My hubby made me a new snake cage!!

[spitfireashlea]

Thank you! I have been looking for someone else to use the heat tape in such a way. I have seen a rack before with it like this and have wanted to see a new one. Looks great! I'm gonna have to steal this from you and make one though. Just a warning

[jben]

Ok....here are the dimensions.....If you want to ask the hubby any questions pm me and I can call you or vice versa and you can talk to him.

The dimensions of the sterilites:
16 1/4 w
35 D
5 1/2 T

The cage --

Back - 1 piece
18 1/2 W
28T

Sides - 2 pieces
36 w
28 long


Shelves and top - 5 pieces

17 W
36 long

We had to use 3/4 melamine which was thicker than we wanted...but it was all we could get at the time. It is really heavy so we are putting some wheels on it. Something else I would suggest is instead of the CDs in the future we would use a piece of cardboard or do 3 CDs each....we just did not get the depth we wanted ...it is a pretty snug fit. We left an inch and a half on the bottom for air flow. If you go with a deeper shelf and use the cardboard I would cut that down to 1 inch. This allows for some air flow on the bottom so you don't have to put it up on boards or whatever. Also after you finish get the tape for the edges and just iron it on then trim it. Its totally asthetics...put I like the more finished look. We also could of put the hole for the cords on the side or the back...we chose the back...but you can decide whatever you want. I hope this helps....and really no biggie if you want to call the hubby.

Thank you. This is going to be my second build. I feel bad for anne b., she's 2300+g in a 32qt so i would love to move her to a 41qt. i know exactly what you mean by using the cd's as spacers, the bottom two shelves are really really snug. i build a 6 shelf 32 qt tub rack out of 3/4 melamine and it's a little heavy, i was looking for the 5/8 this past weekend but no luck. hey nice rack the both of you build.

[BPelizabeth]

Thank you! I have been looking for someone else to use the heat tape in such a way. I have seen a rack before with it like this and have wanted to see a new one. Looks great! I'm gonna have to steal this from you and make one though. Just a warning

By all means...steal away...lol. Like I said...we stole the idea from Reptile Basics.... And again...if you need anything...feel free to pm me and I can have the hubs call. As I really have not too much of a clue. lol

[chapskis1]

Does that rack double as a nightstand?

[BPelizabeth]

lol...no it would have to be mahogany. Which is what I was trying to get my hubby to use so it would match the bedroom. But I think I might just have him convinced that the guest room needs to be our new reptile room. I think he is scared with all that room.....I will of course need to fill it. lol