The REAL "Mother Of All Enclosures"

[garnothegreat]

My bro and I FINALLY finished my first DIY enclosure. We used a 10 ply 3/4 inch plywood which was $47. I wanted to make a cage out of the norm, so instead of a 4x2x2 i decided to make a 3x3x2. (on a side note HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) lol... i wanted my enclosure to be viewable from my bed and my desk chair so we made a stand out of 2x4s. the plywood made up the two sides, bottom, and top. to sturdy the sides i put 2x2s in all four corners.then i put 2x4s in between the 2x2s where the glass was going so i could put any kind of substrate.. after screwing the bottom piece of plywood into the enclosure we drilled the enclosure onto the stand so i could easily take it apart for moving if needed. We order glass from a local glass company 6 miles away from my house.The glass ended up costing $65 for 2 panes cut to my exact measurements.i don't have the substrate yet but i also am making a huge foam rock that will wrap around the cage plus foam rock walls.well enough talking here are some pics

my bro testing out the stand

the stand

me hanging in the stand

sides coming together

hole with screen for basking bulb

shot of the screen portion of the top

My 6 month old bearded dragon GARNO testing out the space before being finished

lights on but still no glass

FINALLY DONE!!!!!!!!!!! glass in place and ready for the interior design

 

[Fogles]

Nice viv!

 

[Ethelia]

Thats lovely!
Make me one?

 

[garnothegreat]

i would but you live kinda far lol shipping would be a bit much..haha...this morning i went to home depot and got grout some sealer and a can of great stuff to make the fake rock so far its looking good i just need to wait for the grout to dry then seal it.i will try and post pics tom

 

[Yasouopa]

hey where do you live

::crosses fingers and hopes near ny:: lol

 

[garnothegreat]

haha i live in pa... i actually was born in Syracuse NY

 

[ElectronicOz]

sweet build

 

[LittleRob]

So as far as lighting what did you use. Is that a 24in strip light or 18in? What you got going in the basking dome a regular flood or a MVB. Looks good can't wait to see the rest of it once its done. So you cut 2-3x3 and 2-2x3 correct? Oh and that 10ply did that have 2 good sides(sanded) or just one?

 

[garnothegreat]

i used a 24 inch strip and for the basking i just have a regular lamp...im gonna try and post pics of everything tom cause i have been a little busy.. as for the 3x3s i had 2 but ended up only using one just for the bottom and made the top out of half of the other piece and then the other half was 2 inch strips of the remaining piece... that ended up being the screen top if you look at the pics of the top. and the plywood had a birch veneer on it and it was very good..i had a one inch thick piece of it and i tried to break it. it took some serious hitting to finally break it. for $47 its gonna last a long time... i also just made a hammock out of old jeans lol its actually pretty sick!!!!!!!

 

[garnothegreat]

just took some pictures of the finished enclosure here they are...

sweet picture

close up of the rock i made

rock i made

CUSTOM denim hammock lol

view from my bed

going into the abyss

close up on Garno

hope you guys like it i want to put more stuff in the enclosure but im a senior in highschool and have no money..but donations are accepted

 

[JRyan]

How much did it cost to make that?

 

[garnothegreat]

i dont know the exact amount but around 250 bucks at the most probably even less