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I have been asked to come up with some measurements for constructing an 18" x 18" x 24" viv by a young member of our board.
The constructions techniques he will be using follow this thread. http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/pa...tructing-euopean-type-vivarium-step-step.html Special thanks to Darryl Le Grange for supplying such great plans to the hobby! There will be a couple of slight modifications that I have seen used on other designs. These modifications will be outlined in my notes.
Again, the overall, outside dimensions will be 18" x 18" x 24" tall. This dimensions are a little bigger than what the other guy was going to build because it is NOT being designed to fit a bakers rack. I will try to use the same terminology for the pieces as Darryl used in his thread.
All glass used for this build and these measurements will be 1/4" thick. Obviously, changing the thickness will mean changing most or all of the measurements.
1 piece -- Base -- 17 1/2" wide x 17 3/4" front to back
1 piece -- Back -- 17 1/2 x wide x 23 3/4" tall
1 piece -- Left Side -- 18" front to back x 23 3/4" tall
1 piece -- Right Side -- 18" front to back x 23 3/4" tall
1 piece -- Inside Retaining Lip -- 17 7/16" wide x 6" tall
NOTES: I deliberately made this piece 1/16" short so it will fit properly. If it is a tiny bit too wide, your sides will not seal up properly. It should be very easy to fill in the tiny gap you may have because of this. Of course you would seal it with Silicone.
In Darryl's pictures, it looks like his Inside Retaining Lip is only about 2 inches tall. I like to build with enough space for a false bottom, substrate, and still have enough room for a couple of inches of leaf litter, so I have gone with a 6 inch tall Inside Retaining Lip similar to some American made Euro style vivs I have seen.
1 piece -- Door Strut -- 17 7/16" wide x 6" tall -- NOTE: See attached diagram
NOTES: This piece is also sized to match the Inside Retaining Lip for the same reasons.
NOTES: Darryl states that his Inside Retaining Lip is mounted 45 cm from the front edge of the glass. We are changing this to 2" because I don't do metric.
The constructions techniques he will be using follow this thread. http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/pa...tructing-euopean-type-vivarium-step-step.html Special thanks to Darryl Le Grange for supplying such great plans to the hobby! There will be a couple of slight modifications that I have seen used on other designs. These modifications will be outlined in my notes.
Again, the overall, outside dimensions will be 18" x 18" x 24" tall. This dimensions are a little bigger than what the other guy was going to build because it is NOT being designed to fit a bakers rack. I will try to use the same terminology for the pieces as Darryl used in his thread.
All glass used for this build and these measurements will be 1/4" thick. Obviously, changing the thickness will mean changing most or all of the measurements.
1 piece -- Base -- 17 1/2" wide x 17 3/4" front to back
1 piece -- Back -- 17 1/2 x wide x 23 3/4" tall
1 piece -- Left Side -- 18" front to back x 23 3/4" tall
1 piece -- Right Side -- 18" front to back x 23 3/4" tall
1 piece -- Inside Retaining Lip -- 17 7/16" wide x 6" tall
NOTES: I deliberately made this piece 1/16" short so it will fit properly. If it is a tiny bit too wide, your sides will not seal up properly. It should be very easy to fill in the tiny gap you may have because of this. Of course you would seal it with Silicone.
In Darryl's pictures, it looks like his Inside Retaining Lip is only about 2 inches tall. I like to build with enough space for a false bottom, substrate, and still have enough room for a couple of inches of leaf litter, so I have gone with a 6 inch tall Inside Retaining Lip similar to some American made Euro style vivs I have seen.
1 piece -- Door Strut -- 17 7/16" wide x 6" tall -- NOTE: See attached diagram
NOTES: This piece is also sized to match the Inside Retaining Lip for the same reasons.
NOTES: Darryl states that his Inside Retaining Lip is mounted 45 cm from the front edge of the glass. We are changing this to 2" because I don't do metric.
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