreal

[BorisTheSpider]

@SpiderDad61 exceptionally nice work . You are putting my enclosures to shame .

 

[saturnthegrey]

@lunarae I won't be housing anything in it for a while, I just want to make one now haha. I saw @EulersK has a thread with one and Im going to combine them and add a double opening to mine. I'm pretty good with silicone tubes(used to be a painter) so I don't mind the 24 hour dry time

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

Do you feel there is any need to "buff" (for lack of a better word at the moment) the holes to smooth out any micro-serrations/sharp edges, or will that be a non-issue? I was kind of thinking in terns of a spider poking a leg through and perhaps getting a cut, but for all I know that danger is minuscule.

In any event, great work. I like glass enclosures but their big downside, aside possibly from weight, is the lack of cross-ventilation.

 

[Trenor]

Do you feel there is any need to "buff" (for lack of a better word at the moment) the holes to smooth out any micro-serrations/sharp edges, or will that be a non-issue? I was kind of thinking in terns of a spider poking a leg through and perhaps getting a cut, but for all I know that danger is minuscule.

I was wondering this as well. I'm not sure how sharp the edges would be or how effective buffing or dulling them would work.

 

[SpiderDad61]

Here's the video showing how it's done. Good luck n take it slow. 1-2 mins per hole it well worth it.

 

[SpiderDad61]

What did you use to keep the acrylic on the tank? Silicone? Do you think hot glue will work?

I use hi heat hot glue, and it's solid, like concrete. It's a heavy 1/4" piece of plexi too. I wouldn't use thin plexi

 

[SpiderDad61]

I was wondering this as well. I'm not sure how sharp the edges would be or how effective buffing or dulling them would work.

I thought the same thing but after the first hole I ran my finger around it and pushed hard. It was smooth and not sharp at all

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

Possibly the heat from the friction of drilling plays a hand in it? That's just a guess, and probably not a valid one.

 

[Red Eunice]

Here's the video showing how it's done. Good luck n take it slow. 1-2 mins per hole it well worth it.

Thanks for the video, very educational.
Now, possibly this weekend, I will try it on a tank.

 

[SpiderDad61]

Thanks for the video, very educational.
Now, possibly this weekend, I will try it on a tank.

No prob. Glad to help. Good luck!

 

[SpiderDad61]

Thanks for the video, very educational.
Now, possibly this weekend, I will try it on a tank.

Also, if its gonna be an arboreal tank, test on the bottom of the tank. It'll be covered with maybe a background anyway, so if a small crack does happen, the tank is still useable.

 

[viper69]

Thanks a lot for the video much appreciated. It appears in the drilling, after the initial 10 secs, that you don't keep the drill bit perpendicular to the plane of the glass. Is this correct, if so, why is that? Or should it be perpendicular?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Trenor]

Thanks a lot for the video much appreciated. It appears in the drilling, after the initial 10 secs, that you don't keep the drill bit perpendicular to the plane of the glass. Is this correct, if so, why is that? Or should it be perpendicular?

Thanks a lot!

It should be perpendicular but that is hard to do with most drills unless you had a bubble dot level on the back of the drill or use a drill press. Luckily when drilling imprecise shallow holes a slight tilt shouldn't affect much. That's why when the hole popped thru the glass the drill tilts to the side it was leaning.

I thought the same thing but after the first hole I ran my finger around it and pushed hard. It was smooth and not sharp at all

That is good to know. I'd like to look at one of those holes with a good magnifying glass.

 

[SpiderDad61]

Thanks a lot for the video much appreciated. It appears in the drilling, after the initial 10 secs, that you don't keep the drill bit perpendicular to the plane of the glass. Is this correct, if so, why is that? Or should it be perpendicular?

Thanks a lot!

Ur "supposed" to, but I found that putting it at an ever so slight angle gets it to dig in a lil faster.
Perpendicular works just as good, but a tad slower