Unless you’re really hooked on having see-through sides, I would strongly recommend you ditch the plexi and get some decent plastic, like Delrin. Its more expensive, but it will never shatter, and its about 100 times easier to work with…
You can drill it, machine it, tap it, cut it, file it, whatever. I tend to cut larger sheets to size on my table saw.
And the cutting tools to score and break the glass are very innaffective unless you have the patience to score it 50 million times so the cut is deep enough to break. Even so, it can only be done for cutting out small pieces of straight edge acrylic.
I wasted too much plexi, just trying to get a general shape cut out. My jig saw kept cracking everything, up until I got the finest tooth blade I could find. Definately not worth the effort, but it will work for now.
Working with plexiglass is an art. I used to build sumps and overflows for salt water tanks and still use a 3 foot long acrylic sump that uses 1/2", 1/4" and 1/8" acrylic. I cut allt he pieces by snapping them. A couple scores was all it took. It broke alot of pieces when I stated working with it though.
It takes patience and practice to get good at it. I don’t think it’s a great building material for robots unless they are small or the plexi is very thick.
I have a 120 gallon reef tank, 40 gallon sump, 2 seaclone 150 protein skimmers, assorted soft corals and leathers with a Maroon Clown, Bubbletip anemones and some gobbies.
I also have a 75 gallon reef, 33 gallon sump, Euroreef skimmer, assorted corals and some puffers.
Sweet setups. I’d like to eventually do a larger tank, but I’m content with my 54 corner for now. I don’t think I’ll ever do a reef - too much equipment. I think a massive planted freshwater community tank would be a lot of fun to watch, and it would be very low maintenance.
…does that count for wheeled / non-TRACKED vehicles too? In the same situation i mean…Like if JRDRAG’s motor units were running wheels instead of tracks…
