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NOw with melamine board I can just screw it together or should i use tapcons or such?

>>NOw with melamine board I can just screw it together or should i use tapcons or such?

Conformat Screws work best but aren't always necessary. I use pro-bond woodglue with all my melamine joints in addition to either screws or my latest cages were built with a pneumatic nailer and brads.

One note of caution is the glue bond between the melamine surface to the exposed wood is very weak. All of my joints were Dadoed so they were all wood to wood joints.
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Jeremy Payne
JB Reptile
Specializing in Boa Morph's

1.0 Snow "Kahl"
0.2 Triple Het Moonglow "Kahl"
0.1 Orange Tail Hypo Het Leopard
1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow
1.0 Ghost
0.1 Possible Super Hypo
0.1 DH Ghost
1.1 "Kahl" Albino
1.0 Hypomelenistic
1.3 Pastel Hypo
0.1 Suriname/Columbian cross
0.1 Anerthrystic

We have found that polyurethane glue (Gorilla Glue) will actually stick to the melamine, but we also use biscuits in the joint for added strength.
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Randy and Michelle
Art In Scales
(719) 439-4199
info@artinscales.com

You can and I have, but I would at the very least use Roo Glue or another melamine specific glue. Confirmats or the generic equivalent are nice but you do need to buy a special bit.
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Currently keeping:

6.10 Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Javan, mixed colors)

1.1 Philodryas baroni

1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum multistriata

1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback

A special bit? what kind of special bit?

A special bit? what kind of special bit?

They require a pilot hole to be drilled in the basic shape of the screw. You have to get one that matches the screw you are using. The one pictured is for Confirmat's and costs $20 from Woodcraft. Probably can find them cheaper.

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Currently keeping:

6.10 Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Javan, mixed colors)

1.1 Philodryas baroni

1.1 Lampropeltis triangulum multistriata

1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback