At around noon on Monday I decided to start on my first hole of the tank. It would be my 4th hole i would ever had drilled. First hole that was drilled on my 5g (was refugium tank) got cracked so I just used that tank as practice for drilling now that it was cracked and it’s not thick glass at all but those holes took me about 3-4 mins each. So i did those on Sunday now it’s Monday and I take my tank outside and start drilling. Well 5 mins goes by, I knew it would take longer then the 5g tank so I said okay no problem.
keep in mind that after the first hole it cracked because my dad went too fast therefore I was avid about going slow.
so I had my hand on the drill trigger at around maybe 1/4th. Then goes 10 minutes and I’m like gosh dang this takes awhile, then we’ll 20 mins and then around 25 min mark the drill battery dies. I was maybe 1/2 way through and my hand is tired from holding down this trigger and the arch on my back too from the position I was.
so I leave it 1/2 drilled and come back to it this Saturday morning. Took about another 20 mins with a fresh battery went slightly faster this time. Finally the dang hole was drilled. I’m not sure if it was that the drill bit was super dull from having already drilled 3 other holes. I mean 3 holes and the drill bit is already done for that seems odd. It wasn’t a Chinese drill bit either.
well anyways I still need to drill 2 more holes. And I had an accident when I realized on Monday while I was drilling I was drilling the wrong size. I drilled the drain size hole for the return. Oopsy so I guess I have to just get the pipe down to a smaller size or can I just keep the return and drain the same?
another concern is if 2 holes will fit with the size of my overflow I guess I’ll have to see when I receive the bulkheads if there is space.
so when I go to drill the other 2 holes I don’t want to spend another 40 mins on each, do I just go faster or get another drill bit?
Then to get that duct tape off, should I just use some alcohol?
I think it’s time for a meditation after this.
keep in mind that after the first hole it cracked because my dad went too fast therefore I was avid about going slow.
so I had my hand on the drill trigger at around maybe 1/4th. Then goes 10 minutes and I’m like gosh dang this takes awhile, then we’ll 20 mins and then around 25 min mark the drill battery dies. I was maybe 1/2 way through and my hand is tired from holding down this trigger and the arch on my back too from the position I was.
so I leave it 1/2 drilled and come back to it this Saturday morning. Took about another 20 mins with a fresh battery went slightly faster this time. Finally the dang hole was drilled. I’m not sure if it was that the drill bit was super dull from having already drilled 3 other holes. I mean 3 holes and the drill bit is already done for that seems odd. It wasn’t a Chinese drill bit either.
well anyways I still need to drill 2 more holes. And I had an accident when I realized on Monday while I was drilling I was drilling the wrong size. I drilled the drain size hole for the return. Oopsy so I guess I have to just get the pipe down to a smaller size or can I just keep the return and drain the same?
another concern is if 2 holes will fit with the size of my overflow I guess I’ll have to see when I receive the bulkheads if there is space.
so when I go to drill the other 2 holes I don’t want to spend another 40 mins on each, do I just go faster or get another drill bit?
Then to get that duct tape off, should I just use some alcohol?
I think it’s time for a meditation after this.