I want to clear up some things before I start.
I have little to no building skills. I had no plans just an idea of what I wanted to accomplish in my head. This was my first big project and I had many hick ups
My goal was to try and build a tortoise table using the least amount of money as possible, to help encourage other people who's torts might be in a setup that is too small and the owner keeps saying I don't have the money or I don't know how to build a tortoise table.
Yes it could have been a lot easier to use a bookshelf or case but this way it would give you more flexibility with size, and at the end of the day you get to say "I built that" XD
All the wood used was skid wood that I got for free and stripped down.
To avoid cutting I just used the longest pieces and used them for length and width
Made a frame
Then I just filled in frame to make a floor
Stared the wall same borads as the frame and floor
Finshed up the walls added "post" for extra support I left one side open for viewing and for a possible screen/plexiglass drop down door
Bought this tarp at the dollar store for 2 dollars tarp is 6'x8' I used tacks but next time I will use staples the tarp was the worse part for me, doesn't look pretty but it is now water proof, no sealent needed. I also could have cut it but tarp tends to be a mess when cut.
Added substrate coco fiber, cypress multch mix with exo terra jungle moss at the back 6" wide and everything is roughtly 5"-6" deep
Added a lip on each side wall, an other board to the front, and put a board in the center back wall for the exo terra lamp bracket. The bracket has adhesive strips I did not pull off the plastice to make it sticky I just screwed it to the board to hang my MVB
That is about 90% done having issues with heat I'll have to add CHE(s) I'm thinking I'll add a top or over just 1/2 - 2/3 I'm also going to order a piece of plexi glass but this just shows you can build a tort table out of free skids I spent maybe a total of 10 dollars
Tarp -2 dollars
Screws - 3 dollars for 100
Tacts - 1 dollar
staple gun - 3 dollars ( thought it came with staples but didn't hence why I used tacks)
I will up load more picture when it is done and I move in my tort and finish adding in all the hides, rocks, plants and seeds. Maybe a second level.
Hope this helped at least one person XD
I have little to no building skills. I had no plans just an idea of what I wanted to accomplish in my head. This was my first big project and I had many hick ups
My goal was to try and build a tortoise table using the least amount of money as possible, to help encourage other people who's torts might be in a setup that is too small and the owner keeps saying I don't have the money or I don't know how to build a tortoise table.
Yes it could have been a lot easier to use a bookshelf or case but this way it would give you more flexibility with size, and at the end of the day you get to say "I built that" XD
All the wood used was skid wood that I got for free and stripped down.
To avoid cutting I just used the longest pieces and used them for length and width
Made a frame
Then I just filled in frame to make a floor
Stared the wall same borads as the frame and floor
Finshed up the walls added "post" for extra support I left one side open for viewing and for a possible screen/plexiglass drop down door
Bought this tarp at the dollar store for 2 dollars tarp is 6'x8' I used tacks but next time I will use staples the tarp was the worse part for me, doesn't look pretty but it is now water proof, no sealent needed. I also could have cut it but tarp tends to be a mess when cut.
Added substrate coco fiber, cypress multch mix with exo terra jungle moss at the back 6" wide and everything is roughtly 5"-6" deep
Added a lip on each side wall, an other board to the front, and put a board in the center back wall for the exo terra lamp bracket. The bracket has adhesive strips I did not pull off the plastice to make it sticky I just screwed it to the board to hang my MVB
That is about 90% done having issues with heat I'll have to add CHE(s) I'm thinking I'll add a top or over just 1/2 - 2/3 I'm also going to order a piece of plexi glass but this just shows you can build a tort table out of free skids I spent maybe a total of 10 dollars
Tarp -2 dollars
Screws - 3 dollars for 100
Tacts - 1 dollar
staple gun - 3 dollars ( thought it came with staples but didn't hence why I used tacks)
I will up load more picture when it is done and I move in my tort and finish adding in all the hides, rocks, plants and seeds. Maybe a second level.
Hope this helped at least one person XD