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28-Feb-08, 07:50 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: Karalee QLD | | |  New Rack system
Hi all,
While the wife is away for a week & after getting annoyed with the clutter of numerous enclosures around the house i decided it was time to do something about it & designed a rack system. Using some ideas of other systems i have seen, this is what i ended up with.
It was surprising quick to build & quite cheap compared to others for sale. It only took the weekend to build, I just need to purchase a few more tubs, add the heatcords & shelves & its all done. It should be satisfy my reptile addiction for a little while  . Then it will be time to build another one for the other side of the room
For those that are interested in dimensions.
The whole rack is 2.4M long X 1.8M High X 600mm Deep. it holds 5 X52 Litre, 10 X 30L, 20 X 20L & 10 X 15 L Starmaid tubs. It will have 7 shelves 600 X 350mm at one end for storage etc.
Sorry about the picture quality, the wife has the camera, but you should get some idea of what it looks like.
Cheers
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28-Feb-08, 07:53 PM
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Very good Is that the square aluminium tubing with the black plastic connectors? I've been thinking of doing something simalar myself.
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28-Feb-08, 07:54 PM
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Have you got some sort of C channel in the middle?
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28-Feb-08, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Jozz  Very good Is that the square aluminium tubing with the black plastic connectors? I've been thinking of doing something simalar myself. | Hi Jozz, Yes it is the 25mm Square tube. A friend uses alot of it & i got him to give me a hand.
I'm using metal ceiling battens as runners & will use them for the heat cord also.
Cheers
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01-Mar-08, 09:11 AM
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Do you have any close ups of the tub rails. I am interested to see how you did it.
Can you explain better the metal ceiling battens please.
Reasoning, you seemed to have solved a problem I did not
Thanks
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01-Mar-08, 09:31 AM
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I am doing something VERY similar but using shelves for the heat cord- how do you plan to heat the tubs? Looks good BTW. 
Pic only one shelf completed, will have sides/back as well:  |
01-Mar-08, 09:36 AM
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Also, what are you using for the smaller verticals (if you don't mind me asking)?
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01-Mar-08, 09:47 AM
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Mate good job,
I have been thinking lately about doing the same thing,but where to start Hmmm.
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01-Mar-08, 10:03 AM
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WOW....thats awesome....
yerh what goes in each tub?
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02-Mar-08, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by euan Do you have any close ups of the tub rails. I am interested to see how you did it.
Can you explain better the metal ceiling battens please.
Reasoning, you seemed to have solved a problem I did not
Thanks | I will try to get some more pics tomorrow. Very basic, I have just riveted the battens to the underside of the shelf above. I am not using lids on any of the tubs as I only plan to have terrestrial gex in them. If you wanted to use lids you will need to use some sort of spacer between the battens & the shelves for clearance.
[quote DrNick] I am doing something VERY similar but using shelves for the heat cord- how do you plan to heat the tubs? Looks good BTW.
Pic only one shelf completed, will have sides/back as well:[/quote]
Thanks. I am running more ceiling battens the length of the racks with the heatcords inside them. I will post some pics when complete.
Looking good Dr Nick, maybe if you posted the pics before I started I might have done it the same as yours.LOL. Be sure to post some more pics when you have finished??
[quote DrNick] Also, what are you using for the smaller verticals (if you don't mind me asking)? :[/quote]
No problems with the questions, happy to help. I used 12mm round Alum tube & riveted it to the frame to prevent any sagging.
[quote dragon lady] WOW....thats awesome....
yerh what goes in each tub?:[/quote]
Thanks Geckos, geckos & more geckos. LOL
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