6" Acrylic Tubes buy

[Armando]

I'm planning to order 6" Acrylic Tubes for my calcium reactor. It's 1/4" thick.

Price is $9.23 per foot (plus shipping). If anyone is interested in joining me let me know.

[Piscevore]

Hey Armando, yeah, I'll jump in on this with you. I'm good for 2.5 feet, I'll PP you when you are ready to order, just LMK

[Armando]

In order to make this easier, I think we should order 3 ft per person. This would allow us to build 2x18" reactors, which is what I am planning to do.

The reason is that these tubes are sold in 6 ft sections.

[Armando]

More information on this:

The 6ft section shipped is $55.38 + $14.01 (shipping) = $69.39

So if you're planning to build the reactor, the price of 3 ft for your tubes is $34.70 shipped

I'm planning to place the order on Saturday. If you want to paypal me, the total is $36.

[Pinkskunk]

Piscevore,

if you are willing to cut down on your 2.5 to 2, i would take the other 4'.

Armando,
What is the outside measurement? we have to make sure the plumbing supply we buy will fit them. Calciumbuf has a very comprehensive list of items needed.

[Piscevore]

Sounds good. Pay pal sent.

[Armando]

Pinkskunk the OD is 6" and the ID is 5 3/4"

[Jim Tansey]

If the wall is 1/4 the ID would be 5 1/2.

Jim

[Armando]

gotcha so in this case the wall is 1/8"

[Armando]

if we want 1/4" thick the price for 6 ft is $73.11, so that would be approx $10 more per person (around $46)

[~Flighty~]

Is there a group discount on this?

[Armando]

i'm not sure if would get any discount. shipping could get cheaper as more people order, depending on how they calculate it.

[~Flighty~]

Not to be a PIA, but would it be easier to just order individually and have them shipped to our own houses?

[Armando]

You need at lease someone else to order with you, because they come in 6 ft sections (the 1/8" thick). The 1/4" thick you can order 36" long.

The price I listed above for the 1/4" thick is not right that's actually the price for 36", so that is very expensive.

[~Flighty~]

Gotcha.

[Jim Tansey]

Armando,

Do you know if this is cast or extruded? I would like to get a 6 ft length if it's 1/4 wall cast.

Thanks,

Jim

[Armando]

Jim, the 1/4" is cast, but as I corrected above, it is very expensive ($73.51+SH for 3' long)

[Piscevore]

Cast tubing is not necessary, imho, on these reactors. I don't think 1/8" is going to be a problem either, I am content with what I have ordered. I priced this out on MacMaster and also savko a while ago, and the prices are the same everywhere. I didn't buy because of the six foot increments, so I jumped on the opportunity to split both shipping and not have extra.

[Armando]

yes let's make sure it'll be OK to use 1/8" extruded for this before we order it. i don't want to order it if it may cause problems later, i'd rather spend a bit more and get the right material.

[spectrum]

Granted the pressure involved does not require 1/4 inch thick acrylic 1/8 is sufficient.
Where 1/4 wins on two criteria
1. Much easier to drill and tap, believe me I shattered more that one of the EBAY tubes purchased last year

2. more gluing surface on the 1/4 inch stuff

Dan

[Armando]

in this case, I'd say it may not be cost efficient to buy the 1/8", since a shattered tube could require replacement and drive the cost much higher if we buy the 1/4" in first place. Am i right?

[spectrum]

It is your call, but doing it right the first time usually saves both time and money.
It CAN be done with 1/8" thick tubes, I've made a bunch out of those EBAY tubes.
You just have to be VERY VERY carefull when drilling, tapping and assembling the units.
One little slip and that tube is toast
dan

[Jim Tansey]

I have used extruded tube on projects in the past (not aquarium related) we found with time it developed stress cracks and in some cases resulted in failure. I'm not saying 1/8 wall extruded will not work but I will only use 1/4 wall cast. I think if you look at any of the quality manufactures it's what they use.

Jim

[Pinkskunk]

after i looked at my current reactor tonite, i have second thought on the tube due to both, the pricing and need to build another. Sorry but i will withdraw my interest. i hope i did not mess you up.

[Armando]

anyone else interested in tubes, either 1/4" or 1/8"?

[jango]

I am interested in the 1/4"

[tdragon]

id be interested in the 1/4" tubes

J

[Armando]

OK I tried to get a quote for shipping from McMaster-Carr site for 1/4" tubes however it won't allow me unless I place the order.

Since they provide the option to buy a 36" tube I don't see the purpose of having this group buy. It was originally intended to resolve the problem of having only the option of buying 72" tubes (1/8").

So because there will be no benefit in ordering as a group I am going to cancel the group buy and anyone can order individually.