DIY BRS Dosing Pump Bracket

[redfishbluefish]

In the process of building another tank setup, I picked up three used 1.1 ml BRS dosing pumps. One of the pumps did not come with the mounting bracket. Now I know I can purchase the bracket alone from BRS for $7.99, but why buy it when making it will be a fun little DIY project.

Here’s the BRS bracket I’m talking about:

First thing I did was determine the angle of the bracket was 5 degrees, and I found a piece of scrap plastic and cut it at that angle. Originally I thought this was acrylic, but it cut too easily, so I’m guessing it’s vinyl…..but this shouldn’t be a problem.

This angled piece has angled sides to lock into the back of the pump. This was found to be a 45, so I’d try using a router bit to cut this chamfered.

To stabilize this small piece of plastic, and make routing safer, it was attached to a piece of scrap wood using two sided carpet tape.

This was slowly adjusted to the bit until just the right amount of material was removed.

Holes were drilled and tapered to accept flathead screws….and here it is side-by-side to the BRS bracket. Now this DIY one does not lock into the pump like the original, but that shouldn’t be a problem mounting the pump vertically.

 

[KrisReef]

Did BRS put something free in your last order?
Nice dyi!

 

[redfishbluefish]

Haven't ordered recently.....but am putting an order together now.

 

[redfishbluefish]

I just realized I left out one little step. When I picked the plastic scrap, it was an inch or so longer than I needed. When I traced the bracket on this plastic, I centered the original, leaving extra on the top and bottom of the piece, and then cut the 5 degree angles. This would allow me to trim the top portion so that it fit snuggle into the pump, I kept on trimming the top, shaving off a little at a time, until the bracket was held tight in the pump, and "flatted out" at the top of the pump.

The bottom portion was then marked and excess plastic cut off.