Built my first rack!!

[Douglesser]

I finally got around to building my first rack!! It has been a long time in the planning. I got ideas from various posts online. I used the Iris cb-70 tubs, ten tubs tall. One of the tubs was received damaged. The replacement should be in next week. It is already full so before I get any more snakes I will have to build another. When I build the next one I will take pictures of the construction and post a build thread.





If you have any q's Just ask.

[thatkindofgirl]

Oh, how amazed I am at how easy life is with rack systems!!! Looks , I'm just a little short though, so I wouldn't be able to reach the top... Ha ha....

[Douglesser]

I guess I entered the same picture twice here is the other picture I took.

[zombie&lemons]

theres no craftsmanship not do dis you in any way

looks good tho congrats

[Douglesser]

What do you mean there is no cratsmanship?

[zombie&lemons]

What do you mean there is no cratsmanship?

i was just j/k did you see the one i built???

[Douglesser]

Sorry, I thought where just being mean. No I have not seen the one you built. I am just happy I finally built it. My friends dont understand my exitement. I figured someone here could appreciate it.

[snakecharmer3638]

What do you mean there is no cratsmanship?

I think what he is trying to say is that it looks like a bunch of wood nailed together.
That's not to say that you didn't do a good job. It is very nice. I plan on building one similar to that. Some people are worried more about what it looks like, then how it functions.
My only question is are you using back heat or belly heat? Reason I ask is because it seems like it would be hard to keep at a constant temp being as open as it is. Unless the room that you keep it in is at a constant 75 to 80 degrees.

[Douglesser]

It is set up with belly heat. Each level has its own 11" flex watt panel, with about 3/16" gap between the tub and heat. It seems to be pretty consistantly 90 on the warm side. It is a bunch of wood screwed together. I am more worried about function. I am not putting it on display or I would have built display cages.

Here is the site I got most of the ideas from. He used the cb-110 tubs.

http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/iri...ris_rack.shtml

[zombie&lemons]

what kinda wood did you use to build it