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Originally Posted by LarryS
If this is your first build then I am looking forward to the next!
Great work, should inspire some that are contemplating a first build.
The 3/4 door frame you are describing, do you mean having the frame on the top, bottom and outsides but not the sides that meet in the middle? If so.... ....could work out very well. Great idea Terranaut came up with too. Always fun working out the details and then seeing them come together.
If you use a good sturdy hinge system you may be ok on the side.
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This is my simple build, for my simple Ball Python LOL
Next build will be for the Coastal, which is probably going to take me a long time to finish, but I plan to do an extremely in detail thread following it.
In regards to the doors, what you described in the bold is what I am looking for. For the issue of "door sag", I am hoping that with some decent hinges and the fact that 99% of the doors life will be spent closed and essentially resting on the substrate damn, the forces will be minimal enough not to cause any permanent deformation in the hinges. Paired with the fact that they should be relatively light weight (a bonus from removing the 4th frame side for viewing preference, is that it also removes the most influential moment, or bending force in the door).
Another design option could be to have the top and bottom frame portions gradually taper to a smaller thickness towards the middle of the viewing area.
(sorry I went to school for mechanical engineering and now work in a field of aerospace manufacturing, and this kind of stuff gets me excited LOL).
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