My new (and first :D) rack!

Well, I was originally going to make this a DIY, but it got too complicated way too fast, hahahaha. It's taken me and my dad since January to finish this up, but it was definitely worth it.

The bottom
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One of the sides. All of the shelves were sunk into them.
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Putting the shelves together after the heat tape is wired on taped on
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the back were the wires come out and in
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the edging, which took forever to put on
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mu puppy by the almost-finished product :D
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my other puppy by the completed rack in its place in my room :D
I like to decorate, can you tell? I also went through a huge green phase when we redid our house, which I am now regretting. I live in a green cave! :rolleyes:
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Simon
http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/...k/P1040875.jpg

Noah
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Eli
http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/...k/P1040881.jpg

And Samson, whose 20L sits on top of the rack
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Sorry the pictures aren't sized down, photobucket wasn't cooperating :rolleyes: Anyways, thanks for looking! This took forever to build and my dad had all kinds of crazy ideas that I had to talk him out of, but IT'S FINALLY DONE :D:D:D:D:D If you have any questions about how we built it I'd be happy to answer them, but we definitely did not take the easy route, hahaha.

Thanks for looking!

They look great! You definitely have some good carpenter skills! Good luck with your snakes, they look amazing ;)

very nice home made rack! Looks greatt!how much did it cost you to build?

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Originally Posted by jzoot3d

very nice home made rack! Looks greatt!how much did it cost you to build?

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In all honesty, I haven't wanted to total it up yet ;) Probably around 200, 250, but it definitely has tons of room for my collection to grow into :)

That is awesome, great job! It looks very very professional!

what size tubs are those? and how did u make those air holes?

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what size tubs are those? and how did u make those air holes?

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28q and 41q sterilite tubs, and since their height is interchangeable, I can do 10 28's, or 5 41's, or a mixture of both.

I used a drill to do the holes, but I can't remember what size bit. I'll check tomorrow.

What kind of material is that?

nice setup .. just a few more snakes for me and one day I'll be needing to build my own rack too.. its always good to see how others make theirs. thanks

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Originally Posted by ted1025

What kind of material is that?

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Black melamine. We had to search everywhere for it, but if you're around Chicago, Owl Lumber carries it. We went to the store in Oak Lawn.