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Being that I rarely ever start a thread and since I am in the middle of constructing a new rack I figured I would share some photos of the progression. Any questions as always feel free to ask. It is not entirely finished so give me a break

Enjoy and thanks for looking!
Jeremy

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"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow Red Tailed Boas -Coming Soon-
0.1 Albino Red Tailed Boa -Coming Soon-
1.1 Hypomelenistic Red Tailed Boas
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino Red Tailed Boas
0.1 Suriname Red Tailed Boa
0.1 Anerthrystic Red Tailed Boa
1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse

In case you weren't following the huge thread below.

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"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow Red Tailed Boas -Coming Soon-
0.1 Albino Red Tailed Boa -Coming Soon-
1.1 Hypomelenistic Red Tailed Boas
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino Red Tailed Boas
0.1 Suriname Red Tailed Boa
0.1 Anerthrystic Red Tailed Boa
1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse

Are you worried about expansion/contraction with those sides?
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thanks Josh

0.0.2 sandfish skinks,
0.0.1 texas long nose luckily eating mice
0.0.1 vine snake
1.1.0 turtles
0.1.0 greek tortoise
1.0.0 ball python
1.0.0 corn snake (out roaming the house but I don't know where)
1.1.0 childrens python (one needs a vet please close to 48301 or 48302 any suggestions?)
1.0.0 het for albino san diego gopher snake
0.0.1 rosehair tarantula
0.1. black and white kenyan sand boa
mice colony almost able to keep up with snakes.
and what ever lizards my vine snake hasn't eaten yet

>>Are you worried about expansion/contraction with those sides?

41qt Sterilite, and no I am not worried about expansion the shelves are self made Hollow core laminated ply/tileboard. Very strong but I am adding another board in the middle of the sides, cause I over build everything. But it could do with out, there is literally no flex.

Thanks for looking!
Jeremy

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"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow Red Tailed Boas -Coming Soon-
0.1 Albino Red Tailed Boa -Coming Soon-
1.1 Hypomelenistic Red Tailed Boas
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino Red Tailed Boas
0.1 Suriname Red Tailed Boa
0.1 Anerthrystic Red Tailed Boa
1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse

Awesome idea, making your own hollow shelves with heat inside... I should have thought of that...

Just hope that those flexwatts don't ever malfunction on you! It would suck to tear it up.

Really nice design though. What are you using it for? Balls?

>>Just hope that those flexwatts don't ever malfunction on you! It would suck to tear it up.

Ya it would but I am using a similar design with my cages and havn't had a problem yet. So lets hope all goes well.

>>Really nice design though. What are you using it for? Balls?

Yearling Boas. Although I wouldn't mind a couple high end balls. I actually would perfer Carpets.

Thanks for looking!
Jeremy
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"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow Red Tailed Boas -Coming Soon-
0.1 Albino Red Tailed Boa -Coming Soon-
1.1 Hypomelenistic Red Tailed Boas
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino Red Tailed Boas
0.1 Suriname Red Tailed Boa
0.1 Anerthrystic Red Tailed Boa
1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse

That rack is awesome. Just about the perfect compromise of weight, cost, and function.

Remind us again what the frames out made out of? I thought you were using strips of good quality plywood but it looks like solid wood of some kind.

Are you going to wrap the back and sides of the rack with Reflectix?

>>That rack is awesome. Just about the perfect compromise of weight, cost, and function.

Amazing! That's what I was going for however I havn't weighed the entire rack so I don't know what the overall savings on weight was. Labor on the other hand was intense but its my rack and my time. Besides I would build a cage for an animal I don't even own. Check that I did!

>>Remind us again what the frames out made out of? I thought you were using strips of good quality plywood but it looks like solid wood of some kind.

Looks can be deceiving, my old friend! LOL It is high quality plywood otherwise it would not have the same strength. I plan on weight testing a finished panel to failure so we will see what the strength really is. Obviously this will be an unheated unneeded shelf. But the destruction will be fun. The fronts are solid if that was the mistake.

>>Are you going to wrap the back and sides of the rack with Reflectix?

Not going to say it didn't cross my mind. Is your vision rack lined with reflectix? The room it will be used in maintains a temp of about 80 degrees so I think it will be fine without. Although I wish I could have your radient heaters.

I have more plans for this design in other caging so this hasn't been the last you've seen of it.

Jeremy

By the way these are the cages I built for animals I don't own. My 3 stack Bearded dragon cages.

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"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow Red Tailed Boas -Coming Soon-
0.1 Albino Red Tailed Boa -Coming Soon-
1.1 Hypomelenistic Red Tailed Boas
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino Red Tailed Boas
0.1 Suriname Red Tailed Boa
0.1 Anerthrystic Red Tailed Boa
1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse

>>The fronts are solid if that was the mistake.

So the long side rails of the frame are plywood and the front/back stiles are solid wood?

>>Is your vision rack lined with reflectix?

No. Like you the room is 80*. I forgot you had a warm room.

>>So the long side rails of the frame are plywood...

Yes as well as the cross members. See pic* the entire shelf under the melamine is ply laminate frame the front is a piece of 1" pine screwed to the front from inside the frame that way there are know visable screws and no fancy routing.

>>...and the front/back stiles are solid wood?

Just front Face, good verbage rail and stile. Although I think they don't do this job justice if I was makeing the storage tote cage!

>>No. Like you the room is 80*. I forgot you had a warm room.

Just wish I had a nice radiant heater set up like yourself. Someday.
Jeremy
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"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow Red Tailed Boas -Coming Soon-
0.1 Albino Red Tailed Boa -Coming Soon-
1.1 Hypomelenistic Red Tailed Boas
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino Red Tailed Boas
0.1 Suriname Red Tailed Boa
0.1 Anerthrystic Red Tailed Boa
1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse

Forgot the pic

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"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow Red Tailed Boas -Coming Soon-
0.1 Albino Red Tailed Boa -Coming Soon-
1.1 Hypomelenistic Red Tailed Boas
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino Red Tailed Boas
0.1 Suriname Red Tailed Boa
0.1 Anerthrystic Red Tailed Boa
1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
0.3 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse