Aluminium rat rack.

[AndEGA]

Hello,


I have been keeping / breeding rats in normal tubs for about 2-3 years , but with my collection expanding and the more as i learn and work with these animals , i decided that i need to take this to the next level so i decided to make a rat rack but i wanted to make it out a material diferent than wood.
So i decided to made it of aluminium (at home we work with this material , all my snake cages are made of an aluminium structure as well , so i already had a small idea of what to do to make the rack of course i had to ask my mentor(father) to help me with a lot of details regarding the building).
Advantages:
- it will last a long time.
- The entire estructure is ligther than a rack made of wood.
- Easy to clean.
The tubs are vision tubs and the water system i got it from reptile basics.






The estructure finished.



The rack already working.





Hope you like it.

[txcoker]

Looks great. Did you weld the joints or just screw them?

[ElliotNess]

Looks awesome..

[Kat_Dog]

That's the most perfect rack I've ever seen! It looks awesome too!

How much did it cost to make?

[AndEGA]

Looks great. Did you weld the joints or just screw them?

Thanks, i screw the joints

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Looks awesome..

Thank you.

[AndEGA]

That's the most perfect rack I've ever seen! It looks awesome too!

How much did it cost to make?

Thanks glad you like it., the water system and the tubs i bought them online , since i am from Costa Rica (finally the hobbie is starting to grow) the price of the parts almost duplicates because of the shipping , taxes , etc, adding that the aluminium of the structure i spend about 600 dlls.

[J.P.]

awesome build. what's the mesh made of? if aluminum it might be too soft, and you might have trouble with escapes. but otherwise a great diy. congrats on the job well done.

[tommyanunnaki]

How did you attach the wire mesh to your frame?

[Adin]

Where's the food slots though?

[jimcro55]

What size wire mesh is that? I am looking to do something similar with my new rack and I absolutely love this idea -

Is that a woven wire cloth hardware cloth material - something you may see here: http://www.bwire.com

Let me know what size and what you paid if you can remember....Thnx