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Khledar · 02-03-2004, 11:19 PM

Acrylic sheets are easy to cut, tap and glue. Some people(cough..Home Depot..cough) suggest using epoxy to join acrylic sheets - but that's just sad - there's specific solvent cement for acrylic which can be had at any plastics supply store. The bottle I have says Methylene Chloride on it if that's any help. This stuff is as thin(viscous) as water and evapourates like crazy. Weldon makes thickened solvent which can also be found at most plastics supply stores.

Pipe thread taps can be found around too. I hand made my res. out of 1/4" acrylic, 3 pipe fittings, and a little teflon, and it requires no additional sealant, just the acrylic solvent to seal the box.

02-03-2004, 11:19 PM	#2
Khledar Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Vancouver BC Posts: 234	Acrylic sheets are easy to cut, tap and glue. Some people(cough..Home Depot..cough) suggest using epoxy to join acrylic sheets - but that's just sad - there's specific solvent cement for acrylic which can be had at any plastics supply store. The bottle I have says Methylene Chloride on it if that's any help. This stuff is as thin(viscous) as water and evapourates like crazy. Weldon makes thickened solvent which can also be found at most plastics supply stores. Pipe thread taps can be found around too. I hand made my res. out of 1/4" acrylic, 3 pipe fittings, and a little teflon, and it requires no additional sealant, just the acrylic solvent to seal the box. __________________ "mooooo" said the cow. ERTW - UBC P4 2.4B @3.01Ghz 167FSB :: Abit IC7 :: 2x256MB HyperX PC3700 :: ASUS 9600XT :: WD Raptor 2x36GB RAID0