Aluminum alloy casing acrylic portable observation tank

I saw this tank on Taobao and felt that replicating it myself should be cheaper than the selling price, but reality hit me hard Laser cutting a 1.5mm 6061 aluminum plate costs 90, and ordering 5 pieces would be 400, which is quite discouraging I then inquired about the laser cutting price for acrylic, thinking it would be cheaper to just cut the two side panels, but it turned out to be 42 CNY Gosh The price for a finished product is 120, so I gave up In the future, it might be more suitable to buy a finished acrylic small tank and make a sheet metal enclosure It's hard to imagine how sellers control their costs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm sharing the completed enclosure and internal tank 3D files for everyone's reference

Latest discovery: if JLCPCB doesn't do bending, 304 sheet metal costs 30 CNY, but 1.5mm is too hard to bend by hand

5052 costs 23 CNY this is more recommended, you might be able to bend it with pliers or other tools