guide to custom made reservoirs

[.xXLucidXx.]

can somneone post like some tutorials or what not about making there own res?
i know deviance has some sweet ones ited be nice if i could get some info?
thanks guys

 

[amalgamas]

lol, that's defyant.


as for making you're own, i don't believe there are any good tutorials out there, though if this stays on the front page long enough someone will probably write one up for you.

 

[.xXLucidXx.]

sorry i couldnt remember the name
but defyant does some great work, i have pm'd him a while back but no response
hopefully he will see this

 

[sprocket]

What kind of rez do you want to make and out of what material?
What kind of tools do you have access to and how accomplished a craftsman are you?

 

[.xXLucidXx.]

ied like to have one of the tube style res. that defyant has made
not very large around 6-7 inches in height and about 2-3 inches in diameter

the tools i have to work with are common garage tools, dremel roto zip various drills
taps, vice's for holding things mounted on a work bench that type of thing and a very large work space indoors
i was thinking if there was a place to find the tube style plexi glass it would be fairly easy to take some plexis glass and epoxy the ends on it and drill an tap the in-out ports
no machine equipment or anything like that tho

 

[DFI Daishi]

fire up your local yellow pages.

i can get most any form of glass or plastic from a local store called guelph glass that provides both builders and artists with those sorts of materials.

since guelph is pretty small, i would imagine that any reasonably sized city would have such a store.

and, just off hand, i'm pretty sure that you want to use a plastic cement, rather than epoxy. getting total fusion between the two pieces of plastic that you are working with is preferable to haveing a wad of epoxy sticking the two together.

 

[sprocket]

ied like to have one of the tube style res. that defyant has made
not very large around 6-7 inches in height and about 2-3 inches in diameter

the tools i have to work with are common garage tools, dremel roto zip various drills
taps, vice's for holding things mounted on a work bench that type of thing and a very large work space indoors
i was thinking if there was a place to find the tube style plexi glass it would be fairly easy to take some plexis glass and epoxy the ends on it and drill an tap the in-out ports
no machine equipment or anything like that tho

Sounds like what I just built...

Although I have lathes and could turn the endcaps, a flat plate would have worked as well.
Total material cost was under $10.
Look in your YellowPages for "plastic supplies-tube/sheet" or plastic fabricators.
The store I found sells scrap/cutoffs ( which was what I used) for $1.50/lb.
It's actually quite easy to build, so good luck.