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draybar
at Mon Mar 29 19:17:48 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by draybar ]
>>I need something identical to that. How hard were those to build? I'm not that handy, but I'm thinking about trying something like that one weekend. Did you get a plan off the 'net? And how much did the supplies come to? They look really great!
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Actually since I'm not much of a carpenter (steel worker)it wasn't as easy as it would seem.
On the rack for the 28-quart boxes I did my math wrong and made the compartments 1/2" large so I had to keep the lids on the boxes.
When I built the hatchling rack I did all of the sawing, drilling and actual building on the floor of my garage/basement.
A lot of getting down on my knees and up again and down again and up again...about killed my old bones...lol
I bought some saw horses Sunday. Made building the second rack a lot easier.
I used 4 sheets of wood which cost about $60.00 and I used somewhere around 160 screws so that was about another $10.00.
I am not sure what the heat tape and peg board for the back will be but all and all the cost for both will be a hell of a lot less then I could buy either rack for.
I'm not the best with a skill saw so I was a little worried about getting the sides and shelves all to match.
It was also pretty tedious measuring and marking to drill the holes in the walls and the shelves and making sure they matched.
The fun part was also after I built each one in the garage/basement, I had to take them apart, carry them to the upstairs den (reptile room) and put them back together again.
It took me about 8 1/2 or 9 hours total to build them both, take them apart and rebuild them upstairs. I guess I'm slow.
My boat is in the garage. Man, that poor thing is covered with saw dust now. Actually everything in there is covered with saw dust....lol
Jimmy
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- new racks - draybar, Sun Mar 28 18:07:44 2004
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RE: Wow Jimmy, those are sooo nice! - draybar, Mon Mar 29 19:17:48 2004