Added some final touches to the mixing station:
BIG numbers because I'm blind.
I placed a flashlight in the back as a test. Now I will need to mount a cheap light behind the tank that I can turn on and easily see the level.
Did some test cuts on a scrap piece of glass for when the tanks arrive. They are still on back order.
I used a dremel for this with a diamond cut off wheel as well as a dremel tile cutting bit. It was my first attempt and yes, I did skip once but I was really just seeing if I could cut the stuff at all without it breaking or getting really big chips in it so I was kind of purposely being haphazard about it.
Not too bad - eh?
Even though I'm getting diamond hole saws for the holes I will still need to cut a weir in the back of the tank for the external overflow.
I could not get a complete cut using the diamond cut off wheel. I had to finish the cut with the tile cutting bit which did knock out the entire piece at one point (that I didn't like). Believe it or not - I like the carbide tip tile cutting bit over the diamond wheel. It cuts slower but you have more control over it. The cutting bit showed no signs of wear at the completion whereas the diamond wheel shows significant wear.
Since everyone drills their tanks using some sort of dam with liquid as a coolant I wondered how I could get a coolant onto the glass while making cuts as I needed to.
The answer:
Use a dosing jug. I couldn't find the tubing that came with it but I found an airline valve so with a little airline, some teflon tape and the airline valve I had a drip coolant that flowed over the glass as I cut it.
Another TIP brought to you by DIY Chuck..............
Now that airline valve has been put onto my salt mixing station.