Is it done ?

[kudapucat]

Pens are thermoplastic, gently heat the tip over a naked flame, then squeeze it together. Beware of the airhole half way up the thing... not so easy to plug that one...

Florists also use a transparent plastic testtube often to stick the flowers in... perhas you could check there' I'm sure they wouldn't charge you a dollar.

the other thing you could try would be a section of TV aerial. you don't actually need to see through the thing, you could mark the gradations on the outside.

 

[AToE]

Haha I hope so cause thats the strongest box I got. I also get the whole yall are trying to help. I've just spent alot of time on various internet forums, getting advice on various projects, and find that more often than not, people are less willing to read and think about you're questions than they are to just skim through it and then belch info about the few key words they picked up or the phrases they took out of context (which, no offense, has been all anyone in this thread but chevettegirl and ATOE have done.). So, sorry If Im a bit short. I just usually have the experience of being allright, second guessing myself, asking someone for advice, getting totally useless adivce, and taking twice as long to do something I couldve just figured out myself.

That said thanks for the info. Im going to build a hydrometer. Itll be an excuse to drink more sample bottles hahaha. Anyone ever built a nice one? How'd you do it.

I'd go back and re-read, lots of people gave your posts a good read and gave good responses, they just weren't necessarily the responses you wanted. You wanted to know how to proceed without a hydrometer, and most of the advice (including mine) was the proper advice, simply do not proceed until you have one. I only switched to giving you damage control advice when I was pretty sure you were just going to go for it.

Of all the forums on the net, the people here really take time to read newb's questions and give the best answers possible.