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Rack system DIY
Ok, so Im new to this forum, but I wanted to share some info...Ive pondered over the last 3 weeks on building or buying my own rack system...I wanted about 7-8 tubs total..(for now),,lol...I priced this and looked at that and was about to give in to buying a pro made type deal...I almost walked out of home depot and there it was, the answer id been looking for....MELAMINE...now I know what youre thinking....yada yada...melamine, been there done that....heavy, chips, hard to get all the pieces cut perfect...Well, where I am in NC, the home depots here sell melamine shelving that is precut, its 3/4" thick X 15.5" x 36"...Its NOT the melamine shelving that they sell that is 8ft long...This stuff is somewhat new to depot and its PERFECT for building a rack for 28qt OR 41qt sterilites without having to do any alterations to the wood....ALL the sides are sealed except one edge...I took some ideas for this from MATTHEW at blueappleherps (I will post his PDF link here alittle further on) Youll notice that mine is similar, except my shelves are upsidedown from his....
COST?
each piece of melamine (already precut and ready to go) $6.74 I needed 8 of them for this rack...the rest is nothing but 1x2's and 1x4's....Matts instructions on wood cutting, and pieces needed are exactly what I used..Except he used sintra or cpvc type stuff...here locally thats almost 100 a sheet (5 pieces of this size max per 4x8 sheet) so I would have spent $200 on the plastic shelves alone...with these precut melamine pieces I spent about 55 bucks!...Im about 90% done with it...
8 tub rack about $110 in materials
8 41 qt tubs about $50
and Ill be ordering 11" flex from good ole rich....$160 for the rack in my guesstimation is pretty damn good....
Heres Matts link
http://www.blueappleherps.com/page13...structions.pdf
Maybe Im missing something here, but is there a way to add pics to my post? ive got some ready to go and noticed that I cant...LOL...oh well
If you would like some pics of mine, send me an email or PM...
Ouijaboid@usa.com
-George Blake
OuijaBoid - Raleigh, NC
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Re: Rack system DIY
at that price you kinda wasted the money. i just built one that holds 12 6qt tubs and 8 41 qt tubs for 109.45+ $45 for flexwatt.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=86423
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Re: Rack system DIY
No I dont believe I wasted any money at all on this one...Yours looks like it came out nice, but I wonder if yours will show some sagging in time?
-George Blake
OuijaBoid - Raleigh, NC
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Re: Rack system DIY
by time that 3/4 melamine starts sagging. hell have moved on to a different hobby haha. the melamine it self is really strong, alot stronger than the wood it self so i dont think hell have any worries. another thing they do make melamine strips that you can glue on to the sides of each sheet to make it where it looks like it was never cut.
If you wanna talk about saving money i have spent upwords of 5 or 6 bills on my cage. But its a vision cage
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Re: Rack system DIY
i wont have any sagging as the shelves are screwed with l brackets to the back of the 2x4s. this rack is sturdy and takes 2 guys to move it
And i will never move onto a diff hobby. im trying to breed snakes as a second type job on the side.
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-George Blake
OuijaBoid - Raleigh, NC
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Re: Pics of this rack
The pics work fine, but just so you know for the future, if you want the image to appear in the post, use the IMG code from photobucket. Nice rack.
-Austin
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Re: Rack system DIY
Looks nice, I am building a 41q 6 rack next
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Re: Rack system DIY
Looks very nice! Looks like you bought it straight from IKEA or something. Nice modification to make it more affordable.
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