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    Posted: March 25 2006 at 2:22pm
What is the best way to drill holes in acrylic tubes. and what do you use for the bulkheads
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I use a hole saw and uni-seals for bulkheads:  http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detai l/iid/8600/cid/2009
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Would I be correct in assumming that uniseals would seal a tank overflow drilled a few inches below the water line?
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Uni-seals will seal a tank anywhere.  They're good up to 40 psi (90 ft deep ).  Their only drawback is it's hard to get the pipe into the seal.  It takes quite a bit of force so be careful with thin walled acrylic tubing or thin glass.
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