HI Matt,.........Depends on how many you are looking to incubate. if something small look up damon salceies on a google search. He has a REALLY great incubator design but you have to look hard for the link at the top......... If looking for something bigger go after a DOA upright freezer. Start calling the appliance repair shops in town. You can get your incubator cabinet dirt cheap. THESE work excellent and the magnetic strip in the door if intact will keep the door sealed PERFECT!...... Heat tape and a couple of computer fans and you are set. MOST have shelving built into them but rarely adjustible in the uprights as they are typically the evaporators......You could also try scrap metal facilities to get an upright that is DOA...............If you want a DREAM incubator find a DOA pop cooler with the sliding glass doors..... Only problem is they are heavier than H***........ I actually built my own based roughly on the design in Kevin McKurley's book...IT WAS FANTASTIC but was destroyed in the IOWA floods.....Back to the fridges...... Actually if you get a used fridge freezer you could do colubrids in the freezer and BPs in the fridge. 2 different temps in one incubator..........Oh herpstat thermostats are the BOMB!! Never been more pleased and I have owned them all. JMHO. Lee

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