Incuview Incubator

[aart]

I left the turner tray in but covered it with shelf liner. The eggs got a little stability but toes are fairly protected.

Good Idea!

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Good Idea!

I liked your point about avoiding pinballing all over. I made the plastic canvas dividers but can't be certain without testing if they will create cold spots. So that will have to wait a bit. This is working ok so far.

 

[aart]

I made the plastic canvas dividers but can't be certain without testing if they will create cold spots.

I'm working on my divider pattern now, will hopefully be able to test later today.

 

[CapricornFarm]

They did dry well, probably partly because they did not hatch 'gunky' meaning good evaporation during incubation? So, yeah, I guess good ventilation and air circulation during incubation, I had the plug in and out and in between balancing/playing with humidity levels.

First 6 hatched were on side of incubator closest to viewer,
which is the side farthest from the wall behind incubator in pic above.
Could be it's bit warmer on that side, there are now pips throughout bator.
You know where the vent is, it is obscured in pic by the sponge next to it.
I did not rotate egg position, but might be a good idea in the future,
tho there are many reasons certain eggs might not hatch.

Did you install the cotter pin that came with the bator?
It's called the 'retaining pin' in the first step of instructions on set up and assembly.

No cotter pin included. Had to make one.

 

[aart]

Divider fab went pretty smooth...if you don't count the glue gun 'blowing up'.

Here it is...heat and airflow tests underway.
I stuck a bunch of pieces of yarn hanging down off lid,
dividers don't seem to block airflow much.
Now to see if incy heat is too much for material,
which could be slight different plastic by appearances anyway.
It's #5 mesh, as opposed to the #7 provided by mfg.

Oh, and, one of the best things, and biggest concerns, is that the lid is still easily tipped open and closed without interference.Whew.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Divider fab went pretty smooth...if you don't count the glue gun 'blowing up'.

Here it is...heat and airflow tests underway.
I stuck a bunch of pieces of yarn hanging down off lid,
dividers don't seem to block airflow much.
Now to see if incy heat is too much for material,
which could be slight different plastic by appearances anyway.
It's #5 mesh, as opposed to the #7 provided by mfg.

Oh, and, one of the best things, and biggest concerns, is that the lid is still easily tipped open and closed without interference.Whew.

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That looks phenomenal. I can't see why you'd have temp irregularities the way you've made it perfectly centered. If that works as well as I think it will could you send me measurements or something? Mines not as nice. Not even close!

 

[Leahs Mom]

@aart
Now you're going to have to make more of those and sell them...

 

[Molpet]

Divider fab went pretty smooth...if you don't count the glue gun 'blowing up'.

Here it is...heat and airflow tests underway.
I stuck a bunch of pieces of yarn hanging down off lid,
dividers don't seem to block airflow much.
Now to see if incy heat is too much for material,
which could be slight different plastic by appearances anyway.
It's #5 mesh, as opposed to the #7 provided by mfg.

Oh, and, one of the best things, and biggest concerns, is that the lid is still easily tipped open and closed without interference.Whew.

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yeah we all want one

 

[aart]

If that works as well as I think it will could you send me measurements or something?

I've been thinking about that.
I think the best way to do it would be to take a pic of the pattern on or with a 1" grid, then folks could sketch out their own pattern. Impossible to dimension the curve, I got it close with the pin gauge, but still had to tweak it by fitting and trimming, fitting and trimming. Gonna set eggs tomorrow, so ~3 weeks will tell the tale.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

I've been thinking about that.
I think the best way to do it would be to take a pic of the pattern on or with a 1" grid, then folks could sketch out their own pattern. Impossible to dimension the curve, I got it close with the pin gauge, but still had to tweak it by fitting and trimming, fitting and trimming. Gonna set eggs tomorrow, so ~3 weeks will tell the tale.

Maybe you should market this to incubator warehouse.