How to make an inCUEbator

[cueball]

Great stuff CUE im the least handy person on the planet and even i could do that with your walk through!

You could do this with the tools in your tackle box

Makes me wonder why i just spent so much on another incubator lol!

Eggactly why I wanted to do this. $500+ incubators are not in everyones hobby plan

[cueball]

Omg this is awesome! I could hug you!!!!!!

Thanks

My mini fridge looks like the same one!!!!!! I'm going to follow these directions exactly!

Awesome, the older mini fidges like this are MUCH taller than the current standard mini fridge models.

I wondered about a window in the front and if it was possible to cut it and even wondered about those lil bumps in the back! i see you cut them right off.

Yes, I used a razor blade housed in a utility knife. The inner plastic is pretty easy to cut. To make it even easier you could take a hair dryer and slighty warm up the plastic before cutting. The just use the clear silicone sealant to take up the uneven spaces on the inner window plexiglass.

Oh 2 questions.. did yours have a temp dial on the side? (couldnt really tell from the pics. If so, how did you get that off? I pulled on mine a little but I didnt want to break anything as I saw the plastic side of the fridge looked like it wanted to come with it lol

Mine had this on the inside back. I just used a flat head screw driver and pried it off. Then go back over the holes with the aluminum tape.

And what did you use to cut the back bump thingies off? a utility knife?

Yes, and then just covered the holes with the aluminum tape.

GREAT post! I agree.. STICKY STICKY STICKY!

Thanks

[cueball]

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[daaangconcepts]

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[MeMe]

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strong work Santea Claus!

[Bojangles37]

I'm a long way off from having the need for an incubator, but I currently have in my possession a LARGE drink fridge. The kind that they have at stores that have all of the soda and iced tea in them. Does anyone have a reason NOT to use something of that sort? As far as I know it's broken and we got it for free.

[filly77]

I would never have thought to use a hair dryer to make the plastic softer b4 cutting the plastic!!!

Cueball you're awesome!!!

[Tosha_Mc]

So it worked well without a fan?

Never mind went back through the thread and found you already answered the question

[cueball]

I'm a long way off from having the need for an incubator, but I currently have in my possession a LARGE drink fridge. The kind that they have at stores that have all of the soda and iced tea in them. Does anyone have a reason NOT to use something of that sort? As far as I know it's broken and we got it for free.

That will work great, I know many people that use those with good success

[cueball]

I would never have thought to use a hair dryer to make the plastic softer b4 cutting the plastic!!!

Cueball you're awesome!!!

Thanks and good luck with your project