New home made incubator - set eggs - now trouble shooting issues : (

[midget_farms]

I lightened the turner board in my HUGE home built bator so I would have good air flow.

Now 24 hrs into the very first set it has bowed under the weight of the eggs to the point that I cant turn the eggs w/o opening the bator.

I need a way to strengthen this thing w/o closing all the air space.

Maybe I can find some 1/4 angle iron & screw it along the edge?

what should I do?

Here is what it looked like after I cut the center out.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

2x4 or 2x6 down the middle under it so it looks like a T from the end.

 

[midget_farms]

I got it. Whew

3/4 angle iron diagonal across the bottom.

no pics but its solid now.

 

[Cranman]

Gosh how many eggs did you set?

 

[midget_farms]

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5 dozen - the angle iron was the smallest one they had at ACE. I grabbed a hand full of the self tapping screws & just punched though the wood frame into the angle.

Solid as a rock now!