We recommend the sides be at least eight inches taller than the substrate. We wouldn’t recommend building anything smaller than 3′ by 2′.īe sure to keep the sides of the enclosure high enough to prevent your tortoise from escaping. The bigger you can make it, the better it’ll be and the happier your tortoise will be. The size of your table will ultimately depend on the size of your tortoise. So if you want your table larger or smaller, you can do so by making the appropriate cuts.īefore you work on your project, you must decide on the proper dimensions for your tortoise table. For example, the original creators cut down pallets to form the base of their enclosure to make it 2′ by 3′. You can tweak this project to suit your exact needs. You’ll need to know your way around power tools to finish this DIY successfully, but we think it’ll be worth the effort.
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You can usually find pallets for free at local hardware stores, furniture stores, or even construction sites to help cut down on the costs for this project. This wooden tortoise table is made from wood pallets. Wood pallets, caulking, plastic pot tray, indoor/outdoor carpet, screws
However, you may need to reconfigure the top drawers to make them work for you. You can leave the bottom drawers for supplies, saving the top drawers for the tortoise habitat. How you configure the dresser will depend on your needs and the dresser layout. Alternatively, you can find a piece of glass and cut the hole in the dresser top to fit it. You’ll need a saw to cut a rectangular hole in the top of the dresser and may need to have a piece of glass custom-made to fit into this hole. If you have an older dresser kicking around your home or found one someone was giving away for free, you can have your very own tortoise table in just a few steps. But we thought it would be pretty easy to get the same effect with an old dresser. The original creator of this actually built the entire dresser from scratch, which would be substantially more difficult. This reclaimed dresser tortoise table is perhaps the easiest DIY on our list.
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