Hatchling Rack Nightmare

[llovelace]

I had 2 long pieces of melamine left over from my last rack that I built for my 41qt tubs and decided that I would use them for a hatchling rack. I should have planned it out better, I didn't want to buy another full piece of melamine just yet, so I purchased. the pre-made 4ft pieces.

work in progress



This was to the wall it was supposed to go on. see anything wrong with putting it here? forgive my sketch work


So.....as you probably figured out, after it was assembled and in place, there was no room to pull out the 28qt tubs from the other rack

Thankfully it was wide enough to slide over the 41qt rack & boa cage (just barely), but it is stable. so here it will sit until I figure out a way to mount it on the wall safely.



also made the mistake of putting hatchling tubs in before putting tub stopper strip along back and.......yup had an escape, but found him as soon as I walked into the room.

Anywho thought I'd share

Please forgive the poor pics, no flash on camera

[bsash]

Well, to be honest, I think it looks better this way then it would have if your original plan would have worked out. I think it looks real good, I'm glad you made it work.

[llovelace]

Well, to be honest, I think it looks better this way then it would have if your original plan would have worked out. I think it looks real good, I'm glad you made it work.

Thanks, but I plan on building another 41qt & 28qt racks like the ones pictured, to go on the other half of the wall, which means the legs so to speak will have to come off the hatchling rack so it has to be mounted to the wall eventually.

[spk329]

Looks very good Lisa........Glad you found that escapee right away. Always time for improvements but a great start

[suzuki4life]

oh well, that sucks...can't make fun of a hot woman. Against the rules you know

[llovelace]

oh well, that sucks...can't make fun of a hot woman. Against the rules you know

lol, give it your best shot , but before you do, please keep in mind that a "guy" advised me on size and placement.

[OhhWatALoser]

For mounting on the wall, I would use brackets they use for normal shelving (L bracket with a brace) but instead of the bullcrap achors that come with them, anchor to the wall using toggle bolts, unless you hit a stud, then just use a small lag bolt.

then on the top put a couple L brackets on, to help keep the rack sitting on your bottom brackets, opposed to the rack wanting to tip forward off the brackets. unless your bottom brackets are big enough to prevent this from happening.