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Finished Custom Enclosures

Art Klass

Art Klass

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Hello all. It's been some time since I have posted and I wanted to share with you the enclosures that I finished a few days ago. I purchased the sliding doors, which are on wheels, from a dude on Craigslist and designed the unit around those. I made the tracking from hardwood using my router. That was fun... The two lower units have shelves that house hides or lay boxes. I am utilizing back heat. There is a 10 degree temperature variance from the heated area to the other side. The enclosure dimensions are 4' x 2' x 18" and the unit, on casters, is 7', 3" tall. The sliding doors are secured by a 3" dowel in a hole drilled into the door.

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Thanks for the compliment. I find the back heat works very consistently. Each enclosure has about a 10 degree temperature gradient. Years ago I built a different enclosure with the same approximate dimensions and also used back heat. I have never had any negative issues. I put the thermostat probe at the top of the cage in the corner above the flex-watt.
 
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