Large 2 Chameleon enclosure build

[Millwright]

Excellent carpentry good job! What species are you housing?

Thank you
I have a Veiled now and will be getting a Panther.

 

[Millwright]

Excellent job man

Thank you.

 

[Macasus]

Thank you
I have a Veiled now and will be getting a Panther.

Nice!!

 

[Millwright]

Did a little staining on the doors today.
Right two door panels need more stain. Hopefully all staining is done tomorrow! Lol

 

[Macasus]

View attachment 194777 View attachment 194778 Did a little staining on the doors today.
Right two door panels need more stain. Hopefully all staining is done tomorrow! Lol

Looks great!!!

 

[Millwright]

Looks great!!!

Thank you

 

[Millwright]

Well I was going to apply the clear yesterday.
But unfortunately after stopping for a few paint brushes and some other supplies I blew a rear brake cylinder on my truck. Corrected that issue last night so I should be applying the first coat of clear when I get home today.

 

[Millwright]

Lots of work but little to show for it. Lol
6 coats of a marine grade clear on the inside. 3 coats of satin Polyurethane on the exterior.
I will be painting the inside of of the enclosure base tomorrowand. Also making up the screens while I wait for the clear to finish curing. I should be putting the glass in Tuesday and painting the marine grade black in the bottom of each enclosure Wednesday. Then let it all cure till Sunday.

 

[Alexander1]

Si nice. I work on cars but I wish I had tried some wood working

 

[Millwright]

Update. I have been working on the enclosure a few hours a night. It’s getting closer to being done but progress has slowed due to my kids sports and their end of year concerts.
I Painted the back and inside of the enclosure base Kona brown. Sanded and primed the inside of the enclosure bottom. Disassembled 3 twenty gallon tanks, 1 fifteen gallon tank and 1 fourty gallon tank. Cut all the glass to size.
I should be painting the enclosure bottom tonight with its first coat of marine grade gloss black. Then hopefully start putting in the glass.

 

[CJ's Exotics]

I wish I was that good at making custom enclosures. You are really good at this.

 

[Millwright]

Got a little work done today. Put the first of four coats of marine grade black on the bottom of the enclosure. Trimmed the top 1.5” off of the 2 five gallon buckets I will be using as planters. When the black paint is finished and cured I will be siliconing the part I removed into the hole. That way when the buckets are placed in the holes there will be a drip edge. I will also be able to easily remove them. I still need to drill the bottom of the buckets so I can install 1/2” bulkheads that will be used as drainage.

 

[Millwright]

I wish I was that good at making custom enclosures. You are really good at this.

Thank you.
I would say Practice. The worst thing that can happen is you mess something up and have to fix it or remake it.

 

[NorCalAnthony]

Wow dude that's looking killer!

Were you using glass for all of the openings or a combo of glass and screen openings?

 

[Millwright]

Wow dude that's looking killer!

Were you using glass for all of the openings or a combo of glass and screen openings?

Thank you
Glass on the front and the top 2 openings on each side. I will have screen on the bottom opening of each side and the top of the enclosure.

 

[Kritter]

Looks nice but I am thinking about cheating and using a hutch to modify lol. I don’t have your building skills.

 

[Millwright]

Looks nice but I am thinking about cheating and using a hutch to modify lol. I don’t have your building skills.

Thank you.
I thought about that as well but I was having a hard time finding something that would work or I liked. Lol

 

[Millwright]

Slowly but surely it’s getting there. Started the plumbing. Glass tamped off. All doors have the glass glued in. Tonight hopefully glue the glass in the enclosure.

 

[dshuld]

Coming along nicely!!

 

[CJ's Exotics]

Awesome!