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Old 10-14-2006, 12:56 AM   #8 (permalink)
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\This thread had perfect timing, i just found out that no glass stores will dill tanks and the one that i did find had the wrong sizes and never guarantee their work.

Anyhow, i have an idea. If you were to take a plank of wood, drill the same size hole, in the same places, and then take a second piece of wood, and put it on the side you are not drilling, you then drill through the wood.
In this way when you get to the end, you have a pressure coming against the glass, preventing the thin pice from cracking off and ruining your project.

I dont know how well i explained that or how it will work, but you always hear "reduce pressure near the end, as glass is thn and can break"
Im not saying keep pressure thru all the way, but this way it may not be as nerve racking near the end.

See the diagram, it may help undrstand a bit
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