how i build my enclosures.

[bidden]

black melamine at home depot is almost double the cost of white!! it come's in several "wood" colours too.

[FoShizzleDizzle]

Right right... Thanks for the advice guys.

[DeviledDiablo]

hey het.. i love ur post.. i think im gonna make a cage like dat!!
but i was wonderin if u could help me wit my measurements? like tell me wut pieces i need to cut
im thinkin of buildin a 6(L)X2.5(W)X2.5 im new at all this.. ive never really built anythin.. so would be awesome if u could send me the measurements and guild me through it if i had any questions
btw i have a male boa constrictor. datz wut this cage is gonna be for
thanx ahead of time

[DeviledDiablo]

ok... well could anyone else help me out on the measurement question i had posted rite b4 this?
ty

[bidden]

What measurements are you looking for?? can you be a little more specific in your question?

[DeviledDiablo]

im thinkin of buildin a 6(L)X2.5(W)X2.5
and i was juss wondering wut the measurements for all the pieces i needed would be.. ( to make the cage dats shown on this post by het ) ty

[HetForHuman]

Sorry Deviled, i have been working alot lately and cant get to a computer.

I seen an email from you but i accidently deleted it, if you could send me those sizes again that were in the email, i will try to help you out..

I will be around untill monday evening sept 13 then i have to go back to work for possibly a month.

[HetForHuman]

Ok Deviled, you will need the melamine cut into this....

1- 72"x34.75" this is the back.

2- 72"x30" these are the top and bottom.

2- 36"x30" these are the sides.

2- 3"x72" these are the litter dams..

Hope this helps, and once you do it you'll see how easy it is..

Good luck

Tim

[Derrick]

Tim wouldn't it be 30"x30" for the sides and 72"x 28.75 for the back for a 6x2.5x2.5? it think the measure ments you posted above are for a 6x2.5x3. mind you my heads still num from doing genetics crap the last couple of days.

Also I'm I have no idea about this as I dont have any 6' cages but might it not be better to move up to 3/4" melamine for a cage that size? That would change the measurements slightly. They would be:
1- 72"x 28.5" this is the back.

2- 72"x30" these are the top and bottom.

2- 30"x30" these are the sides.

2- 3"x72" these are the litter dams.

I believe but someone should might want to confirm this.

[HetForHuman]

Its all good Derrick, he told me on msn that he wanted it 6 feet long, 3 feet tall, and 2 and a half feet deep.

[Derrick]

any comment on the building the 6'foot with 3/4" instead of 5/8. I may be due for a 6 footer this year.

[DeviledDiablo]

thanx alot het.. i got 1 more thing to ask :P now those measurments are needed to be cut into 8" X 4" melemaine.. datz the larges size i could find.. how many pieces would i need to make those cuts? ty ty

[Derrick]

DeviledDiablo Your going to end up wasting a lot of wood with those measurements if you went to 6x2x2.5(lxwxh) you could do it with 2 pieces other wise you'l need 3.

[DeviledDiablo]

ya i noticed dat.. i kinda went to the wood place and ordered the melemaine alrdy nobody answered me for like 2 days.. and it was my day off, i decided to get it done.. its gonna take me 4 pieces and ya it has alot of wasted wood.. but i could prob make somethin outta the rest of it thanx for the help ppl

[ssscales]

I built my entire set up on Melamine and it works great, and at a third of the price of the plastic cages it left me more $$$ for more snakes. I've used Melamine for cages for over 5 years and have not had one complaint. Just keep it clean and re-silicone the edges every 6 months and you've got a cage for many years. I originally used Flexwatt tape, but recently swicthed to the human heaters from Walmart. I plan on using my flexwatt tape for the baby racks.