My new Rat Rack!

So I have been shooting around the idea of making my own rat rack to breed them for my little snake collection. After looking online for a while, I found different things I liked about different one and put a few of them together to come up with one that I think is going to work out well for me.

I made plans of the whole thing using Auto Cad as well and took a few pictures as I was going along. If anyone wants the plans please just email me.

Here are a few pictures. Hopefully no one finds anything too horrible with them but... here they are.


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Very nice :gj:

Nice. I wish I had room for a nice, large rack. :P

Very nice! Blake and I are in the process of making a new rack. It will be my first nice rack! I can't wait, lol. The racks I made by myself suck!

What size wood did you use?

Every piece with the excePtion of the slider spacers are 2 x 3 s. I didnt want it to be super heavy and i wanted straight wood. 2x2s are usually not very straight and i didnt want to spend the time ripping 2 x 4s.

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Originally Posted by Shieny

Nice. I wish I had room for a nice, large rack. :P

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i see what you did there :P

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Originally Posted by MikeM75

So I have been shooting around the idea of making my own rat rack to breed them for my little snake collection. After looking online for a while, I found different things I liked about different one and put a few of them together to come up with one that I think is going to work out well for me.

I made plans of the whole thing using Auto Cad as well and took a few pictures as I was going along. If anyone wants the plans please just email me.

Here are a few pictures. Hopefully no one finds anything too horrible with them but... here they are.


http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...h_IMG_2078.jpg

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...h_IMG_2083.jpg

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...h_IMG_2085.jpg

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...h_IMG_2089.jpg

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...h_IMG_2090.jpg

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...h_IMG_2092.jpg

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...h_IMG_2094.jpg

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...h_IMG_2097.jpg

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...h_IMG_2100.jpg

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/...h_IMG_2101.jpg

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I forgot to add the cost for all of it. So here is a break down, it was all bought from Home Depot except for the valves and tubing and such for the watering system.

18 2"x3" x 8' studs @ $1.73 /ea
9 mixing tubs (AT2606 is the item #) @ $5.47 /ea
1/2" x 1/2" Hardware Cloth in 25' roll @ $30.97
Water Bucket @ $2.60
Water Bucket Lid @ $.98
2 Boxes of 2-1/2" course dry wall screws @ $6.47 /ea
1/2" plywood (had them cut it for me) @ $13.97

Total cost is $141.83 + tax (@ Home Depot)

I also used some 1-1/4" drywall screws in the piece of plywood. (I had some of these already.) And I used some smaller 1" screws to hold the 1/4" x 3-1/2" "slider" piece on the spacer.


Then, I chose to use Agselect(dot)com for the watering system, here are the prices for that.

6 Barbed T's 3/16" @ $.53 /ea
Tank connector w/ 3/16" barbed @ $8.90
6 Edstrom Vari-flo Valves 3/16" barbed @ $3.99 /ea
6 mounting clips for Vari-flo valves @ $.51 /ea
40' 3/16" id flex-tubing, black PVC @ $.25 /ea
Drain-vent, Barbed, 3/16" barb @ $3.15
shipping UPS Ground @ $14.93

Total for watering system $67.16


Total for 3 x 3 rat rack-------------------------$208.99 + tax If my math is right!

Very nice! :gj: