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Old 03-04-12, 09:00 AM   #1
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ok so this is a little project ive been working on

So past few weeks I've been building a encloser for my snakes its going to have 8 cages built into it here's a pic its almost finish just been working weird hours so hardly any time to work on it

More pics to come
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Old 03-04-12, 09:18 AM   #2
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looks sharp..
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Re: ok so this is a little project ive been working on

Looks good. Can you reach the top ones without a stepper? lol
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looks sharp..
Thanks got 4 out of the 8 cages finish so half done and has UTH and all the of the goods should of went with heat tape or something UTH kinda pricy it wieghs around 100 pounds at the moment when the other 4 get added on it be around 200 pounds so its one heavy encloser I use red oak wood my buddy has a wood shop he's letting me use
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Looks good. Can you reach the top ones without a stepper? lol
Nope stands like like 6'7" I'm around 6 foot so yea I need a stepper lol but it looks cool forgot to make it a little shorter once I get it finish moving it to my reptile room going to be hard it will barely fit in my hallway
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looks good man
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looks good man
Thanks can't wait till I finidh it instead of having all my snakes in different spots ill have them all in one section and with 2 cage slots open and I can always add more onto it lol
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Re: ok so this is a little project ive been working on

I ran out of useable glass and I'm stuck with 2 spots in the 8 cage encloser without glass and I can't find the glass that the free tanks I got so my question is what the best type of glass to use I herd plexi glass is ok but I want these to be sliding doors so any ideas
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Nice handy work .
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I ran out of useable glass and I'm stuck with 2 spots in the 8 cage encloser without glass and I can't find the glass that the free tanks I got so my question is what the best type of glass to use I herd plexi glass is ok but I want these to be sliding doors so any ideas
Either tempered glass or plexi.
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Nice handy work .
Thanks and it was cheap to I got 5 free tanks 40 gallon use the glass of there and stuff and just bought the wood so far this 8 cage encloser cost me like 70 bucks but I got a lot of free stuff love craigslist lol and its good to know buddys who own a wood shop and a metal shop so I got free of use
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Either tempered glass or plexi.
Ok thanks ill check lows in the morning see wat the price are on tempered and plexi glass
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I use plexi on all my cages. its cheap.
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I use plexi on all my cages. its cheap.
I kinda figured it be cheap and ill see what the prices on it here is plexi glass tough tho I never use it befor
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Nice job! I've always used plexi and it works great. I got a 4x2foot sheet for about 30-40$.
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