I'm Building an Incubator - please don't bother asking permission to laugh at me

[BullChick]

Maybe I don't have 100 chickens...maybe I just got 50 an I'm seeing double.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Ok so I made a smidge of progress this morning. I cut the hole in the lid, my poor little dremel was not happy about it

Getting ready

Oops I broke the cutting disc, luckily I have 20 more

First layer cut, hey wait- didn't someone tell me these were hollow? Darn it

Don't tell my hubby but I may have sacrificed a steak knife to cut the foam, and then I used the steak knife to mark the corners on the next layer, I also used a little sauce pan like a hammer the knife did not survive, but may be gluable

Oops I broke another one, Mann do those little pieces fly! Where are my safety glasses?

Alright I'm through but didn't do a good job marking the 2nd cut

Hmmmm need to figure out how to take that edge off, already put the dremel away.....

Ummm no pictures of this lol, but I tried a block plane, then saw a saw, I went with the saw. Rather over sized for the application but I propped the cooler lid on a gallon of paint and went to town, I held the lid in place with my bare feet (I do have a brain, it just wasn't in use at the moment), my feet survived and I got that edge taken care of. I used a flat exacto knife (like a chisel) and took the jagged edges off too

Good enough

My hubby told me where the drill is but told me to mark where I wanted it drilled and he would do it when he got home from work. Probably a good thing he wasn't home to see my escapades this morning

 

[Chaos18]

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I also cleaned the cup holders, it was bothering me that the pics I had taken it looked so gross

 

[DwayneNLiz]

What is the recommendation on number of vent holes an placement?

 

[BullChick]

What is the recommendation on number of vent holes an placement?

Place them wherever you want! I would go for near the top. Seventy sounds about right!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Place them wherever you want! I would go for near the top. Seventy sounds about right!

Even if the heat/fans are in the bottom? I was thinking maybe like 90?

 

[BullChick]

Why are they down there?
Incuview incubator has one ventilation hole in the lid. Period.

 

[Chaos18]

What is the recommendation on number of vent holes an placement?

17.9 Holes and placement should be in the bator.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Why are they down there?
Incuview incubator has one ventilation hole in the lid. Period.

That's where they fit
Hmmmm just 1? I think the styrofoam one I borrowed had 2 in the lid and a couple little ones in the floor of it

17.9 Holes and placement should be in the bator.