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>>(1) My sliding glass door tracks are not nearly as secure as I would like them. Does anyone know of any safe to use substance that would bond between wood and plastic?
A quick dry two part epoxy for bonding many different type surfaces together will work wonders and dries hard and clear.
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>>(2) My power cord hole is just a nice size for crickets and grasshoppers to find! How can I plug it without ruining the appearance of the cage?
Clear indoor/outdoor use Silicone, just run the cord and then fill the hole, on the 'outside of the cage' let dry for 4 to 8 hours.
>>Something else I would like to do is secure the branches I have in there to the inside of the cage walls (which are 3/4" red oak plywood) so I can provide more floor space. I haven't thought of how to do that yet. Honestly, I haven't really put a lot of though to it. Maybe you folks have tried something similar.
What we do is measure how high up we want the perches on both sides and drill pilot holes in both the cage and the perch, then install the perch using 3 1/2" long galvanized screws counter sunk into the cabinet from the outside, then just put a dab of wood putty over the screw holes and stain or paint as usual. The heavy duty galvanized dipped decking screws are the strongest and work the best. Otherwise, you could use a piece of continuous thread, bore out a hole in the perch on each end, epoxy the thread in and drill a hole in the cage that the thread can slip through then use nuts to tighten it down, but we prefer the screws, they're quicker and easier.
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>>This was my frist attempt at uilding a cage, and I have luckily been pretty satisfied with it. The pictures don't do it any justice - due to a very poor quality digital camera!
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>>Any suggestions? I thrive on critisim.
That's about it, I need to go and look at the pics yet.
Tay
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