Building new cage! follow my progress

The idea was that it would be big enough to house a boa or something larger than a ball in the future. This is just a prototype more or less, the next cage might be smaller. Second cage will be housing my 8 month old corn, but at the bare minimum that one will be reducable down to 2x1.

This box is made of some unheard of made in china wood from home depot, shouldn't matter seeing as it is going to be stained and sealed with several coats.

thats cool. how much was the 3/4 sheet? did you buy as a 4x8sheet

one good thing about 3/4" is strong but dang its heavy. Have you seen pics of my rack. its made of 1/2 birch and without any doors one on it it weighed close to 300lbs hmmm maybe lower 2ish.

so are you gonna do what i call GCN - glue,clamp,and nail it since your gonna stain it. cause if wouldn't come out like you want it if you put screws in it.

I DO KNOW FOR A MATTER OF FACT: my next cage will be 6x2. 1st tier will be 16" or 18" high (that boa wont need all that headroom unless someone disagrees with me). then 2nd tier will be split into two sections 12" high and the same with the 3rd tier. so that ill give me a total of 5 cages. and thos will be my show cages the rest will be rbi rack. As soon as i get my own house again im gnnna start breeding mice and rats and then breeding BP's i want some really exotic morphs. lets just hope i find a lady that will stay home and take care of my babys while im on the road doing jobs for weeks at a time

This is mean lady's holla me single man present that travels. YOU never know i could end up workin in your home town or where you live for a week or 2 or 3

This was a CHEAP sheet of wood, yes 4x8.. think it was $16.79 or thereabouts. I even had home depot cut it to size and they didn't even charge me for the cuts. Yes its gonna be heavy, I figure 80 or so pounds, maybe a little more when everythings done. I'm gonna use glue + wood screws, but I'm going to sink them so they are flush with the board, then if I get ambitious I'll put a little epoxy or something over the heads so you cant find the screws. Should look pretty good.

I will say that I'll spring for some good maple plywood or something for the next cage, this was just cheap exterior wood.

from experience if your gonna stain it, don't i repeat don't use screws

do you have a small air compressor and a finishing nail gun?? if so use 1 1/4" finishing nails. set your gun with the proper psi and the right counter sink and it will come out amazing. You will be thanking me later for not using screws. and for glue get titebond type II and use clamps as many as you can get your hands on for 90% angles go out and buy 2 pairs of 90% clamps. they are really cheap at harbor freight. like i got mine for 2 bucks a pop then like i said borrow buy or whatever you gonna do get as many clamps you can get. i have 2 36" clamps and 4 48" clamps when i get them money im gonna buy me some small ones too cause them big things get in the way sometimes.


well just giving you my thoughts and etc....

keep me updated on you build. wish i could help ya cause i love building stuff ... but i got my work cut out for me right now. im almost done building a box for 4 2500watt a piece subwoofers so this box is 48.5"long x 35" deep x 23.25" height. this guys is gonna be pushing 10000watts that is 10K that is outrages plus hes giving me the hole install the whole works. i gotta dynamat the roof, floor, all 4 doors, rear qt panels, rear hatch. run 2 alternators wire 4 battery's and it has to be all be down in 4 weeks for the first sound comp down here in tx. if your in to car audio he should hit about 150 easy we are shooting for 155 tho. haha my little infiniti q45t hits 140's. well OK 138.5 im gonna dynamat some more of the rear of the car and i hope it raises the the dB at least 2dB

wowo i got really off track

its cool im having funny just sitting here tweaking from my meds

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This was a CHEAP sheet of wood, yes 4x8.. think it was $16.79 or thereabouts. I even had home depot cut it to size and they didn't even charge me for the cuts. Yes its gonna be heavy, I figure 80 or so pounds, maybe a little more when everythings done. I'm gonna use glue + wood screws, but I'm going to sink them so they are flush with the board, then if I get ambitious I'll put a little epoxy or something over the heads so you cant find the screws. Should look pretty good.

I will say that I'll spring for some good maple plywood or something for the next cage, this was just cheap exterior wood.

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10 bucks more you could of gotten 1/2" birch

I don't think I've seen birch available ANYWHERE around here.

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10 bucks more you could of gotten 1/2" birch

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where you from????? cause im sure they have birch and MDF at your home depot or lowes

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where you from????? cause im sure they have birch and MDF at your home depot or lowes

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Michigan. I see lots of cedar though

ewwwwww very nice wood to good coloring but you wont see me go near cedar cause of my snakes im not so bad with pine cause it sisnt as bad as cedar. my bed frame is made of pine but its been primiered sealed and painted

I've been working on the cage more today.

I jigsawed out the hole for the vent in the back:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...s/DSCN1460.jpg

And I got the first coat of stain on (Minwax Colonial Maple)
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...s/DSCN1461.jpg

I've since moved everything into my basement so it can dry, will be getting a second coat of stain tonight and a third in the morning then a couple days to cure before I get time to start sealing.