harrycatcat1 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 I scrounged some roofing lats and I thought that I would give it a go. I had some screws and hinges in the shed. I also had a couple of "chinese" rat traps with springs on. This is as far as I got today. I am not 100% happy with the rat trap spring strength but we are on a budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 Nearly ready for testing once the galvanised mesh is on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 Just for completeness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbyduck Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 Looking good Harry , just one thing the dowel perch on the ones i,ve seen in the past are cut in half . atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 31 minutes ago, derbyduck said: Looking good Harry , just one thing the dowel perch on the ones i,ve seen in the past are cut in half . atb ^^^ yep a square bar cut in half. Does look good that. My only thought though is if it is open an airy enought. The wire cage I have is very open in appearance and i wonder if the thickness of structure might put the targets off. Only one way to find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, oowee said: ^^^ yep a square bar cut in half. Does look good that. My only thought though is if it is open an airy enought. The wire cage I have is very open in appearance and i wonder if the thickness of structure might put the targets off. Only one way to find out. I wonder why perch cut in half? Is it the way the picture is took? It's only roof lat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: I wonder why perch cut in half? drops a lot easier under lateral force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Yellow Bear said: drops a lot easier under lateral force. I haven't got the "full diameter" of the dowel touching the trap doors there is only a millimetre or two on the edge though 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 I don't know if you can see this? It's on the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 But with the perch cut in half the pressure of the doors holds the two halfs together. When the bird lands on it the perch breaks the bird falls. It's also easy to set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 38 minutes ago, oowee said: But with the perch cut in half the pressure of the doors holds the two halfs together. When the bird lands on it the perch breaks the bird falls. It's also easy to set. Ah, I have read your post 6 times but now the penny has dropped, cut in half not lengthways as I thought folks were implying 🤡🤡🤡😳😳👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣 It's been a long day 😴 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 1 hour ago, harrycatcat1 said: Ah, I have read your post 6 times but now the penny has dropped, cut in half not lengthways as I thought folks were implying 🤡🤡🤡😳😳👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣 It's been a long day 😴 No worries first one i had I could not work out how to set the thing open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 36 minutes ago, oowee said: No worries first one i had I could not work out how to set the thing open 👍👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 On 20/05/2021 at 15:59, derbyduck said: Looking good Harry , just one thing the dowel perch on the ones i,ve seen in the past are cut in half . atb Got a small square perch cut in half now 👍 but it's lashed it down all day and not seen a magpie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 31 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: Got a small square perch cut in half now 👍 but it's lashed it down all day and not seen a magpie What happened to "sunny Chesterfield"🤣🤣😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbyduck Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: What happened to "sunny Chesterfield"🤣🤣😂 its never been sunny ,it used to smell funny when the Trebor sweet factory was still going ,friday was the best day when they boiled all the leftover sweets to make Black Jacks chews ,do'nt think they would get away with them these days , keep us posted Harry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 37 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: What happened to "sunny Chesterfield"🤣🤣😂 Just a slight blip, you know me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 25 minutes ago, derbyduck said: its never been sunny ,it used to smell funny when the Trebor sweet factory was still going ,friday was the best day when they boiled all the leftover sweets to make Black Jacks chews ,do'nt think they would get away with them these days , keep us posted Harry! I miss Trebor, used to go to their shop for the "seconds and miss shapes" and the smell at this side of town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbyduck Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: Just a slight blip, you know me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I miss Trebor, used to go to their shop for the "seconds and miss shapes" and the smell at this side of town. I think they where resposible for all the dentist in the town Harry, apparantly you can still get Black Jacks, Banana split chews were my favs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 2 hours ago, derbyduck said: I think they where resposible for all the dentist in the town Harry, apparantly you can still get Black Jacks, Banana split chews were my favs. It's got to be black Jack's 🤣👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 On 20/05/2021 at 16:32, oowee said: ^^^ yep a square bar cut in half. Does look good that. My only thought though is if it is open an airy enought. The wire cage I have is very open in appearance and i wonder if the thickness of structure might put the targets off. Only one way to find out. I know it's trial and error but if nothing shows an interest today then I am inclined to start thinking along the lines of your opinion about "open and airy" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 how are you going to bait it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 1 hour ago, dodgy dave said: how are you going to bait it It's got a nest with two artificial eggs and two boiled eggs broken open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 very tasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted May 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 Just to finish off, I've had 4 magpies in the trap in the last 36 hours. Quite chuffed 😊 2 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: Just to finish off, I've had 4 magpies in the trap in the last 36 hours. Quite chuffed 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted May 30, 2021 Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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