AussieBen
Not so new Member
Ok ladies and gentlemen & all the DIY kings and queens.
I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to these things, and I did enquire about getting one built and somehow jumped from a reasonable price to a plain ridiculous price, and that was taking things away rather than adding them.
My permit has been signed, sealed and delivered, I am stoked to say the least. And now I am thinking it's time to build a new enclosure for my Coastal.
I have been stalking these threads for so long now and been seeing all these cracking enclosures that people have made, weather it be converted tv units or from the ground up and I really want one.
Now, I feel pretty confident that i could build this
http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/...97/building-enclosure-darren-whittaker-76861/.
But for my coastal i would rather vertical than horizontal.
I would like to make a 6ft high enclosure, so my questions are....
1) With a melamine box, can a face frame be attached? if so, how, and what material would I use to make it? how would I go securing a framed glass door to it? Would it hold Ok, or would it be to heavy and just rip out.
2) Is a enclosure that is made from ply or whatever it may be, need to have a frame? I have seen some built with framing and some without. If a frame is a better choice what size and type of timber is a recommended choice. And are nails from a nail gun Ok to use rather than screws?.
I think they are my main concerns at the moment, I have seen a lot of threads on here and all I can think is " Holy cow, I love that " and some of the threads are very detailed, it is just those little bits where i get lost in it all.
There are some nice colors of melamine out other than the white or the black, and it would be good to have a enclosure that could use a bit of both ( melamine board / pine trim ) not only do I think it would look Ok, but it could be a cost effective way of doing it to, especially if you have a couple to do or planning on adding some new members.
If I can pull it off, It would be good to make a thread like one above but for a taller enclosure.
Any ideas would be great.
Ben.
I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to these things, and I did enquire about getting one built and somehow jumped from a reasonable price to a plain ridiculous price, and that was taking things away rather than adding them.
My permit has been signed, sealed and delivered, I am stoked to say the least. And now I am thinking it's time to build a new enclosure for my Coastal.
I have been stalking these threads for so long now and been seeing all these cracking enclosures that people have made, weather it be converted tv units or from the ground up and I really want one.
Now, I feel pretty confident that i could build this
http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/...97/building-enclosure-darren-whittaker-76861/.
But for my coastal i would rather vertical than horizontal.
I would like to make a 6ft high enclosure, so my questions are....
1) With a melamine box, can a face frame be attached? if so, how, and what material would I use to make it? how would I go securing a framed glass door to it? Would it hold Ok, or would it be to heavy and just rip out.
2) Is a enclosure that is made from ply or whatever it may be, need to have a frame? I have seen some built with framing and some without. If a frame is a better choice what size and type of timber is a recommended choice. And are nails from a nail gun Ok to use rather than screws?.
I think they are my main concerns at the moment, I have seen a lot of threads on here and all I can think is " Holy cow, I love that " and some of the threads are very detailed, it is just those little bits where i get lost in it all.
There are some nice colors of melamine out other than the white or the black, and it would be good to have a enclosure that could use a bit of both ( melamine board / pine trim ) not only do I think it would look Ok, but it could be a cost effective way of doing it to, especially if you have a couple to do or planning on adding some new members.
If I can pull it off, It would be good to make a thread like one above but for a taller enclosure.
Any ideas would be great.
Ben.