I am going to build a rack

[wildlifewarrior]

Glad it worked out well for you man

Thanks again for all the help man!

~Mike

[cueball]

Thanks again for all the help man!

~Mike

Anytime man! I knew you could do it

Here is an example of a rack I built.

[casperca]

Thank you for the help! I've got my questions answered for the most part but if anyone else wants to post pics etc. they are greatly appreciated! I'll post some pics when i get it built.

[SatanicIntention]

And here's my rack, in all of it's yummy, gargantuan goodness:

The Back


Front


The first picture is a good diagram on how I wired it all parallel. I'm a girl, and if "I" can do it, anyone can. :-D

[tmlowe5704]

Here is a pic of mine to give you an idea of how I built it. That is 2x4 for the uprights, 1x2 screwed to the melamine to screw into the 2x4 and a mix of melamine/MDF for shelves.




I built it like this because I do not have the advantage of having a herp room yet so I used solid shelves to hold the humidity better. When placing the wood on, what I did was lay a piece of 1/8" wood on top of a shelf, then put the tub on top and lay the next shelf in place. Real easy to do and it only takes about 2-3 hours to cut everything and get it put together.

[Ginevive]

Here is our rack. We built it out of melamine from Home Depot; if you bring in your specs and size needs, they will saw it there for you. Any questions, please ask or PM me! Oh, it holds Sterilite 41-QT tubs. Heating is Exo-Terra heatmats on dimmers, though most people use flexwatt, this works for me. I too use the metal tape to attach the UTHs to the tub underside.

[tmlowe5704]

Call your home depot to check before going there. Neither of the ones here cut it and neither does Lowe's.

[Ginevive]

Call your home depot to check before going there. Neither of the ones here cut it and neither does Lowe's.

That would be a good idea.. sorry I didn't mention it.