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    Posted: February 06 2010 at 1:34pm
I decided I would try my hand at building my own cone. I am not done quite yet I will post pics of it as I finish it and of it runningTongue It is built out of 3/8" cell cast white acrylic. 10" collection cup, 11" base, 5.5" neck and is 26" tall. Uses an Askoll 1500 pump.

putting 45 degree bevels.

This is how I route a channel for the tube

Drilling holes

adding 45 degree tapers to the bottom of the bubble plate

here is the motor block


base of cone

neck

and here is kinda a mockup





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Nice, that is truly amazing. I am anxious to see this thing up and running!
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Looks great, is that the SWC cone?
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  Quote tcfab Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2010 at 3:50pm
No all pieces are hand made by me other then the grey volute, which I wanted to make but I already had it so I just ended up using it. The cone was kind of a PITA to make, I had to make a female and male mold to get it to work. 
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now I am way impressed very nice work
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  Quote tcfab Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2010 at 4:28pm

I have had a few people message me about some questions, so here are some more pictures on some of the parts you asked about.

Here is the neck when its on


and here it is open, I have not routed the channel for the o-ring just yet


Here is the lid


Size comparison of the cup, not sure how much it holds yetLOL


and a full shot of the skimmer

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that's insane... nice work man Thumbs Up
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Thanks Nick.Big smile
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Wow! Very impressive.
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  Quote jbutler Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2010 at 5:16pm
Sweet!  Wish I had the tools and brains to pull that off.  Cool
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  Quote Luckedout Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2010 at 12:10am
Shocked

That is one of the most impressive DIY projects I've seen. You must have a ton of experience working with acrylic. That's something else.

If you don't mind me asking what's your cost of material vs. cost of a manufactured cone skimmer? I imagine it's quite a bit cheaper, but you pulled off something impressive here so I imagine you didn't scrimp on quality material.
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  Quote tcfab Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2010 at 3:32pm
Thanks for the complimentsSmile Everything is cell cast acrylic vs. extruded. I really don't have to much experience in acrylic actually, but I do in wood working and some of the principals are the same really. I am into this skimmer about $300-$340 done vs the real Alpha cone 250 at about $1,200 

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  Quote tcfab Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2010 at 3:35pm
Hopefully I will have it done tomorrow night so I can test this beastLOL
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  Quote leafeater Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2010 at 6:58pm
Wow! Incredible work.
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Can I offer you $350 for it? Hey 10 bucks is 10 bucks...
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uummm, noLOL
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  Quote jcoulter17 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2010 at 8:19pm
how did you make the cone if you don't care to tell
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