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New incubator.
My new custom incubator is almost underway!! Now just need some more eggs to put in there!!
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Best and cheapest way to do it. Find a free broken fridge. line it with heat tape and a fan. Get a thermostat and done. Nice.
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Re: New incubator.
Nice! Good luck.
I made mine out of a large high-end wine chilling fridge. ($900 new retail).
The refrigeration/compression system was broken, so I got it for $50 on craigslist.
I stripped out all the refrigeration/compressor components calked any holes, lined it with 11" flexwatt, installed a small blue LED computer fan, and viola!! Perfect stainless steel full glass door incubator for less than $100 and less than 1 hour time.
It holds temps and humidity at a perfectly static 24/7 rate.
I'm only doing 1 or 2 clutches per year, but it can handle up to 15 clutches or so if I were to ever get to that.
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Re: New incubator.
Check back here in a few weeks, and you will see the coolest incubator ever!! (Hopefully) haha.
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Nice work. 
(Can I store my drinks in there?)
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Re: New incubator.
If you don't mind your drinks being a little warm haha.
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Re: New incubator.
 Originally Posted by Wrightsnakes
Check back here in a few weeks, and you will see the coolest incubator ever!! (Hopefully) haha.
Awesome!!! Looking forward to it.
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I looked at cutting out the door on the old fridge I had and making a window, but there were so many odd shapes inside (shelves, trays, etc) that it just seemed like it would be difficult.
Are you going to use the freezer portion as a separate incubator, or cut away the divider between the fridge and freezer sections and have one large space?
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Re: New incubator.
At first I was going to cut all the way through and make one big space. But then I started thinking it would be a good idea to make two separate ones. That way I could put my Leo and beardy eggs in the smaller spot then all my ball and hognose eggs in the larger space.
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Re: New incubator.
Well I had forgotten to upload some pictures of the final product. But here it is!
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