gluttony32
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I just finished piecing this thing together, based on some ideas and references off of many sites, and basic common sense. I would also like to add that I am not a handy person at all, I cant even hang a picture straight without the nail coming out later on:crazy01: The cart is aluminum and runs about 30 dollars. The totes are 5 a piece. The rack can fit the totes with the lids of the totes on, and they just hang in place. If the room were heated for reptiles it holds 4 maybe 5 totes. I added a pice of flame retardant kitchen wall panels with tile pattern, $11 and each cut was 50 cents, for some unknown reason I got the pieces cut and only paid 82 cents for 6 pieces cut and not the whole sheet. They made a mistake in my favor and saved me 10 bucks:nyah: The liquid nails I used to glue the boards in place is around 5 bucks and aluminum heating tape is 8 bucks...I glued the shelves on, tile side/grooves up. Weigh down each self so it sets right, drill your air holes on the totes while the glue dries. Remove the top of the cart and put a panel under the top, but dont replace the lid yet. lay down the tape wherever you are going to lay heat cable. Then run the cable along the grooves where you placed the tape. Tape the cable down with more tape make sure everything is tight, so the tote slides right over. replace the lid after you lay the heat cable down..you can wire it from top to bottom or vice versa. Add a thermostat, I bought a cheap zoo med brand on clearance for 10 bucks because the packaging was dirty, and with a coupon I bought 23 feet of heat cable for 16 dollars...Initially I was going to put heat mats under each one but was looking for a cheaper method to heat it since it would run about 100 bucks if that were the route I took...This rack runs all together at about 80 to a hundred bucks with minimal skills required to build it...I have not put anything in it nor plan to until I am sure the temps are right. Forgive my punctuation. I am open to suggestions or ideas, I built this for enjoyment and out of boredom, I am tired of seeing racks that hold 6 snakes going for 4 or 5 hundred dollars when the materials are worthless. (some of them)
