New Aquarium Set up: Stuck! :-(

[Daniel Phillips]

Hi all,

I'm setting up an aquarium for my two goldfish outside that I have had
since early this year. I bought a plexiglass aquarium from wal-mart,
and here's step 7: Using side cutting pliers or a heated knife cut out
the rectangular hole in the back center of the hood.

The store reps at both Home Depot and Lowes both don't seem to know
what "side cutting pliers" are, so I just got cutting pliers. They
did not do the job, unless I was using them wrong. Too large it
seems. A search online seemed to indicate that they didn't look that
much different from the real pliers and in fact one rep said that side
cutting pliers and the cutting pliers are the same thing.

So the only other option I thought of was to use a hobby knife. This
got one of the joints away, but the blade got seperated from the
handle.

Any ideas?

Daniel

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[Tom Randy]

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:01:25 +0000, Daniel Phillips wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm setting up an aquarium for my two goldfish outside that I have had
> since early this year. I bought a plexiglass aquarium from wal-mart, and
> here's step 7: Using side cutting pliers or a heated knife cut out the
> rectangular hole in the back center of the hood.
>
> The store reps at both Home Depot and Lowes both don't seem to know what
> "side cutting pliers" are, so I just got cutting pliers. They did not do
> the job, unless I was using them wrong. Too large it seems. A search
> online seemed to indicate that they didn't look that much different from
> the real pliers and in fact one rep said that side cutting pliers and the
> cutting pliers are the same thing.
>
> So the only other option I thought of was to use a hobby knife. This got
> one of the joints away, but the blade got seperated from the handle.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Daniel
>
> Daniel Phillips


A pair of dikes should do it. The curved wire cutter for those who don't
know the term dikes...

[NZed]

Another option is what we call a fret saw...used by wood workers...
Or use a handle hacksaw...all it is ...is a handle which holds a hacksaw
blade.
Drill a hole first to let the blade get into position to start cutting.
Another option if the plastic is thin enough it is tin snips...sheet metal
cutters / scissors.

NZed

"Daniel Phillips" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm setting up an aquarium for my two goldfish outside that I have had
> since early this year. I bought a plexiglass aquarium from wal-mart,
> and here's step 7: Using side cutting pliers or a heated knife cut out
> the rectangular hole in the back center of the hood.
>
> The store reps at both Home Depot and Lowes both don't seem to know
> what "side cutting pliers" are, so I just got cutting pliers. They
> did not do the job, unless I was using them wrong. Too large it
> seems. A search online seemed to indicate that they didn't look that
> much different from the real pliers and in fact one rep said that side
> cutting pliers and the cutting pliers are the same thing.
>
> So the only other option I thought of was to use a hobby knife. This
> got one of the joints away, but the blade got seperated from the
> handle.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Daniel
>
> Daniel Phillips
>
> [+]bandito[-]spam = [-]toppler.[+]zworg.com
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[Daniel Phillips]

Hi,

Thanks for all the advice. A solid box cutter did the trick. If
anyone gets an AquaBrite V aquarium tank, be forewarned that you'll
need a box cutter to cut out the panel it asks to be cut out!

Hope plexiglass doesn't have a tendancy to leak.

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 21:26:32 +1300, "NZed" >
wrote:

>Another option is what we call a fret saw...used by wood workers...
>Or use a handle hacksaw...all it is ...is a handle which holds a hacksaw
>blade.
>Drill a hole first to let the blade get into position to start cutting.
>Another option if the plastic is thin enough it is tin snips...sheet metal
>cutters / scissors.
>
>NZed
>
>"Daniel Phillips" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm setting up an aquarium for my two goldfish outside that I have had
>> since early this year. I bought a plexiglass aquarium from wal-mart,
>> and here's step 7: Using side cutting pliers or a heated knife cut out
>> the rectangular hole in the back center of the hood.
>>
>> The store reps at both Home Depot and Lowes both don't seem to know
>> what "side cutting pliers" are, so I just got cutting pliers. They
>> did not do the job, unless I was using them wrong. Too large it
>> seems. A search online seemed to indicate that they didn't look that
>> much different from the real pliers and in fact one rep said that side
>> cutting pliers and the cutting pliers are the same thing.
>>
>> So the only other option I thought of was to use a hobby knife. This
>> got one of the joints away, but the blade got seperated from the
>> handle.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> Daniel Phillips
>>
>> [+]bandito[-]spam = [-]toppler.[+]zworg.com
>> Be warned, may mistakingly bounce back as spam.
>
>
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