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Home brew Mini Egg crate 6w fitting There have been a few 50s style fittings with egg crate diffusers posted recently so it got me thinking how I could make a fitting based on those fittings. The egg crate is what can be used in fish aquariums with white sign perspex welded to make up the sides. The rest of the fitting is made up by bending sheet aluminium. The ballast is Smart and Brown, probably 70s. The first ballast I ever owned when I was 9 is one of these.

Home brew Mini Egg crate 6w fitting

There have been a few 50s style fittings with egg crate diffusers posted recently so it got me thinking how I could make a fitting based on those fittings. The egg crate is what can be used in fish aquariums with white sign perspex welded to make up the sides. The rest of the fitting is made up by bending sheet aluminium. The ballast is Smart and Brown, probably 70s. The first ballast I ever owned when I was 9 is one of these.

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Album name:RobTDCI / Fabrications
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Date added:08 Nov, 2015
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jonny-m   [08 Nov, 2015 at 08:49 PM]
Looks better than some fittings I've seen for sale lol. Quality bit of work here.
Kev   [08 Nov, 2015 at 09:04 PM]
^^^ I agree Jonny bets most current manufactures hands down! Cool
eclipsislamps   [08 Nov, 2015 at 09:43 PM]
I really like that a lot! How is the acrylic cement holding? Especially with the heat, I've been wondering how good that stuff is.
RobTDCI   [08 Nov, 2015 at 09:54 PM]
It's holding up better than I thought, I left this over night clamped in my foldable bench to be sure. I wouldn't like to subject it to excessive amounts of abuse but it seems fine under normal use, I've got another diffuser I made like this which has been holding up fine now for 3 years. I've just used a tube of Marley solvent weld used in plastic plumbing.
AngryHorse   [10 Nov, 2015 at 10:06 PM]
Awsome! Cool
FrontSideBus   [14 Dec, 2018 at 11:53 PM]
Quality
Ash   [15 Dec, 2018 at 08:51 AM]
Awesome

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