Post your racks pictures

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Originally Posted by Lateralus_Love

Hey Mikkla, I know you already posted the link to this wardrobe and also mentioned the name of the tubs and their dimensions, but could you tell me where you got the tubs as well? This by far seems the cheapest way for me to get the perfect that with the right dimensions lol

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The tubs are also from IKEA and are made for the wardrobe. They come in 3 different sizes now.
Now I have made a hatchling rack from the wordrobe in the picture. 85 vision tubs.. Works great!

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...a/DSC_0034.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...a/DSC_0032.jpg

Wow that thing sounds perfect. Possibly stupid question, but it comes with all of the shelves too right? Lol.

I love that snake pictured on the left!! /grabby motions

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Originally Posted by Halfdawg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../7/8/Rack1.jpg

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Oh, I completely forgot about this. Can anyone tell me exactly which model Halfdawg's Helix is?

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Originally Posted by Lateralus_Love

Wow that thing sounds perfect. Possibly stupid question, but it comes with all of the shelves too right? Lol.

I love that snake pictured on the left!! /grabby motions

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It comes with two shelves so the rest of them you have to buy separate.

Thanks, the snake on the left is a Cryptic Genetic Stripe from EbN :)

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Originally Posted by Lateralus_Love

Oh, I completely forgot about this. Can anyone tell me exactly which model Halfdawg's Helix is?

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Looks like the DBS-1000 to me.

I know this is an older post, but it is a good one, it has been helping me on the design faze of building a rack of my own.

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I'm bumping this back up

Bumping this, Would be a cool sticky.
Anyone have more pictures?

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Originally Posted by JessySihk

Bumping this, Would be a cool sticky.
Anyone have more pictures?

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STICKY!

I'll get off my butt and take some pictures tonight of my racks.

I wanted to see how cheap you could put a rack together. Wal-mart had these shelves for $28 and the tubs for $7.50 a piece.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...escheese/3.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...eese/rack2.jpg
Didn't even have to cut the legs to make them fit.

Then my next project was to build a nice one as cheap as I could using the same tubs so I could have a standard to build on with later.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...eese/rack1.jpg
This is 1 1/8 melamine of very high quality and I think it came out nice seeing I got the rack for free :D , only had to buy the screws, tubs, heat tape, etc.

I came out better with using that free wood then buying my own shelf. Only thing is that it's freaking heavy.....I guess next time I'll use rollers or something else.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...IMG00316-1.jpg

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...IMG00334-1.jpg

Here is my first attempt at a home made rack. It is similar to halfdawg's. I am happy with it. The only thing is, if I decide to get into breeding seriously, I will need more racks. :P At least I have the experience and know how to do it again.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/100_2862.jpg

I just built a 74 quart rack with my dad... Check it out!! I'm really excited, so much more space for my BSTP to grow!:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...L/DSCF0688.jpg
Me and my dad :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...L/DSCF0691.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...L/DSCF0693.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...L/DSCF0700.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...L/DSCF0716.jpg

balls
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...L/DSCF0707.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...L/DSCF0712.jpg

Random shot of my tegu
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...L/DSCF0678.jpg


Thanks for checkin it out!:thumbsup:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...DSCF0463-1.jpg

You & your Dad did a great job! Great pics lol luv the last one :)

Nice job...looks like your dad is sayin "Just take the pic already, I need a beer!"...what are you using for hides?

The hides pictured are upside un-used kitty litter boxes with a hole cut ou t of the front. Makes good medium sized snake hide boxes. and this is our first attempt at a rack. still getting the gist of the heating though, got more heat tape comming in this week.

thanx for all the kind words

Here's my current setup. I'm a little upset that once I move I'm going to break it down and buy a new pre-made rack. I don't think it's going to move well.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...92ab2c9196.jpg

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...3e0628166c.jpg

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Originally Posted by monk90222

Here are my racks:

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u.../snakeroom.jpg

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I absolutely LOVE the green color on your walls! When we move and I get a full snake room I'm painting mine purple :) Very nice setup too, I like that one. We're building our racks these next couple days (arguing over the design right now.) Trying to figure out how to include smaller/larger in one without having to pull the big tubs out sideways.

Here is my "the home depot guy had no clue how to cut melamine with out destroying it, I cant drill screws straight" rack! LOL. I just bought 2 of the metal racks from walmart. Foiled taped some flexwatt on there and got some 35qt tubs and some of the 15 qt tubs I already had. I even modified one of my acurites like in the DIY section but it just works better if I leave them inside. Enjoy

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...ttachment1.jpg

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Originally Posted by bloodpython_MA

Thanks for checkin it out!:thumbsup:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...DSCF0463-1.jpg

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I remember that fear factor that you're referencing!! I was rollin on the floor when I saw that episode, until I started worrying that they were gonna crush the snakes with how they were thrashing around in there. :rolleyes:

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/a...00104-1809.jpg
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Its an old Petco display.

The one I made last year.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k1.../Newracks3.jpg
After a few hours on a hot July day, got it all moved to its current room in my house.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k1...SnakeRoom3.jpg

[QUOTE=Icatsme;707707]Here's mine. I just have one 10 tub at the moment. We're going to put the house up for sale, so I moved it in the closet. It fits great. Don't want prospective buyers freaking out when they see my kids. Now I just need to get a larger tub rack to put my big adults in.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1201550272[/QUOTE

everybody with the really nice racks like this, the black ones, what are they made of? i'm definitely looking into building some new racks, our last ones were an epic failure.

The rack in this picture looks like an Animal Plastics Rack System. I have purchased my racks from Reptile Basics. http://www.reptilebasics.com/ The racks from Reptile Basics are made from 3/8 PVC Plastic.

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Originally Posted by Icatsme

Here's mine. I just have one 10 tub at the moment. We're going to put the house up for sale, so I moved it in the closet. It fits great. Don't want prospective buyers freaking out when they see my kids. Now I just need to get a larger tub rack to put my big adults in.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1201550272[/QUOTE

everybody with the really nice racks like this, the black ones, what are they made of? i'm definitely looking into building some new racks, our last ones were an epic failure.

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thanks, can i get PVC plastic at stores like Home Depot or Rona?

PVC pipping yes but sheets of 3/8" thick PVC plastic I don't think so. The racks that Rich sells from Reptile Basics are a great price.

thanks. i'll have a better look around for the pvc. already manufactured racks are great, but i can do it myself just as well. once i pay to have them shipped + GST + duty etc to get them into Canada, it's just not worth it. i can get them from Greg at Cornel's World in Canada, but again the shipping costs are a lot and if i can build them myself, yahoo!

I see. Shipping to Canada might be a bit much. You could always use melamine just do not make the rack to wide or it will start to bow.

Good luck!

yeah, i just built a 72-slot rack for our corn snake hatchlings out of melamine, and GOD that thing weights a ton, haha. only reason i don't want to get into building my racks out of melamine. much too heavy!

I picked up a sheet of 1/4 PVC from a sign shop. I'm sure if you have one in your area they may be able to special order it in for you.

What sign shop did you order it from? Was it super expensive? I called Home Depot and Rona to ask if they had and they both sounded like they thought I was mental.

Figured I would throw my pics in here also. Made these 3 racks, one is a 7' and i have two 4' s side by side
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCN3719.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...r/DSCN4736.jpg
and just thought I would throw in a pic of my DIY incubator,..but maybe that should be our new thread!
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...102001736a.jpg

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Originally Posted by Old_School

Figured I would throw my pics in here also. Made these 3 racks, one is a 7' and i have two 4' s side by side
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSCN3719.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...r/DSCN4736.jpg
and just thought I would throw in a pic of my DIY incubator,..but maybe that should be our new thread!
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...102001736a.jpg

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Hey man, I hope your planning on making an in-depth youtube video for how to make those racks and incubator! :taz:

That is definately some very nice DIY racks and incubator you have there man. Hopefully mine comes out even half as good as yours.

nice setup. I'm always envious of the people here with that many snakes , but then I stop and tell myself things could get out of hand very quickly.

There's so many cool looking snakes out there that if I didn't keep myself in check, I'd have a hundred snakes and be broke, lol.

just curious , how much time do you spend cleaning those tubs every week?

Wow those are some nice racks!

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just recently finished building these 2 racks
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4702/dscf2400e.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5201/dscf2401k.jpg

I am so cheap and lazy; this shelf unit was around 10 bucks at Goodwill.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...9/dsc00556.jpg

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Originally Posted by Sandy_01

I am so cheap and lazy; this shelf unit was around 10 bucks at Goodwill.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...9/dsc00556.jpg

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hey, it's cost effective.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ictures155.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...5/pictures.jpg

I want to make a rack system though but not sure if i should. I only have boas and they would outgrow the rack system I'm thinking. I can always remove the middle divider to enlarge the cages... But the only problem is they don't have heat under the cage and heat strips won't heat through the 3/4" plywood. What should I do?