Have made quite a few acrylic inlets / outlets using a pains tripping gun and a pipe bending spring (is in my journal somewhere!)
But am really taken with the ADA jet pipes and was wondering how hard it would be to make these in a DIY style.
After a bit of googling, it seems bending stainless steel is easier than I'd expected.
And the bits and pieces are quite cheap...
A pipe bender is £30
15mm o/d, 12mm i/d is about £9 a metre on ebay. This is the same size as Amano's steel flow, and a bit smaller than the Natural Aquario ones.
So for £70 you could make two inlets and two outlets. Think you'd have to cut the holes with a hacksaw in the inlet, to get a similar design to the NA one.
Not sure how you'd do the ADA mesh stuff.
Has anyone tried this? Am particularly tempted as need a slightly unusual shaped pipe for my next 'hole in the wall' project...
But am really taken with the ADA jet pipes and was wondering how hard it would be to make these in a DIY style.
After a bit of googling, it seems bending stainless steel is easier than I'd expected.
And the bits and pieces are quite cheap...
A pipe bender is £30
15mm o/d, 12mm i/d is about £9 a metre on ebay. This is the same size as Amano's steel flow, and a bit smaller than the Natural Aquario ones.
So for £70 you could make two inlets and two outlets. Think you'd have to cut the holes with a hacksaw in the inlet, to get a similar design to the NA one.
Not sure how you'd do the ADA mesh stuff.
Has anyone tried this? Am particularly tempted as need a slightly unusual shaped pipe for my next 'hole in the wall' project...