Some spare time at work. Now with tutorial. Pic heavy!
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Dreadhead
Bushcrafter through and through
Tried that, but it was impossible to balance it.
Yes Hamish, I'm lucky to have a very good job indeed.
Got a PM from a gentleman from here asking if I could make a how-to.
I'm no expert on dead falls, and there are hundreds of ways to do it. Well, here it goes.
What you use as material for the trigger depends on what you got available.
In this case a piece of fairly straight grown pine from my firewood shed:
Then i split the piece into usable pieces:
Then I picked out three pieces that seemed ok, now you se the shape of the trigger:
Then I marked up for a notch in the upright piece:
The notch:
Then I marked up for the notch in the horizontal piece:
The notch in the horizontal piece, open at one end:
Now the notches on the vertical and horizontal piece fits together. And I've marked up for the other notches:
Last trimmings before the first test:
Does it work? After some small adjustments:
Darling! Duck for dinner!
It took about 15 minutes, and it is a good carving exercise.
I'm no expert on dead falls, and there are hundreds of ways to do it. Well, here it goes.
What you use as material for the trigger depends on what you got available.
In this case a piece of fairly straight grown pine from my firewood shed:
Then i split the piece into usable pieces:
Then I picked out three pieces that seemed ok, now you se the shape of the trigger:
Then I marked up for a notch in the upright piece:
The notch:
Then I marked up for the notch in the horizontal piece:
The notch in the horizontal piece, open at one end:
Now the notches on the vertical and horizontal piece fits together. And I've marked up for the other notches:
Last trimmings before the first test:
Does it work? After some small adjustments:
Darling! Duck for dinner!
It took about 15 minutes, and it is a good carving exercise.
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There are lots and lots of different ways to do it, it all depends on what game youre after, and what materails you got available.
This is a very good exercise to understand the basic geometrics of the Letter 4 trap.
You also find some good information here on different types, not only the Letter 4: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34110/34110-h/34110-h.htm
This is a very good exercise to understand the basic geometrics of the Letter 4 trap.
You also find some good information here on different types, not only the Letter 4: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34110/34110-h/34110-h.htm
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Thanks very much, will definitively give this a go. thanks for posting much appreciated.
cheers the interceptor boy.
cheers the interceptor boy.
Dreadhead
Bushcrafter through and through
So nice to see a tutorial that doesn't involve youtube. I feel such a luddite at times, but i prefer step by step stuff with pictures. Hell, you can even do the other luddite trick and print it out! 
ps. how did you cook the duck?
ps. how did you cook the duck?
Noe job! looks good.
Set up one of these the other day using pencils and a box to catch the mouse that had been chewing holes in my laundry bag. Worked first night! Brilliant traps these.
Set up one of these the other day using pencils and a box to catch the mouse that had been chewing holes in my laundry bag. Worked first night! Brilliant traps these.
So nice to see a tutorial that doesn't involve youtube. I feel such a luddite at times, but i prefer step by step stuff with pictures. Hell, you can even do the other luddite trick and print it out!
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You aint alone there - with my steam powered confuser it takes ages to get you choob to run, most of the stuff I find aint worth the effort and I get realy frustrated!
Step by step pictures are so much better!
