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I'm slowly getting ready to put together my new setup and the supplies are being shipped in one by one.
The bulkheads that'll connect the tank has arrived from China yesterday (I'm based in Korea and I didn't like the bulkheads sold locally),
Its size is 50 (Chinese standard, comparable to 1.5 inch in size). It was written on the product info (and from some other sources) that I'd need a hole on the aquarium 50~53mm in diameter so I've also ordered 50mm hole saw drill bit.
I tried fitting the bulkhead through an acrylic panel with a 50mm hole and the male threaded bit is a bit narrower than the 50mm hole. I'd say about 3~5mm smaller in diameter. The outer side of the bulkhead and silicon gasket is pretty wide so it's not like the hole is being exposed or anything but Is this how the bulkheads usually fit?
No holes have been drilled yet (still waiting on the tanks and the hole saw to arrive) so I can make changes if I want to. Would it be better for me to buy another hole saw that's a little smaller so it's more.. well.. snug fit?
Also, when you drill with say, 50mm glass hole saw, does the hole end up being bigger than 50mm? (due to grinding around the sides, etc) I've never drilled glass before and this would be my first.
Thanks
The bulkheads that'll connect the tank has arrived from China yesterday (I'm based in Korea and I didn't like the bulkheads sold locally),
Its size is 50 (Chinese standard, comparable to 1.5 inch in size). It was written on the product info (and from some other sources) that I'd need a hole on the aquarium 50~53mm in diameter so I've also ordered 50mm hole saw drill bit.
I tried fitting the bulkhead through an acrylic panel with a 50mm hole and the male threaded bit is a bit narrower than the 50mm hole. I'd say about 3~5mm smaller in diameter. The outer side of the bulkhead and silicon gasket is pretty wide so it's not like the hole is being exposed or anything but Is this how the bulkheads usually fit?
No holes have been drilled yet (still waiting on the tanks and the hole saw to arrive) so I can make changes if I want to. Would it be better for me to buy another hole saw that's a little smaller so it's more.. well.. snug fit?
Also, when you drill with say, 50mm glass hole saw, does the hole end up being bigger than 50mm? (due to grinding around the sides, etc) I've never drilled glass before and this would be my first.
Thanks