drilling a 10g tank?

[jones02]

So I been readinng and watching videos on people drilling 10g tanks and cuz its so thin I read its hard to drill? Is there a easy way of doing it without breaking tanks? Or someone that does it in lonndon so if they break it, its there problem not mine? lol

 

[baker.shawn]

do you have the drill bit? what size hole are you doing?
use the fastest drill speed possible, and use the weight of the drill (dont push) ive done about a dozen holes its not that hard

if you have a bit i can do it for you, but i tak no responsability for a broken tank

 

[Neopimp]

I use a piece of plywood inside the tank, a piece of acrylic or plexi with the bit size drilled through it to act as a guide. and then I use C clamps to snadwich the glass between the two.  As far as speed I was always under the impression that a slower speed is better(within reason) and lots of water to flush out the grinded up glass.  I woudl say in the area of 5 Rotations per second. Just let the bit grind it way through pushing will do nothign to help you.  I have drilled a tank at almost full speed and it worked.. the first time . Brother tried it and it di not work out so well. So I have went slow with all the other holes I have drilled.

 

[jones02]

My 90g took like 3-4 minz onn high and how no problem. I was just worred about the glass so thin? I have a bit and everything and was going to use plywood with a hole for a guide.

 

[jones02]

Is it a bad idea to drill the bottom?

 

[baker.shawn]

its tough to say...i know in most tanks 20-90gal the bottoms are often tempered, i have no idea if this is true for smaller tanks