04fox8 168 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Hello Folks, To cut a long story short, Has anyone got any designs / sketches / photos of a latch mechanism to keep my cage trap door open ? Gate is about 2' wide, 3' tall and made from 20mm box section. The wee design I had in my head isn't strong enough, so rather than me try to re-invent the wheel and get stressed out trying to over analyse everything, thought I'd ask on here for any ideas. Gate is hinged at the top, but I have a welder and a grinder, so anything can be ammended to suit. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Just heading back to have another look now, Cheers Quote Link to post
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 I can do little more than recommend that you get yourself a copy of these books http://www.fourteenacre.co.uk/shop/trap-making-step-by-step/ http://www.fourteenacre.co.uk/shop/traps-more-trap-making/ OTC Quote Link to post
04fox8 168 Posted April 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Got the 1st one already, .................and totally forgot about it! Got the theory in my noddle, but the size / weight of the gate seemsto be the issue I have to overcome. I'll away and dig ut my book tho and have a quick squint. Quote Link to post
Outofnowhere 93 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 I can do little more than recommend that you get yourself a copy of these books http://www.fourteenacre.co.uk/shop/trap-making-step-by-step/ http://www.fourteenacre.co.uk/shop/traps-more-trap-making/ OTC +1 the second book has lots of drawings that might help. Quote Link to post
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