As promised in my first thread (about magazines), here is the vivarium I built for our daughter's bearded dragon, Lewis.
It's made of melamine. It's 48" wide, 24" deep and 20" tall.
Nothing really special about the construction. Though I had fun squaring up the panels with a $10 guide and my old Skil circular saw. I was hoping to rough-cut the panels and then do the final trim on my table saw but I couldn't get the blade off. Nothing I tried worked and I knew I didn't want to cut melamine with an old 20-30 tooth blade. I put a 60-tooth (Diablo) blade in my circular saw and it did a fantastic job. Very little tear out and where necessary, I assembled the pieces where it wouldn't show or would be covered with silicone (on the inside).
The acrylic handles on the glass are from a company in Australia. There's a guy here locally that builds vivariums this size for $300 and includes these handles as an option. He has the link to the company on his website so I ordered direct. Only $14, shipped, for the pair.
The last picture is of Lewis. He's probably grown another 2"-3" since that picture (he's 15" as of last Saturday). Full grown is about 24".
Our daughter was already looking at a bigger enclosure and was going to buy a 36" one from a pet store but as I did some research, I found that I could easily build her a bigger one for about the same price. But since it was just before Christmas, I decided I wanted to build this for her as a present. It's a little late, but she still loves it as she got to spend more money on the things that will go in it.
It's made of melamine. It's 48" wide, 24" deep and 20" tall.
Nothing really special about the construction. Though I had fun squaring up the panels with a $10 guide and my old Skil circular saw. I was hoping to rough-cut the panels and then do the final trim on my table saw but I couldn't get the blade off. Nothing I tried worked and I knew I didn't want to cut melamine with an old 20-30 tooth blade. I put a 60-tooth (Diablo) blade in my circular saw and it did a fantastic job. Very little tear out and where necessary, I assembled the pieces where it wouldn't show or would be covered with silicone (on the inside).
The acrylic handles on the glass are from a company in Australia. There's a guy here locally that builds vivariums this size for $300 and includes these handles as an option. He has the link to the company on his website so I ordered direct. Only $14, shipped, for the pair.
The last picture is of Lewis. He's probably grown another 2"-3" since that picture (he's 15" as of last Saturday). Full grown is about 24".
Our daughter was already looking at a bigger enclosure and was going to buy a 36" one from a pet store but as I did some research, I found that I could easily build her a bigger one for about the same price. But since it was just before Christmas, I decided I wanted to build this for her as a present. It's a little late, but she still loves it as she got to spend more money on the things that will go in it.
. It was about six or seven feet wide, three feet tall, and four feet across. The access was from the top.