My First Custom Cage

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Originally Posted by zeke

VERY NICE! door looks great, I see there was no cracking SWEET!... what kind of side mount glides did you use? I have some Accurides I picked up when I was building custom kitchens... Cage is lookin good. Nice lookin BP too, lucky fella.


Cheers

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Side Mount Glides? You mean how'd I get the plexi and the wood to meet?

I just ran the cut pieces of wood through the table saw with the blade set to half inch

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Originally Posted by WakoNako

Side Mount Glides? You mean how'd I get the plexi and the wood to meet?

I just ran the cut pieces of wood through the table saw with the blade set to half inch

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side mount glides are what you have on your drawer on the bottom.

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Originally Posted by zeke

side mount glides are what you have on your drawer on the bottom.

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Originally Posted by zeke

side mount glides are what you have on your drawer on the bottom.

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Oh. I don't know what type they are, they were just some short ones I had lying around.

Originally, they sit in a groove in the draw, I just adapted them to my needs. The only downside to them is to take the draw out I have to undo 6 screws.

But anyway, this is what y'all missed last night.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300001.jpg
A spot of primer :)

And this is where I just left it tonight.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300002.jpg
Installing the doors temporarily.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300003.jpg
The right hand door sporting a new lip to ensure there are no gaps between the doors for the snake to take advantage of.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300004.jpg
Both doors temporarily hinged and in place. Truthfully, the doors are a little off square, but this is my first enclosure. On my next one I'll pre-square everything before I'm permanently join it.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300005.jpg
Installed the final layer of hardie. The tile with be glued to this.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300006.jpg
Ventilation holes drilled in to the floor to stop a build up of heat. Do you think I should make them bigger?

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Originally Posted by WakoNako

Oh. I don't know what type they are, they were just some short ones I had lying around.

Originally, they sit in a groove in the draw, I just adapted them to my needs. The only downside to them is to take the draw out I have to undo 6 screws.

But anyway, this is what y'all missed last night.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300001.jpg
A spot of primer :)

And this is where I just left it tonight.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300002.jpg
Installing the doors temporarily.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300003.jpg
The right hand door sporting a new lip to ensure there are no gaps between the doors for the snake to take advantage of.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300004.jpg
Both doors temporarily hinged and in place. Truthfully, the doors are a little off square, but this is my first enclosure. On my next one I'll pre-square everything before I'm permanently join it.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300005.jpg
Installed the final layer of hardie. The tile with be glued to this.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P4300006.jpg
Ventilation holes drilled in to the floor to stop a build up of heat. Do you think I should make them bigger?

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Nice, freebies rock! you gotta take all the screws out? on the glides themself is there a little black piece of plastic, kinda like a switch? if so while holdin the draw and pulling a lil flip the plastic up or down depends on the kind and it shuold slide off the other half of the glide.. Cage is lookin great! what are the holes in the floor drilled for?

My slides are like 15 years old, they didn't know what plastic was back then lol.

The holes are for excess heat from the flexwatt to escape and stop a dangerous buildup of heat.

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Originally Posted by WakoNako

My slides are like 15 years old, they didn't know what plastic was back then lol.

The holes are for excess heat from the flexwatt to escape and stop a dangerous buildup of heat.

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LOL got ya.. are you using ceramic tiles or peal and sticks? I will be making 3 cages maybe 4, and was thinking of using ceramic tiles, but wasnt sure if the heat would get through the tile. Cage is looking good:gj:


Cheers

I'm going to use ceramic tile. Apparently, heat transfers more effieciently than glass according to google. I figure I'll test it and if i dont think its adequate, ill get a 12"x12" piece of glass in place of that one tile over the uth

looks like it is coming together really nicely, make sure you post pictures as soon as you are finished

Painting and Sealing happened today!!!

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P5010001.jpg
First coat on the exterior. We've gone with a dark brown to match my furniture in my room as best we can.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P5010003.jpg
Water Based sealer I'm using. It's going to have until at least Friday to dry and air out of the enclosure.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P5010004.jpg
The inside fully painted and 2 coats of sealer. I want to get the inside finished ASAP so i can start working on the floor.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P5010005.jpg
Top half of the fountain we brought a month ago for $5. I can see why it was reduced to $5 because after an hour of playing, it still leaked. About 3 weeks ago we built up the sides of the collection bowl and painted it to stop the overflow and now I finally sealed it.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll pull out the tile saw and cut some tile to size :)