DIY CABINET COOLER INCUBATOR How we did it and TEST RUN Ready Set GO!

[Sally Sunshine]

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looks straight forward... and the simple answer The fans are wired sparate. Run constantly not turned on and off by the thremostat

 

[ObeyTheYeri]

Thanks for the reply

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Thanks for the reply

good luck! let us see your build when your finished please!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Set of 6 Plastic Chicken Egg Trays for Cabinet Incubator

$45.30

and they have other sizes

 

[dheltzel]

If shopping for egg trays, also look at Cutler Supply and Hawkhead Hatchery Equipment

I bought 20 trays from Hawkhead for $1 each + shipping. Ask for "ChickMaster 48 Setting trays".

It can be handy to have extra trays on hand.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

If shopping for egg trays, also look at Cutler Supply and Hawkhead Hatchery Equipment

I bought 20 trays from Hawkhead for $1 each + shipping. Ask for "ChickMaster 48 Setting trays".

It can be handy to have extra trays on hand.

thank you!! gonna share on the incu thread as well! bunch of ppl makin bators right now!

 

[Latestarter]

Don't you think $45 is just a bit ridiculous for 6 pieces of vacuum formed plastic? Crazy...

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Don't you think $45 is just a bit ridiculous for 6 pieces of vacuum formed plastic? Crazy...

Joe!!!

absolutely!

 

[perchie.girl]

Injection molded Joe.

Probably about ten cents worth of plastic. Half a second to mold. Half a second to eject ten seconds to clean up if by hand... Maybe a dollars worth of labor... through its whole manufactured process.

Tooling costs up front maybe about ten grand for a non hardened tool with a lifetime of say 10,000 trays. If it were done in the US. Four bucks a piece retail.

The first few are expensive to run till they figure out optimum product quality.

I used to design deep draw injection molded parts. Designed the plastic so that it would:

Do the job it was intended for
Be easily ejected during the molding process
Look nice
easy to assemble with other parts

Had to resolve issues with the part using Tool Safe changes. Meaning Not expensive.

deb

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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