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I am needing to build a shoebox rack and I would really like any rack pics that anyone has. I have seen some before that were somewhat light weight out of wood but I would like to see any style made out of wood. Thank you
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Here's one of my baby rack systems. It uses shoebox-sized plastic tubs that are designed for salad bars. The strips of wood screwed to the melamine elevate the boxes, so I can slide heat tape under them when needed.

The nuts on the threaded rod keep the weight off from above the boxes, allowing them to be slid out easily. Some of the boxes near the bottom are "double wides" and can house yearlings or large species of hatchlings, like pine snakes.

Tim

Third Eye

I love the idea of having the tubs elevated just a bit so the heat tape is not directly touching. Also like the nut idea, so you can adjust the shelves if need be.
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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"I will conquer my procrastination problem...Just you wait!"

Hard to tell from the pix, but are those long, fully-threaded rods you used? How long are they and where did you get them?

How hard is it to drill through melamine? Is it like particle board? I know that stuff is impossible to drill through: it just crumbles away...

Several years ago melamine was a very popular material to build cages with. It can be tricky to drill through, due to its "plastic-like" coating, but it does not crumble like particle board. One disadvantage of melamine is that it is very freaking heavy.

Tim

Third Eye

Funny guy!

that has to be the most simple and most ingenious idea yet for a rack that I have seen!! easy to make, assemble, break down and move!!

here are mine.

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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"I will conquer my procrastination problem...Just you wait!"

Here are some pics of a rack system me and my friend built last weekend. Note this holds the larger size rubbermaids and is intended for my breeder cornsnakes.

You can use back heat with these, or router out tracks for the heat tape underneath.

sorry the pic is kind of blurry

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Arlon Delorge
Classic Constrictors

Here are mine.

NICE!!! some day i hope to make some racks like you guys
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The Dark side: Live In Fear Cause' We'll Always Be Here

Those are very nice. Did you build them?
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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"I will conquer my procrastination problem...Just you wait!"

Thank you. Yes I did build them from Ikea scraps that I picked up in the as-is section. My other rack is the threaded rod type as pictured by some one else. Tha works very nicely when the container sizes change.

http://northeastsnakes.com/racks.htm

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Sincerely, Jason
www.NortheastSnakes.com
NortheastSnakes@verizon.net

Yea I actually think I like your design the most and I am going to do something like that. It looks somewhat light weight and I like how open it is. It is a very nice design thanks for the pics. I saw them on the website with all the instruction stuff.
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1.1 Motley het butter corns
0.1 Snow corn
0.1 Okeetee corn
1.0 Anery mutt corn
0.1 Stripe Ghost corn
0.1 Amelanistic corn het carmel
2.1 Colombian Redtails
1.0 Hypo Colombian redtail
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Anery Kenyan sand boa
0.1 Normal Kenyan sand boa