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Take a 1
1/2" PVC pipe cap and drill a 1/4" hole in the top of it.
Then cut two pieces of fiberglass window screen the size to fit inside
the cap and also the inside of a 1 1/2" PVC male adapter.
Cut a piece of 1 1/2" PVC pipe 2 1/2" long.
These pieces will be the carbon container to remove the nasty odors
from the waste collector.
Cut a 2 1/2" long piece of 2" ID acrylic tube.
Cut a 2 1/4" disk of 1/4" acrylic and drill several 1/4 holes
in it.
Cut a 12" long piece of 6" ID acrylic tube.
Cut an 8" square of 1/4" acrylic sheet for the base of the waste
collector.
Glue the 6" acrylic tube to the 8" square acrylic sheet with
some Weld-On 16.
Cut two disks of 1/4" acrylic that are 8 1/2" in diameter.
Cut a 6" hole in the center of one of them.
In the other one drill a 2" hole and a 25/32" hole.
Use a 1/2" pipe tap to tap the 25/32" hole.
Make sure that these two holes are inside of the 6" diameter so
they will both be inside the tube.
Glue the 1 1/2" male adapter into the 2" hole in the disk with
Weld-On 16.
Put a ping pong ball in the 2" ID acrylic tube and use Weld-On 16
to glue it to the bottom of this plate over the 2" hole in the plate.
Be careful to not get any glue on the ping pong ball.
Get a piece of EPDM pond liner or car inner tube and make a gasket to
go between the two 8 1/2" disks.
Use the 1/4" acrylic drill and drill 6 or 8 holes around the edge
of both disks and the gasket.
Bolt the disks together with nylon bolts and nuts.
You can get the 1/2" pipe tap and the 25/32" drill from www.aquaticeco.com
You can get the acrylic sheet and tube and the 1/4" acrylic drill
bit from www.usplastic.com
Fill he unit with water to make sure you don't have any leaks.
Then install the unit and say goodbye to skimmer
smells and floods.
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