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I built me a rack tonight!
Took about two hours to put this together. This thing is solid and could probably survive a nuke. Made it out of 3/4" Birch from Home Despot.
fits 6 x 41 quart tubs. If i had halved the size of the kickplate at the bottom, I could have fit 7 tubs total. I plan on putting the tank with my bearded dragon on top. Overall looks good. Can't wait for the flexwatt to finishing warming (used 11") to check temps and make sure all is perfect.
Got the base built and putting on the first side. In total, it is 36.5 inches wide, 48 inches tall, and 17 inches deep.
Mounted the flex watt using the HVAC aluminum tape and now securing the other side.
Stood it up, here you can see the 11" flex watt.
My friend who helped me build it had these sample countertop styles that were about 1-2 mm thick. They were perfect for spacing that little extra room between the tub and the shelf above it. Here we are practically done as we installed the shelves from the bottom up.
Put on some backing and voila! complete! Brought it home and got it hooked up to my thermostat.
All in all, for the wood, screws, tape, flex watt and tubs, the total cost I would put at about $200 Not shabby for a piece of furniture I proudly put in my living room!
My Critters:
Balls:
0.1 Pastel "Bellatrix"
1.0 Pewter "Brian"
0.1 Bumblebee "Betty"
1.0 Ghost Mojave "Javier"
0.1 Mojave het Ghost "Rogue"
Mammals:
1/2.0 Cat "Magellan"
Other Reptiles:
1.0 100% het albino Hognose
0.1 Fire Tiger Bearded Dragon "Cake"
0.0.1 Sulcata "Boss/Bossie"
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~Aaron
0.1 Pastel 100% Het Clown Ball Python (Hestia)
1.0 Coastal/Jungle Carpet Python (Shagrath)
0.1 Dumeril's Boa (Nergal)
0.1 Bearded Dragon (Gaius)
1.0 Siberian Husky (Picard)
0.1 German Shepherd/Lab Mix (Jadzia)
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I like it! 
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awesome. i just built a stand for my tank (much easier than what u just did) but it probably saved me $50 so I asume u saved a ton. Nice work!
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Re: I built me a rack tonight!
Looks great I need to build me a hatchling rack this winter 
Robie
2.0 Normal Ball Pythons Peek a Boo & Dezmond
1.0 Black Pewter Ball Python Pepe Le Pewter
0.1 Piebald Ball Python Slinky
0.1 Siberian Husky Danadog
2.5 Fancy Rat's Patch, Robin Hood, Lucky, Lucy, Bolt, Cinnamon, Patcheta
1.1 Great Kiddo's
0.1 Wonderful Wife 
1.0 Awesome Dad (me) 
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Re: I built me a rack tonight!
Very clean looking. My own project starts soon  Hope it looks half as good as yours 
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looks good! Did you cover the shelves with anything? just wondering because the humidity might cause them to warp.
Tom
Ball Pythons
Females: Poss. het albino (Angel),Albino (Corona),Pastel Lesser (Lila),Pinstripe Het Albino (Sandy), Pastel Pied (Pandora),
Males: Black Pastel Het Albino (Diablo),Piebald (Atlas),Killerbee (King)
Morelia
0.1 Jungle carpet python (Sage)
0.0.1 Green tree python (Unknown)
Misc.
0.1 Snow Corn (Roxy)
0.1 Bearded dragon (Coral-Blood X Red/Citrus)
1.0 Diamond Back Terrapin(Crush)
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That's what I am wondering. Is it water proof?
Looks lovely though!
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looks great I would suggest staining( sealing it cause the humidy going ot mold the wood real fast ( specially if your tubs don't use lids.)
Was married to 4theSNAKElady (still wish we were)
Ball pythons
0.1 pieds 1.0 banana pied
0.1 het pied
3.1 sugar gliders ( non breeding pets)
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