Building a medium sized flight cage for the first time.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:23 am
Okay so, being a craft driven sort of person i thought it would be a great idea to build my own cage.
I make all of my mouse cages like it's as easy as breathing so i thought this would be easy too.
Well no, no it isn't.
Firstly I bought the wrong size support brackets, so the moment I went to move my in-progress panel, it fell apart, the weak little brackets, bending and twisting until they were unrecognizable.
Then, it turns out, my nails were also the ittiest-bittiest couple of centimeters too short.
Generally, everything but the actual lumber turned out to be just a tiny bit too little.
I nearly had a tantrum.
A lay down and count to ten sort of event.
I'm just wondering if there are any other horror story like moments from cage building you guys have.
Or tips.
So far, other than the actual falling apart thing, everything has worked out fine.
This thing is going to be huge. Four feet long, three feet deep, five and a half feet tall.
I'm just not equipped to handle this project by myself I think. I'm too small.
The staining proved to be troublesome too. I make my own stains for leather working, so I used a dandelion stain this time. It worked fine for the wood, but it got all over me too.
How do you people manage these things? D:
There wasn't much on the actual building in the information center.
I make all of my mouse cages like it's as easy as breathing so i thought this would be easy too.
Well no, no it isn't.
Firstly I bought the wrong size support brackets, so the moment I went to move my in-progress panel, it fell apart, the weak little brackets, bending and twisting until they were unrecognizable.
Then, it turns out, my nails were also the ittiest-bittiest couple of centimeters too short.
Generally, everything but the actual lumber turned out to be just a tiny bit too little.
I nearly had a tantrum.
A lay down and count to ten sort of event.
I'm just wondering if there are any other horror story like moments from cage building you guys have.
Or tips.
So far, other than the actual falling apart thing, everything has worked out fine.
This thing is going to be huge. Four feet long, three feet deep, five and a half feet tall.
I'm just not equipped to handle this project by myself I think. I'm too small.
The staining proved to be troublesome too. I make my own stains for leather working, so I used a dandelion stain this time. It worked fine for the wood, but it got all over me too.
How do you people manage these things? D:
There wasn't much on the actual building in the information center.
. Go on-line and look at lots of pics. Some people even post plans or videos on you-tube. And like Lori said, access doors are super important. Include other doors for outside mount nest boxes, feeders, baths, etc. Doors = function. And don't forget the ever important pull out bottom tray.